På gång i Bilbao (Guggenheim), Spain under året

Mest folk — Cabalgata de Reyes, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Festival

  Cabalgata de Reyes

  5 janJul & nyårTrångt

  The Three Kings parade through the city centre on the evening of 5 January in floats organised by the city council, a nationwide Spanish tradition that closes the holiday season with sweets thrown to the crowd. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Aratuste carnival

  14–17 feb

  The Basque carnival runs from the Thursday to Shrove Tuesday, ending with the burning of the sardine on the Arenal. Costume, not floats, is the point. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

• Natur

  Cantabrian anchovy season

  15 mar – 15 jun · vanligtvisPlocksäsong

  The spring coastal fishery is short and quota-limited, and while it runs every bar in the Casco Viejo is serving the fresh ones rather than the tinned. Bonito follows in high summer.

• Helg

  Semana Santa

  29 mar – 6 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  Good Friday is a national holiday and every region adds Holy Thursday or Easter Monday. Spain travels in large numbers, so trains, flights and hotels book up at higher rates, and processions of some size close streets in almost every town. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Aratuste carnival (14–17 feb)

Mest folk — Semana Santa, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays i Spain

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Cantabrian anchovy season (15 mar – 15 jun (vanligtvis)), Semana Santa (29 mar – 6 apr)

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Cantabrian anchovy season (15 mar – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Spain, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Cantabrian anchovy season (15 mar – 15 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Bilbao BBK Live, Summer holidays i Spain

• Festival

  Bilbao BBK Live

  5–15 jul · vanligtvisMusikfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Three days on the hill at Kobetamendi in the second week of July. The city's beds go early and the shuttle buses run all night to the centre. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Aste Nagusia, Summer holidays i Spain

• Festival

  Aste Nagusia

  22–30 augStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Nine days starting the first Saturday after 15 August: txosna tents along the river, fireworks over the Nervion nightly and Marijaia paraded until she is burned at the end. Book months out. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Spain, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Txakoli harvest

  5 sep – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  The vines above Bakio and Getaria are picked through September and the txakoli cellars along the coast open for it, half an hour out of the city.

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Txakoli harvest (5 sep – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Mest folk — Santo Tomas fair, Christmas holidays i Spain

• Festival

  Santo Tomas fair

  21 decJul & nyårTrångt

  On 21 December the farmers bring produce into the Arenal and the city eats talo and txistorra standing up in the street. It is the day the Basque towns take their own Christmas. Källa ↗