Film and TV locations in Biscay, Basque Country
12 places to shoot in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain: 4 transport and infrastructure locations, 3 industrial and derelict locations, 2 theatres, arenas and venues and 3 more. 11 have a photo and 1 carry practical details the location publishes itself.
What is here
- Transport and infrastructure 4
- Industrial and derelict locations 3
- Theatres, arenas and venues 2
- Modern architecture 1
- Hotels and interiors 1
- Bars, restaurants and shops 1
Arriaga Theatre
Theatre, arena & venue
Neo baroque city theatre of 1890 on the Bilbao riverbank, rebuilt after fire and flood, with a horseshoe auditorium, boxes, foyers and a stage house.
Azkuna Zentroa
Industrial & derelict
A former wine and grain warehouse, the Alhondiga, in Bilbao rebuilt by Philippe Starck behind its original brick facade, with 43 varied columns under a rooftop pool and terrace.
Basque Country Mining Museum
Industrial & derelict
Museum in the Gallarta iron ore district, with mining machinery, a reconstructed gallery and access to the open cast workings and spoil landscape of Meatzaldea.
Bilbao Airport
Transport & infrastructure
Aena airport at Loiu with Santiago Calatrava's white winged terminal of 2000, a bright open concourse, glazed piers and aprons in a valley setting.
Bilbao Metro
Transport & infrastructure
A metro network known for Norman Foster's glass-tube station entrances, locally called fosteritos, running through Bilbao and under the Nervion estuary.
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Modern architecture
Frank Gehry's titanium clad museum of 1997 on the Nervion, with a tall atrium, curved galleries, a 130 metre long hall and riverside terraces.
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Hotel Carlton
Hotel & interiors
Grand hotel of 1926 on Plaza Moyua, seat of the Basque government during the Civil War, with a stained glass rotunda, marble lobby and period bedrooms.
Mercado de la Ribera
Bar, restaurant & shop
A large Art Deco covered market on the Nervión riverbank in Bilbao's old town, with several trading floors of food stalls.
Puerto de Bilbao
Transport & infrastructure
The port of Bilbao at the mouth of the Nervión estuary, with container terminals, quaysides and breakwaters managed by the Bilbao Port Authority.
Vizcaya Bridge
Transport & infrastructure
A working transporter bridge over the Ria de Bilbao between Portugalete and Las Arenas, carrying a suspended gondola across the estuary since 1893, with a walkway on top.
Rentable spaces include four open-air terraces above the estuary, the elevated walkway (Pasarela, 50 metres above the estuary), and the gondola...
Zorrotzaurre
Industrial & derelict
Former dock island in the Bilbao estuary now being redeveloped, mixing empty warehouses and quay walls with new bridges, waterfront paths and apartment blocks.
Euskalduna Palace
Theatre, arena & venue
A congress and concert hall in Bilbao built in weathered steel on the site of the former Euskalduna shipyard, its shape referencing a ship's hull under construction.
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