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Learn about the culture, sports and Basque traditional activities that we select for you in this blog.
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The Best Basque Culture Highlights in March 2024
In March 2024, Basque culture celebrates the 175th anniversary of the birth of Heraclio Fournier González. The most popular deck of cards in the Hispanic world was manufactured by Fournier in Vitoria and has the name of this city written on the ace of coins. Also [...]
Selection of Basque culture events in February 2024
In February 2024, Basque culture remembers the death in 1818 of its capital's most famous architect: Justo Antonio de Olaguibel. Also in Vitoria-Gasteiz, back in 1522, Hadrian of Utrech received the news of his pontificate in this beautiful city. Throughout the year there will be activities [...]
The Best Basque Culture in January 2024
The centenary of the birth of the famous Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida, on January 10th, 1924 in San Sebastian, is the historical event with which I want to begin my monthly posts dedicated to Basque culture in January 2024. As the cover I have designed an [...]
Burnt Basque cheesecake from Bar La Viña, in San Sebastian
During these 12 years one of the private tours I have done more often in San Sebastian are pintxos tours. On this (normally half day tours) we go to different bars, trying different specialties. Since I love sweets, and it is a gastronomic practice, I have [...]
Guernica by Picasso: versions & visions of Basque painters & sculptors
Guernica by Picasso has been a great source of inspiration for many Basque painters and sculptors. Others knew him before he painted this universal picture. This work also inspired Basque artists from other fine arts such as literature or cinema; but I still have them in [...]
Car Exhibition at the Guggenheim Bilbao (second part)
Winks to the automotive sector in the Basque Country Please, before continouing, I recommend you to read my previous post, if you haven't already done so, what I comment on the first rooms of the Car Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao. There you can [...]
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