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Spanish immersion schools in Bilbao, Spain:
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in Spain and the
world About Bilbao:
Welcome to Bilbao!
Since the construction of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this Basque
city has become a popular tourist destination. Bilbao, sometimes
referred to as Bilbo, in the North of Spain, is the largest city in
the Basque Country. The city has over 350,000 inhabitants (2004) and
is the most economically and industrially active part of Greater
Bilbao.
The city has recently
undergone major urban renewal, in order to move away from the region’s
industrial history and instead focus on tourism and services. The
developments are centred around the new metro system by Sir Norman
Foster and, most of all, the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum by Frank Gehry.
The Port of Bilbao, formerly on the river, has been moved and expanded
downstream on the Bay of Biscay, opening a great deal of central real
estate on the river that has been the site of most of the new building.
Other new landmarks include the Santiago Calatrava- designed Zubizuri
Bridge and the Euskalduna Palace, a cultural centre, further
downstream. The two points are linked by a new riverside passageway
opposite University of Deusto, which provides an open green space for
the city’s inhabitants to relax. A major landmark tower, designed by
César Pelli, to house the Iberdrola electric company will also be
built and there are ambitious plans to regenerate the peninsula on the
river known as Zorrozaurre.
The new Calatrava bridge, Zubizuri.Bilbao is a bubbling city with a
good selection of hotels and restaurants surrounded by beautiful
countryside and high interest for visitors.
As well as the famous Guggenheim Museum, the city acts as home for the
Fine Arts Museum recognised as one of Spain’s finest art museums and
recently refurbished) and the Maritime Museum on the Nervion’s banks,
which recently hosted the RMS Titanic exhibition which has been
touring Europe. These only represent a small portion of what the city
has to offer.
Since the inauguration of the Guggenheim museum in 1997, eight new
hotels have been opened in the city, reflecting the increasing
interest for the city.
Bilbao was briefly featured at the start of the 1999 James Bond film
The World Is Not Enough.
Websites about Bilbao:
World66,
Timeout,
Virtourist
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