The Bilbao effect
Cities where tradition and avant-garde come together
In the past few decades, Bilbao underwent a radical transformation, turning into one of the most innovative and cosmopolitan cities in Europe. In the city centre, traditional architecture meets avant-garde design in perfect harmony – a model that has travelled to other cities around the world.
The estuary of the river Nervión is the city’s backbone. On its banks you will find some of the icons of Bilbao’s industrial past and futuristic present: the Bizkaia Bridge in Portugalete, the stately mansions in Getxo, the port in Santurtzi, and others.

Athletic Museum (AC Museum)
The home of "the lions", also known as 'The Cathedral of football', is a stadium awarded with awards for the best sports building in the world. AC [...]

Azkuna Zentroa
Azkuna Zentroa is Bilbao's Centre for Contemporary Society and Culture, with a local and international outlook, and open to dialogue with different [...]

Old Quarter
When the city of Bilbao was founded over 700 years ago, its inhabitants made their living from market gardens and fishing, and the river was beginning [...]

Artxanda's Funicular
At the end of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century, many people from Bilbao used Mount Artxanda as a place for recreation and fun, [...]

Fine Arts Museum
From Romanesque art to the early avant-garde and their successors, the collection of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum offers a journey that encompasses the [...]

Itsasmuseum
The Itsasmuseum collection is based on elements and objects that refer to the maritime culture of Bilbao and Bizkaia. Among these pieces, those that [...]

The Church of Andra Mari
it was built in the 13th century in Elexalde neighbourhood, replacing the old church of Santa Marina de Ganguren. The medieval construction was [...]

Memorial Museum of Iron belt
The Iron Belt Memorial recounts, through a clear and modern scenography, how and why it was built, the characteristics of its fortifications and its [...]

Mendibile Jauregia
Mendibile Jauregia, a late 17th century palace, which houses, among other things, the headquarters of the Regulatory Board of [...]

Museum of Artistic Reproductions
Created more than 80 years ago, it is one of the best of its kind in Europe for the selection and quality of the reproductions exhibited. It contains [...]

Sala Rekalde
Sala Rekalde is a space dedicated to promoting and raising awareness of contemporary artistic practice, enabling it to fulfil its resolve to approach [...]

Bilbao Museum of Bull-Fighting
The function of the Bilbao Bullfighting Museum is essentially educational. It comprises eight general sequences of the History of Bullfighting. The [...]

Easter Procession Museum
The Museum of Passages of Bilbao has created this space with the aim of spreading the history of the Easter of the City and presenting the artistic and [...]

The House of the Basque Language
Euskararen Etxea aims to be a benchmark for all those working in and for the Basque language, as well as for Basque citizens themselves. To this end, [...]

Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC)
The BEC is much more than a trade fair and congress venue. It consists of six one-storey pavilions without columns thanks to a new construction system, [...]

Archaeological Museum of Bilbao
The Arkeologia Museoa is a centre of reference and dissemination channel of the archaeological research of Bizkaia by means of its activities aimed at [...]

Euskalduna Palace
Euskalduna has a unique design and architecture that make this building an icon of the city and the territory. Through this visit, the public will [...]

Sacred Art Museum
"It has a permanent exhibition of more than 500 pieces, although it also has an extensive and growing collection of works of art from the churches of [...]

Bilbao Arena
Bilbao Arena is the multi-functional centre of reference in the city. In addition to being the venue where Bilbao Basket, the city's professional [...]

Fronton Bizkaia
Located in Bilbao, it is a building that has been designed to be more than just attending a sporting event and to be an experience for the spectator. [...]

San Mamés
The San Mamés Stadium, located in Bilbao, is the home field of Athletic Club, a team with a unique philosophy and over 120 years of history.
A [...]

Historic Centre of Portugalete
The Historic Centre of Portugalete maintains its medieval essence, where its steep slopes and cobbled pavement stand out. Among the monuments of [...]
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Old Quarter
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Fine Arts Museum
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Azkuna Zentroa
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Itsasmuseum
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Artxanda's Funicular
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San Mamés
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Athletic Museum (AC Museum)
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Euskalduna Palace
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Archaeological Museum of Bilbao
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Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC)
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Historic Centre of Portugalete
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The Church of Andra Mari
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Mendibile Jauregia
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The House of the Basque Language
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Sacred Art Museum
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Easter Procession Museum
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Bilbao Arena
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Memorial Museum of Iron belt
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Fronton Bizkaia
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Museum of Artistic Reproductions
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Sala Rekalde
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Bilbao Museum of Bull-Fighting