After Spain won the soccer World Cup, Lucía Sánchez joined a boisterous river of fans clad in red-and-yellow jerseys early on Monday in Madrid and took stock of the special time her country was enjoying.

“We’re in a good moment,” Ms. Sánchez, 22, said outside Madrid’s packed Plaza de Colón, as the nearby crowds sang “I am Spanish, Spanish, Spanish.” So many facets of life seemed to be going Spain’s way and “other countries realize that,” she said. “It all goes together.”

By winning the world championship, only three years after their female counterparts did the same, Spain’s men’s soccer team have bolstered the sense that — amid a broader cultural, economic and sports renaissance — something promising is happening in Spain, and that to be here now is to be in the right place, at the right time.

Spain has a housing crisis, and its government is embattled by corruption scandals, dampening any unqualified triumphalism. Still, its strong economy is the envy of much of Europe, and last year it accounted for more than 40 percent of the jobs created in the European Union. It is far ahead of much of the West in converting to renewable energy, attracting investors seeking to build data centers and other industries hoping to feed off its cheaper electricity.

In the cultural sphere, Spain is also firing on all cylinders. Spanish cinema has entered a new and more diverse era, spurring high praise abroad. Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, a former couple known simply as Los Javis, won best-director honors in Cannes this year and received a 20-minute standing ovation, the second longest in the festival’s history. Rosalía, a Barcelona chanteuse, is helping to drive a shift away from English-language songs on Spotify, the music streaming platform.

Foreigners are visiting Spain in ever larger numbers — the government expects a record 100 million tourists this year — and the capital city, Madrid, is booming with new restaurants, exhibits, expats and energy. One recent visitor was Pope Leo, who spent a feel-good week in Spain in June and congratulated the Madrid church on scoring a “spectacular goal” as his appearances drew huge crowds. That ended a long period in which the country had received no papal visits, and set off hopes among Spanish Catholics of a spiritual revival.

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