Bilbao stages Rossini opera
Bilbao’s Palacio Euskalduna continues its 2018/2019 opera season this week with four performances of Semiramide, a two-act work by Gioachino Rossini that was premiered in 1823...
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Bilbao holds traditional service for San Blas
Every year on 3 February, San Nicolás Church in Bilbao hosts a special mass for hundreds of people to mark the feast day of San...
New edition for Bilbao traditional dance festival
Dantza Plazetan, Bilbao’s year-long festival dedicated to traditional dance and culture, commences its 2019 edition on 26 January. With the aim of promoting and sustaining...
Thousands demand transfers for ETA prisoners
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Basque Country on Saturday demanding that prisoners linked to the former armed separatist group ETA be transferred to...
Bilbao welcomes ‘El Olentzero’ gift-giver
This weekend in Bilbao sees the return of El Olentzero, a legendary Christmas character and charcoal maker from the Basque Country. According to local tradition,...
Bilbao fills with traditional Nativity scenes
From 30 November, nativity scenes (belenes) can be seen in various venues across the city of Bilbao as part of local Christmas celebrations. This traditional...
‘Architecture Effects’ exhibition at Bilbao Guggenheim
The Guggenheim Bilbao opens a new four-month exhibition on 5 December entitled Architecture Effects, which has been created in conjunction with the Solomon R. Guggenheim...
Blue wine? Spain start-up shakes things up
Five years ago, a group of university students in Spain’s Basque Country decided they wanted to shake up a sector – any sector – but...
