Last checked 9 Nov 2026. Offers change often, so confirm the price on the outlet's own page before you pay.
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Spain
Borrow the day's paper on eBiblio Madrid
eBiblio Madrid lends the digital print edition of El Mundo's national edition as a PDF, with a new issue each day. You need the carné único of the Comunidad de Madrid public libraries. A newspaper loan lasts 2 hours, and you can have up to 3 newspapers at once.
Borrow the day's paper on eBiblio Castilla-La Mancha
eBiblio Castilla-La Mancha also lends each day's El Mundo national edition as a PDF. You need a card from a library in the Castilla-La Mancha network; you can register at your nearest public library or through the regional government's electronic office. A newspaper loan lasts 2 hours, and copies are limited.
El Mundo at the University of the Basque Country library
The UPV/EHU library's July 2026 press catalogue lists El Mundo through an online subscription and the MyNews press database (from 1997) for reading in the library. It also lists ProQuest International Newsstream (from 2008) for remote use from the library catalogue, which normally needs a university login. Students at other Spanish universities should check their library's press page, as many offer MyNews.
Free articles and the free app
The El Mundo app is free to download. Its App Store listing describes Premium content, such as certain columns and investigations, as unlimited for subscribers; the rest of the news can be read without paying. We could not confirm whether registering gives extra free articles.
First month for €0.99 in the app
The iPhone app's description gives these introductory prices for Premium access, paid through your Apple account. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. The store's purchase list also shows other plans, including El Mundo Premium at €9.99 a month and annual plans at €109.00, so check the price on the purchase screen.