Art
Candombe (African influenced rhythms played on the tabor or drum) and Tango, predominantly occupy the popular feeling of city music, its maximum expression being "La Cumparsita", composed by Gerardo Mattos Rodriguez in a cafe in Montevideo by the same name.

Sports
Most sports are played in Uruguay, however fútbol (soccer) is the sport and passion of the Uruguayan people and has been a symbol that has represented Uruguay in the world.

Among the championships obtained by the Uruguayan National Team "Celeste" are the Olympics of 1924 and 1928 (validated by FIFA as World Cups), the first World Cup Jules Rimet in 1930 (inaugurating the Estadio Centenario de Montevideo, declared by FIFA "Historical Monument of World Soccer") and in 1950 in Maracana (Brazil).

Its two most successful league teams Nacional and Peñarol have captured the Intercontinental (the South American team champion versus the European team champion) six times (1961, 66 and 82 Peñarol; 1971, 80 and 88 Nacional).

Only four teams in all the world won this Cup three times: Nacional, Peñarol, Real Madrid and Milan (Ita).