Erandio and its industrial heritage

You enter Erandio municipal district immediately after you leave Bilbao – whether by underground or using the new bidegorri (bike lane) that runs along the old towpath beside the river. The history of Erandio goes hand in hand with industrialisation, at least in its most urban neighbourhoods: Altzaga, Astrabudua, Asua and Lutxana-Enekuri. In Erandio, ships and boats – first in timber and then in metal – were built and repaired; paint was made to add colour to them and spare parts produced to repair them; cables were built to support the Bizkaia Transporter Bridge and the aerial tramways of the mines; rocks were removed to channel part of the river estuary. It is where the left bank of the river estuary is mirrored on the right bank. It is the place of ‘the other industry’ – the lesser known - which flourished in the shadow of the giants on the other bank.