It is said that the Basques are very exaggerated, so much so that they have a peninsula inside Bilbao. This bilbainada is known as Zorrozaurre, a name which refers to its location: Zorroza, the district on the other side of the estuary and aurre, opposite, as it is limited by the Deusto Canal and the Bilbao estuary.   The peninsula was developed amidst the industrial expansion after the opening of the Deusto canal. In the 1950s there were large factories with more than 500 workers each, restaurants for the workers and traffic jams.  Some years later, many of the companies went to other parts of the province, leaving an industrial area practically orphan and abandoned. In

Before he died, José Monge Cruz laid the first stone to what is his own altar today, a two-storey colonial house full of hundreds of his photos where his songs play over and over. La Peña de Camarón de la Isla opened in 1995, is maybe the greatest reference to the singer and songwriter in his birthplace, San Fernando, which still builds its identity around the memory of the soul of flamenco. 20 years after his death, the route around all of the places related to Camarón continues to be a pilgrimage for followers who want to see his legacy. The Peña, a kind of museum where even his disciples interpret it, is about the maximum representation of what

Culture finds different ways of showing its essence.  It does so majestically in large museums which for centuries have seen faces passing in front of the canvases, or from the day-to-day activity of places such as AlhóndigaBilbao. This is a cultural and leisure centre that considers its relationship with people from a closer, more enjoyable standpoint, and above all one that is highly innovative and sustainable. The building is a former wine, liquor and oil store that was refurbished by the French designer Philippe Starck and reopened in May 2010. Around the motto of Mens Sana in Corpore Sano, AlhóndigaBilbao has divided its space between three buildings that present

  In this case, the pirate flag points to the treasure, and not to the ship. The maps locate its position between the western Mediterranean sky and the arid desert in the southeast of Spain. Here is El Bar de Jo, a picturesque premises (to describe it in some way) for drinks, which gathers motorcyclists, rock 'n' roll fanatics with tattoos, allergic summer-goers and the crowds and lovers of legendary dawns.   It all started about 20 years ago when Jo, a French motorcyclist, decided to set up in Los Escullos, a setting between the sea and the Cabo de Gata hills on the eastern coast of Almería. Here he built a small beach huts between ficus trees,