Bogotá · Sports & events

Millonarios and Santa Fe share the ground, and the derby is the fixture to aim for. The league runs Apertura January–June and Finalización July–December.

From early morning until early afternoon on Sundays and holidays, the main avenues close to traffic and fill with cyclists, skaters and dog walkers.

The national game: throw a metal disc at gunpowder caps buried in clay and listen for the bang. Bars in Chapinero let visitors play free with a crate of beer.

Colombia has legislated an end to bullfighting, with a phase-out running to 2027, and the ring now stages concerts as often as anything else.