Crossroads of In Bilbao the local takes The maximum on universal expression of art: significance Guggenheim Museum Bilbao and much more • A distinctive, differentiated heritage that defines an identity • Museums for all tastes • The sound of music on every corner • A universe of cultural events that look out on the world You will be delighted TO VISIT Guggenheim Museum Bilbao History in stone and brick A museum that has become an icon The Old Quarter, heritage that looks to the skies The fine arts Medieval villages and maritime villages Crossroads Get to know us through our museums Taken together, a historical and artistic heritage 6 A 21st century heritage Each one unique in itself of You will be enchanted by You will be delighted You will be thrilled Opera, in the key of song Renovated classics WALKING TO ATTEND The beat goes on TO JOIN IN Paseo de la Memoria Bizkaiazz ...but it pours Land Art, art surrounded by Azkuna Zentroa Multicultural Art District, showcase for the world nature In harmony with your taste Spaces for creation Urban walks through greenery Film, all the genres Idiomatic tourism Theatre, the curtain raises Through the window Basic Euskera dictionary 24 30 On special dates 50 Bilbao's lookouts A dramatised passion Camino de Santiago, coasting basque Fest Going to the fair This card offers savings and convenience for planning your stay in Bilbao Biscay on public transport and tickets to museums, shows, You will love You will adore restaurants, shops and other leisure spaces. Ask for it at any tourist office or at: topCULTURE Everything you can't miss www.bilbaobizkaiacard.com SHOPPING THE FOOD in 10 ideas Design for the world Dishes in the firmament Made in Euskadi Creative cooking From the real Bilbao Version: July 2019. Second edition 68 Culture off the shelf Slowfood Bilbao Bizkaia be basque Published by: On the street Urban menu and second hand USEFULINFO Layout and content: Bell Communication Cuisine of the world 57 62 Addresses, telephone numbers, Photography: Files from Bilbao Turismo, Bizkaia Turismo, Basquetour, Learn having fun Hazi, Bell, links... know it all Gonzalo Azumendi, Pedro Muñoz, Quintas Fotógrafos, Gemma Arrugaeta, Pintxos and tastings Mitxi, Martín Fotógrafo, CC by-3.0-ES 2012/EJ-GV/Irekia-Gobierno Vasco/ Mikel Arrazola, Printers: MCC Graphics/BI-1232-19 / 750 70 Crossroads of The meeting place of culture ilbao and Bizkaia are committed to culture in all its faces. That both have become benchmarks is evident wherever you go. BYou will see for yoursef when you stroll through the streets and plazas meeting works by great artists at every turn and when you visit the museums, art galleries and historical heritage sites anchored by the roots of history... You will have the chance to attend events with sophisticated mise-en-scène participate in 4 5 the numerous activities that define this land endowing the character it so proudly displays with meaning. You know that the cult of the culinary arts also forms part of this rich culture... treat yourself to a taste of the thousand and one ways it is expressed. And since design displays all its glamour, here's your chance to let yourself go and buy culture that abounds wherever you look in the form of craft work, music, painting, etc. Provincial Council Building El caminante (The Wayfarer) Provincial Library Crossroads of You will be thrilled TO VISIT GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BILBAO A museum that has become an ince it opened in 1997 the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao has aspired to be an international benchmark, collecting works Sfrom the most representative contemporary currents. The importance of the Museum is such that ICON its construction marked a watershed in the life of the town. You are going to visit a cultural and artistic icon of Bilbao. Frank Gehry's spectacular architecture encloses a collection of art works that in themselves define the quality of this magnificent centre. Sculptures by Serra, Chillida, Oteiza and Cristina Iglesias coexist with paintings by Saura, Kiefer, Barceló, Tàpies, Schnabel and Warhol. www.guggenheim-bilbao.es 6 7 A GOOD IDEA! Apart from the collections inside, the surroundings have their own particular interest. Check out Jeff Koons' Puppy and Tulips and Bourgeois' impressive spider. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Crossroads You will be delighted of The Basque ethnicity school was composed of artists who were able to capture the characteristic spirit of this people. Some TO VISIT examples are Ignacio Zuloaga, Aurelio Arteta, the Arrúe brothers (Alberto, José, Ramiro and Ricardo), the Zubiaurre brothers (Valentín and Ramón), Benito Barrueta and José María Ucelay, among many others. In sculpture the works of Jorge Oteiza, Eduardo Chillida and Agustín Ibarrola leave us the testimony of The fine their relevance. