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Places: Spain » Basque Country » Biscay » Bilbao
Bilbao (sometimes referred to as Bilbo) is located in the North of Spain and is the largest city in the Basque Country. It is the capital of the province of Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia).
The city has over 354,000 inhabitants and is the most economically and industrially active part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in which almost half of the Basque Country’s population lives. Greater Bilbao’s inhabitants are spread along the length of the Nervion River, whose banks are home also to numerous business and factories, which during the industrial revolution brought heightened prosperity to the region.
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.
Since the inauguration of the Guggenheim museum in 1997, eight new hotels have been opened in the city, reflecting the increasing interest for Bilbao.
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Bilbao (sometimes referred to as Bilbo) is located in the North of Spain and is the largest city in the Basque Country. It is the capital of the province of Biscay (Basque: Bizkaia).
The city has over 354,000 inhabitants and is the most economically and industrially active part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in which almost half of the Basque Country’s population lives. Greater Bilbao’s inhabitants are spread along the length of the Nervion River, whose banks are home also to numerous business and factories, which during the industrial revolution brought heightened prosperity to the region.
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.
Since the inauguration of the Guggenheim museum in 1997, eight new hotels have been opened in the city, reflecting the increasing interest for Bilbao.
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General Facts about municipality of Bilbao
Longtitude: -2.93341108
Latitude: 43.26034792
Aerial Distance to Madrid: 314.285km
Postal code(s) : 48001-48017, 48056, 48080 >>
Area size: 40.65km2 >>
Population: 353950 inhabitants >>
Call Bilbao from Spain: 944 xxx xxx >>
International calls: ++34 944 xxx xxx
Places of Interest when visit municipality of Bilbao
- Museum Guggenheim Bilbao (municipality Bilbao; category: Museum; satellite view >>)
- Diocesan Museum of Sacred Art (municipality Bilbao; category: Museum; satellite view >>)
- Biblbao Museum of Fine Art (municipality Bilbao; category: Museum;)
- Bullfighting Museum (municipality Bilbao; category: Museum; satellite view >>)
- Basilica de Begona (municipality Bilbao; category: Church; satellite view >>)
- Bridge Puente de San Antón (municipality Bilbao; category: Bridge;)
- Market Mercado de la Ribera (municipality Bilbao; category: Market-place;)
- Palacio de la Diputación (municipality Bilbao; category: Palace; satellite view >>)
- Park Etxebarria (municipality Bilbao; category: Parks & Gardens; satellite view >>)
- Teatro Arriaga (municipality Bilbao; category: Art & Culture;)
- Cibernetica fountain (municipality Bilbao; category: Fountain;)
- Church Iglesia de San Anton (municipality Bilbao; category: Church;)
- Zubizuri Bridge (municipality Bilbao; category: Bridge;)
- Palacio de Olábarri (municipality Bilbao; category: Palace;)
- Plaza Nueva (municipality Bilbao; category: Square; satellite view >>)
- Tiger statue (municipality Bilbao; category: Statue;)
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