Social Event

Venue: Guided Bus tour of Bilbao, followed by a dinner at the Aitaren Boulevard Restaurant

Thursday, 12th of June - 19:00 – 23:00

The evening will start with a guided bus tour of Bilbao, where you will be able to see some of the most iconic buildings of the city, like the Palacio Euskalduna, the Bilbao City Hall, the Azkuna Zentroa and the Arriaga Theater. Other points of interest include the Estadio de San Mamés and the Moyúa Square and the Albiako Lorategiak.

The Euskalduna Palace Conference Centre or Euskalduna Palace Conference and Performing Arts Centre, was the second building built in the urban area of Abandoibarra. Opened in 1999, it was designed by architects Federico Soriano and Dolores Palacios in corten steel as a symbol of the last vessel built in the old Euskalduna shipyard, which had occupied this space for decades. It now runs a full programme of concerts, opera and theatre.

The Bilbao City Hall occupies the site of the old San Agustín convent which was destroyed during the First Carlist War. It was built in the late nineteenth century (1892) by the municipal architect Joaquín Rucoba, who also designed the Arriaga Theatre.

Azkuna Zentroa is not only one of the most iconic buildings in the city, but also an innovative new cultural and entertaiment space, with a hole variety of activities for all interests and and the only European centre to have won the “Global Awards for Excellence”, which rewards the best practices in all types of property development.

The Arriaga Theatre is inspired in the Paris Opera, it was the work of the municipal architect Joaquín Rucoba and was opened in 1890. In 1902 it was named in honour of the Bilbao musician Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, known as the Spanish Mozart because of his talent (at 13 he composed his first opera).

The bus will then leave you near the Aitaren Boulevard Restaurant (previously known as the Café Boulevard Bilbao).
In the past was the place where Miguel de Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset or Ramírez de Maeztu used to meet for their poetic talks, where the high bourgeoisie and investors of the newly inaugurated Bilbao Stock exchange discussed their businesses, where tango nights, bullfighting meetings and evenings became eternal.