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum artsince it was opened more than 100 years ago the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum has constantly confirmed the excellence of its holdings, collecting a heritage of Smore than ten thousand works including paintings, sculpture, works on paper and the applied arts. Ancient, modern and contemporary art converge here along with paintings from the Spanish and Flemish schools and the largest collection by Basque artists. A wander through its rooms is a chronological journey 8 from the 13th century to 9 the present day. You will be able to see outstanding works by Bermejo, Benson, De Vos, El Greco, Ribera, Rusiñol, Zurbarán, Van Dyck, Delaunay, Derain, Matisse, Picasso, Bacon, Barceló... among many other major artists. The collection of Basque painters held by the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, its documentary holdings and research achievements make it the world benchmark in the field. A GOOD IDEA www.museobilbao.com ! If 100 years has been time enough to bring together a superb collection, the Fine Arts Museum also holds temporary exhibitions on varied and highly interesting themes. Wrap yourself in art. Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Crossroads You will be delighted of TO VISIT Get to know us through our museums BILBAO BIZKAIA f you are interested in prehistory, the You can also visit the Vintage and Classic Car Archaeological Museum (Bilbao) permanent display of the Museum of Museum at Galdames where you can see a Archaeology takes you back to the magnificent range of 75 luxurious classic cars of Ibeginnings of human occupation of these which forty-five are Rolls Royces in what is the lands more than 100,000 years ago. biggest private collection of the marque in the The Basque Museum (archaeological, world. ethnographic and historical) is located in On the coast, the Museum of the Bermeo the former San Andrés College and has an Fishermen displays the reality of the Basque interesting cloister and a collection that fishing ports, the life and customs of the traces the history of the Basque people. “arrantzales” and their guild associations, the The Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art vessels and the navigation techniques. contains hundreds of works of great artistic The Agurtza fishing boat is one of the last of the value from the Middle Ages to the present traditional wooden fishing vessels remaining on The Peace Museum day. our coasts. Now used as the Fishing Interpretation 10 Centre, it shows what life was like aboard and the 11 The Museum of Art Reproductions is also of Ría de Bilbao Maritime Museum way the fishing gear was used. great interest. It displays the masterpieces of classical art that served as models for The rest of the province also has places students at the Trade School. where you can follow the traces of this people. The Museum of Peace The is Ría de Bilbao Maritime Museum in Gernika-Lumo will bring home the closely linked to the maritime tradition of reality of the bombardment during the the village and disseminates the history, Civil War and aspires to be a symbol of culture and identity of the people who have peace. lived in a close relationship with the Ría. La Encartada, in Balmaseda, is a former Naturally there are other emblematic beret factory that dates back to 1892. Today museums such as the Athletic Club it is a museum that immerses us in the era Museum, with 1400 square meters, it of the Industrial Revolution. La Encartada Museum (Balmaseda) shows the history of a club which is “more than a Club”, it symbolises the essence of The Mining Museum of the Basque Country in our identity the Bullfighting Museum or Gallarta, the Museum of Art and History in Durango, the Simon Bolivar Museum in Ziortza- Athletic Club Museum the Pasos de Semana Santa (Stations of El Pobal Smithy the Cross) Museum... Choose whichever Bolibar, among others, are part of a wide variety coincides with your interests. that will help you learn about the key aspects of this people. You can also visit the Museum of Ironwork in El A If you are interested in learning about the Pobal, in the interior, a traditional workshop where GOOD culture of this people, the best way is to visit the bulk iron was converted into wrought metal to make all kinds of objects. IDEA! the Basque Ethnographic Museum, which adds collections that trace the maritime, industrial and agricultural past of the Basque Country to the intrinsic interest of the building in which they are housed. *All the museums are listed on page 70 Bilbao Ethnological Museum Crossroads You will be delighted of TO VISIT From an industrial powerhouse to a century surprising cosmopolitan urban development heritage a Osakidetza Everywhere you look utting edge, eclectic architecture, you'll find a signature groundbreaking at all costs... the new architecture by the most image of Bilbao has been shaped by renowned international the deployment of new forms.