There is no doubt that one of the most wonderful cities of all of Spain It's Bilbao. Located in the Basque Country, it is the capital of Vizcaya and, according to the census, has almost 350,000 inhabitants that reach one million if we cover the entire metropolitan area. Thanks to the curiosities of Bilbao that you can discover in this post, you will fall in love with it even if you have not visited it.
The culture, the landscape or the people who live in the city will enthrall you instantly. If you have visited it and want to know about curiosities that perhaps you missed in your previous trip, this article is made for you. Uncover them!
25 curiosities of Bilbao that ... did you know? | With Images
1. The old city had a great wall and, after knocking it down, many inhabitants took advantage to play ball on the wall that remained. In that location stands the Calle de la Pelota.
2. The origin of the pinchos, comes from that formerly the gangs of friends went out to eat "little ones" and they went through these little bites with chopsticks, so they would not drop any ingredients.
3. In Casco Viejo, you can find a legendary bluff above the figure of the Holy Trinity. Legend has it that a lady from Bilbao was responsible for lighting it every night and that no one has turned it on again since the day she died.
4. We challenge you to locate in the old part of the city a great star in a tile, its meaning is that since it is the only point of the Seven Streets in which you can see the Cathedral of Begoña.
5. The exterior of the famous Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao is composed of 33,000 titano plates , one of the most resistant materials that exist.
6. The wall, of which we spoke earlier, had more than six meters long and two wide before it was destroyed.
7. Antonio Ligero was the first visitor of the Guggenheim He had that honor since he arrived three hours before the inauguration, because he got confused with the time.
8. On the occasion of the visit of Amadeo de Saboya, the people of Bilbao they flooded the Plaza Nueva for the king to feel as if he were in Venice, there is a picture that shows it.
9. This square, changed its name to "Plaza de los Mártires" in the Franco regime, but the town continued to call it by its old name.
10. The full Bilbao, it is possible to find old cannonballs , used as decoration very close to the main Library of the city.
11. Another of the curiosities of Bilbao, which shows that the city is very old, is that you can find a house dating from early fourteenth century .
12 The source of the dog , actually shows lions, but as the inhabitants of Bilbao at that time had not seen any they thought they were dogs and with that name this famous site has remained.
13. The honor of being the darkest street in all of Bilbao , there is Ronda Street where the famous writer Miguel de Unamuno was born.
14. The people of Bilbao are known as braggarts and assured that champagne it was drank in that city like water, which is why this drink is known as "the water of Bilbao".
15. One of the saddest sights of Bilbao is that Barrenkale Barrena street had to be completely rebuilt after the severe floods that the city suffered in the year 1983.
16. The old slaughterhouse in the city was located throughout the center, but after numerous complaints from neighbors for the nauseating smell , moved to the outskirts. Thus, the street was known as "Old Carnage".
17. Tendería street is one of the most famous in the history of the town, since it connected Bilbao with the port, so most of the stores were located. There was famous murders and even the Catholic Monarchs stayed there.
18. Another of the curiosities of Bilbao that you may not have known is that in the middle of the 20th century a fat club , for all citizens who weigh more than 100 kilos.
19. In the Circular Square we can find a lot of great watches concentrated in a very small space of space, one of the curiosities of Bilbao that you have not noticed and attracts a lot of attention.
20. You can also find an old bunker where the Government of the city met during the Civil War, now it is a very nice room that belongs to the Hotel Carlton .
21. The wolves that appear on the city's shield are in honor of the house of Haro . Despite this, those who come out in the coat of arms of this illustrious family have a lamb in their mouths.
22. There are fans of Lord of the Rings, who claim that the name of Bilbo Baggins It has its origin in the city of Bilbao, since Tolkien had ancestry and relationship with Spain.
23. Each of the famous Seven Streets of Bilbao He had a patron to whom he had festivities.
24 Iñaki Azkuna He was one of the most distinguished personalities of the city, in fact he was named best mayor of the world in 2012.
25. The oldest street in Bilbao is the so-called Somera Street , whose name means "the one of above" since it was in the superior part of the city.
We are sure that these curiosities of Bilbao will have surprised you, did you know them all or have you discovered many new ones? If you are an expert in this city and want to leave us more curious information in our comments, Write us! We will love reading you and, if possible, expand this compendium of curiosities of such a beautiful city!