Spain has beautiful landscapes, skies that border on surreal at dawn and dusk, calm winters, and hot summers.

Not contradicting my previous point, Spain has a varied climate, but all provinces still fall between mild winters and hot summers, albeit more wet in the northern regions than the southern, unlike the north of Europe which has deeper colds, and milder summers in comparison— but you knew that.

Food is very cheap and of very high quality, though some supermarkets still struggle with adapting their cold supply chain for the warmer summer temperatures for some packaged goods. Fruits and vegetables are amongst the sweetest and ripest you'll encounter due to the tropical climate.

The bureacracy in Spain is overstated, though it exists, it is easily managed so long as you submit all recent and relevant documents on your first meeting with agencies, or when requested.

The Spanish people are typically loud and proud, and don't have an obvious and rigid class system. There is a strong culture of community—nobody gets left behind— and roots to the land they're from. The political compass applies to Spain as does in the majority of countries, you'll find people with beliefs from every corner of it, but Spain is inherently more socialist than say the UK due to their cultural difference of community over the individual.

You're likely never have an issue with a Spanish person if you carry yourself with self respect, but equally as important, treat the Spanish person with equal respect as you treat yourself— Keep your eyes open and give eye contact when talking with them.

You'll have less chance of encountering racism or xenophobia in Spain, but if you were to find it, it would be in areas with high poverty and unemployment of the ethnic nationals, and foreign workers from Morocco and northern Europe. Like anywhere there is a misconception of foreign workers taking the ethnic national's jobs whereas like everywhere else, it's a mismanagement of the local economy by politicians.

Many Spanish people like to exercise and are mostly outdoors. You'll be hard pressed to be completely in any public place at any time of day or night. Team sports are more valued than single person sports.

There is a lingering and unspoken yet understandable fear of authority, due to Spain's Francoist past. The police carry firearms, and when dealing with an incident— no matter how trivial— it seems to be procedure to require 2 cars with 2 officers in each car. Crime is unusually but understandably low compared to other countries in the north.

Before you come to Spain learn the languages to at least A1.