Federico is a Spanish blogger who chose to settle in Hangzhou, drawn by its scenery and culture.
His videos document life in Hangzhou: the four seasons of West Lake, Longjing tea fields, the Grand Canal at dawn and dusk. Hangzhou blends nature and city perfectly, he says — livable like a European town, vibrant like a big city.
Federico also makes food content: Hangzhou cuisine and Jiangnan snacks; he has even "moved" Spanish paella to the lakeside, inviting Chinese friends to taste.
He says choosing a city is choosing a lifestyle. From Madrid to Hangzhou, he found his ideal rhythm of life.
Federico is a Spanish life-blogger settled in Hangzhou, famous for recording Hangzhou life. He combines Spanish leisure with Jiangnan elegance - "the foreigner who knows how to live".
His choice: after settling in Hangzhou he fell for West Lake four seasons and the Jiangnan lifestyle - learning to brew Longjing tea, strolling the Grand Canal old streets, jogging by the lake.
Content: "a Spanish day in Hangzhou", "Jiangnan four-season aesthetics", "Federico tea life" - recording his leisurely Hangzhou daily life.
Going viral: his "Spaniard drinking Longjing by West Lake" video spread - filming ordinary tea-drinking with ceremony; viewers say "he is more Hangzhou than Hangzhou people".
Significance: he represents lifestyle foreign bloggers - no gimmicks, just life, winning audiences with slow-life aesthetics.
For readers: his videos let you rediscover Jiangnan beauty - the scenery we take for granted can be so poetic.
He also found Hangzhou "slow" and Spanish "slow" differ - Spanish slow is sunbathing leisure, Hangzhou slow is tea-drinking composure. "Both are wonderful; I now have double happiness." He is learning Hangzhou dialect, his favourite phrase "màn màn lái" (take it easy). His music mixes Chinese folk and Spanish guitar, letting two cultures coexist harmoniously.
He loves one Hangzhou moment best: evening walks by the canal, watching elders play chess, hearing river sounds, smelling osmanthus. "Such moments teach me happiness needs not much money but much heart." He is preparing a "Jiangnan Twelve Hours" series, recording Hangzhou from dawn to midnight across a year. "I want to slowly film Hangzhou beauty for the world."
His story reminds us: true internationalisation is not how many countries you visit but making one place home. He made Hangzhou home and shared Chinese slow-living aesthetics with the world. "In Hangzhou I found something called belonging; it is more useful than a passport." Next video: taking viewers to a Hangzhou market to see "how a Spaniard picks Longjing tea".
"Hangzhou osmanthus blooms twice a year, like happiness - it always comes again." His lens keeps recording Hangzhou next season.
