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Bogotá is also called Santa Fe de Bogotá—is the capital of Colombia, as well as the largest and most populous city in the country with 7,321,831 inhabitants.

There are many parks and most of them have facilities for concerts, plays, movies, storytellers and other activities. "El Tunal" park, for instance, is a big park which is regularly used to stage free concerts (such as the annual Rock al Parque, a free festival in which new and popular Latin rock bands play for free). The park is also frequented in the month of August and used for kite flying, a national tradition.

Another public park is Parque Nacional (National Park), one of the biggest in Bogotá. The Botanical Garden (Jardín Botánico) is a munipality owned park. It has greenhouses where plants from all Colombian climates are exhibited. The park has a waterfall and labs for studying plants and flowers. It also has public services such as a library and a tourist information desk. Bogotá hosts the Iberoamerican Theater Festival, the biggest theater festival in the world, every two years. The Gold Museum has the biggest gold handicraft collection in the world. Bogotá has one of the most extensive dedicated Bike Paths Network of any city in the world, with a total of 300km.