A new blog series by The Calendar Mallorca
Five sharp questions with Mallorca’s movers, makers… and this time, the person quietly stitching the island’s cultural heartbeat together each week.
People often ask who’s behind The Calendar – so here we are.
Hi! I’m Nina, the founder and creative force behind The Calendar Mallorca (TCM).
Interviews like these are not my natural habitat (spotlight, hello), but it feels like the right moment to share a little bit about the person doing all the digging, curating and obsessing behind the scenes for you.
After 16 years of globetrotting and living on three continents – and now more than five years on Mallorca – one thing has become crystal clear to me: community. I want to live it, create it, support it – and honour it.
And Mallorca is the perfect place for that. The island’s unique blend of poc a poc mindset, natural beauty, local talent and long-standing traditions creates a kind of community magic I’ve rarely seen elsewhere.
1. What’s keeping you busy (and inspired) in Mallorca right now?
Honestly? Everything.
This island has an incredible way of surprising you – one minute you’re chasing down a local fiesta in a tiny village, hiking up a mountain, or standing in a gallery in Palma thinking, “How does all of this exist in one place?”
Right now, I’m inspired by the people who keep Mallorca moving: those preserving living traditions and organising festas, the artists boosting creativity everywhere, the chefs honouring their roots, and the hidden talents you seem to stumble upon every single day.
The Calendar Mallorca wouldn’t exist without them – I’m just the one stitching the threads together.
2. If Mallorca had a “seasonal mood”, what month would you bottle – and what would it smell, sound, and feel like?
I’d bottle late September.
It feels like slow afternoons, golden evenings, and the sense that the island is finally exhaling after a long summer.
It smells like warm stone after the first rain.
It’s the moment Mallorca shifts gears – still vibrant, but softer around the edges. If TCM had a default “mood”, it would be that one.
3. Is there a place, ritual, or local habit that always makes you feel connected to Mallorca?
The village cafés on the town square early in the morning.
The tiny ones with plastic chairs, folded newspapers on the counter, and the same neighbours greeting each other every day.
There’s something grounding about those spaces – the quiet rhythm of everyday life, the conversations drifting between Mallorquín and Spanish, the simplicity of it all.
It reminds me why I love this island: the beauty isn’t only in the landscapes, but in the routines, the rituals, the sense of tradition and honouring.
4. It’s 5 o’clock somewhere… what’s your favourite way to unwind?
A walk (or hike) – yes, please.
Preferably somewhere between countryside and coast, where you can hear cicadas but still catch a hint of sea breeze.
And then a vermut with friends, or an aperitivo with no rush, no plans, no emails. Just that soft early-evening feeling that Mallorca does better than anywhere else.
5. What’s one event or moment you’re most looking forward to?
The small traditions, always! The ones that don’t make international travel guides or go viral on TikTok, but mean everything to the people who live here.
The Sant Antoni bonfires, the neighbourhood concerts, the artisan fairs, the moments when entire villages come alive simply because the calendar says they should.
Those are the things I love sharing most – the reminders that culture isn’t just a “thing to visit”, but a thing to live, experience, and really take in.
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So that’s a little glimpse of the person behind The Calendar Mallorca.
It still feels strange to be in the spotlight – but this project has always been about connection, and sometimes that means stepping out from behind the curtain too.
Ens veim per l’illa. | Nos vemos por la Isla. | See you around the island.
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