Green in the head, fire in the heart. These are the words of a love song written to this province by singer-songwriter Benito Lertxundi, entitled Bizkaia maite. The fresh green of places like the Urdaibai Biosphere reserve or the Nature reserves of Urkiola and Gorbeia. The red flames of the blast furnaces, of the industrialisation responsible for converting the left bank of the Nervion estuary into the area with the highest population density in the Basque Country. But there should really be a...
Bilbao, Spain's sixth-largest city and biggest port. It has a number of interesting secrets to reveal, as well as good food, and as a rail hub it serves as a center for exploring some of the best attractions in the Basque country. Most of the city's sights can be viewed in a day or two. Many visitors flock here only to see the controversial new $100-million Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Gehry and called "the beast" by some locals because of its bizarre shape. From afar,...

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Oma Forest is located in the municipality of Kortezubi; this magical forest established a new relationship between nature and art. On painting hundreds of pine trees with colour and life, the artist...
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