Barakaldo
Barakaldo is a municipality in the Biscay province in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in Spain.
Barakaldo is a municipality in the Biscay province in the autonomous community of the Basque Country in Spain. Located on the Left Bank of the Estuary of Bilbao, the city is part of Greater Bilbao, and with a population of 103,084 is Bilbao's largest suburb.
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Worth seeing in and around Barakaldo
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Biscay, Spain. It is one of several museums affiliated to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
5.6 km · Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 02Vizcaya Bridge
The Vizcaya Bridge is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervión River. People in the area, and even the official website, commonly call it the Puente Colgante, although its structure is quite different from a suspension bridge.
3.5 km · bridge · Wikipedia - 03San Mamés Stadium
The San Mamés Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Rafael Moreno Pitxitxi Kalea, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. Inaugurated on 16 September 2013, the stadium replaced the "old" San Mamés as the home of Athletic Bilbao.
5 km · football stadium in Bilbao, Spain that opened in 2013 · Wikipedia - 04University of the Basque Country
The University of the Basque Country is a Spanish public university of the Basque Autonomous Community. Heir of the University of Bilbao, initially it was made up of the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of Sarriko, Medicine and Sciences.
4.2 km · public university in the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain · Wikipedia - 05University of Deusto
The University of Deusto is a Spanish private university owned by the Society of Jesus, with campuses in Bilbao and San Sebastián, and the Deusto Business School branch in Madrid. The University of Deusto is the oldest private university in Spain.
5.3 km · Spanish private university · Wikipedia - 06Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum is an art museum located in the city of Bilbao, Spain. The building of the museum is located entirely inside the city's Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park.
5.6 km · art museum in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 07Bilbao Arena
Bilbao Arena is an indoor arena in the neighbourhood of Miribilla in Bilbao, Spain. The central hall can hold up to 10,014 people for basketball games.
7.3 km · arena in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia - 08Bizkaia Arena
Bizkaia Arena is an indoor arena in Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao. It is one of the biggest multipurpose halls in Spain, as it can hold up to 26,000 people with maximum legal capacity, although in most concert configurations the capacity is reduced to 18,640.
1 km · indoor arena in Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao · Wikipedia - 09Iberdrola Tower
The Iberdrola Tower is an office skyscraper in Bilbao, Spain. Its construction started on 19 March 2009 and was officially inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I on 21 February 2012.
5.4 km · building in Biscay, Spain · Wikipedia - 10Pagasarri
Pagasarri is one of the two small mountain ranges that encloses the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain and is part of the Basque Mountains. Its main peak separates the municipality of Bilbao from Arrigorriaga and Alonsotegi, and has an elevation of 673 m.
9.6 km · mountain located in Biscay, Spain · Wikipedia
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Getting to Barakaldo
- Airports
- Bilbao (BIO), 7 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 242 km · Asturias (OVD), 247 km
- Stations
- Bilbao Airport, 6.6 km · Bilbao-Abando, 6.6 km · Neguri, 4.9 km · Lutxana, 1.9 km · Port of Bilbao, 7.7 km
- Zaragoza → Barakaldo251 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · €31–44
- Ranón → Barakaldo250 km · quickest by road, 4h 20m · €30–42
- Madrid → Barakaldo326 km · quickest by air, 4h 13m · €100–150
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No local-transport research exists yet for Barakaldo
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Barakaldo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inwikipedia:Renfe_Feve wikipedia:Renfe_Feve Brittany Ferries run a direct car ferry between Bilbao and Portsmouth, England.
- Get inIt is best to book early, since the ferry is often booked out in summer.
- Get inFerries land at Zierbena, at about 15 km from the centre of Bilbao.
- Get aroundYou can use the tram, bus or funicular to move around Bilbao.
From Wikivoyage: Bilbao, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Barakaldo
Barakaldo is 7 km from Bilbao, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bilbaomunicipality and city in Spain6 km
- Getxomunicipality in the Basque Country5.4 km
- Portugaletehuman settlement in Greater Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country, Spain3.3 km
- Sestaotown and municipality located in the province of Biscay1.9 km
- Santurtzimunicipality of Basque Country, Spain4.9 km
- Leioamunicipality of Spain3.6 km