The town of Arrasate-Mondragón (Spain)

The town has the world’s largest worker cooperative corporation — Mondragon Cooperative Corporation (MCC). Local people said: “In Mondragón, I saw no signs of poverty. I saw no signs of extreme wealth,” “I saw people looking out for each other…..It’s a caring form of capitalism.” I do feel that people here are friendly and welcoming. And they are curious about me because there are not many Asians here. : )

The place does not have many townhouses like Canada or the US. It has lots of high-rise residential buildings and the first floor of the buildings is usually for business purposes.

 The town center was built around a church. The buildings there probably have some history.

I also found some public place for kids to do exercise and play.

The trash management looks also different from that in Canada. (The green one is for chemicals; the blue is for paper and the yellow is for bottles)

The town lies in a valley. People there go hiking in the mountains very often.

Thanks for reading,

Lin Cao