“The same. But we would use it for a concert hall.” Much is made of the so-called ‘ Bilbao effect ’, the idea that attracting a world-class cultural institution – in Bilbao’s case, a branch of New ...

Frank Gehry may be the architect most associated with Bilbao, but he is not the only one. Stand by the Basque city’s state-of-the-art football stadium—built at a cost of €211 million, half of it from ...

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Perhaps it’s only fitting that the first all-English European final in four years is taking place in Bilbao, where Tottenham will take on Manchester United in the Europa League final. The Basque ...

At 10am on a crisp autumn morning, Bilbao was bustling. Tourists were drifting down to the riverside, filling the cafés across from the Guggenheim Museum. Around them, men in shorts fussed with ...

The Guggenheim opened its museum in Bilbao 25 years ago, turning a struggling industrial town into a cultural metropolis. The building designed by Frank Gehry is now the city's landmark. In the last ...

Text description provided by the architects. The new headquarters of Bilbao City Hall in San Agustín, is situated in front of the back façade of the Neobaroque Palace that holds the present Town Hall, ...

The Spanish city of Bilbao says it has been dropped as a venue for this year's European Championship after it was unable to guarantee organisers it could host enough fans in the stadium. Authorities ...

As many as 80,000 fans descending on a city with a population of 345,000. It is not hard to imagine how the northern Spanish city of Bilbao will be tested as Manchester United and Tottenham prepare ...