“The Secret in Their Eyes” (2009), Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, stages its wildest scene: a breathless chase through the stands of Huracan club's Estadio Tomas Duco.
The city has more bookstores per capita than anywhere on earth; the loveliest, El Ateneo Grand Splendid, fills a 1919 theatre with a fresco-painted dome.
Behind a cold-room door at the back of a florist on Arroyo street hides Floreria Atlantico, a cocktail bar ranked among the world's best.