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Basurto-Zorroza

Basurto-Zorroza is the eighth district of the city of Bilbao (Biscay), in the Spanish Basque Country.

Basurto-Zorroza
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The place

Basurto-Zorroza is the eighth district of the city of Bilbao (Biscay), in the Spanish Basque Country. It is divided into the neighbourhoods of Altamira, Basurto, Olabeaga, Masustegui-Monte Caramelo and Zorrotza.

It is separated from Barakaldo by the river Kadagua.

Its area is 7.09 square kilometers and has a population of 31,672 inhabitants.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Basurto-Zorroza

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.

  1. 01
    Guggenheim 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.

    2.5 km · Museum of modern and contemporary art in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    San 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.

    1.4 km · football stadium in Bilbao, Spain that opened in 2013 · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    University 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.

    2.3 km · Spanish private university · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Bilbao 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.

    2.3 km · art museum in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bilbao 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.

    3.7 km · arena in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Bizkaia 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.

    3 km · indoor arena in Barakaldo, Greater Bilbao · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Iberdrola 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.

    2.2 km · building in Biscay, Spain · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall

    The Euskalduna Conference Centre and Concert Hall or Euskalduna Palace or Euskalduna Hall is located in the city of Bilbao, Basque Country, beside the Estuary of Bilbao, built in part of the area that was formerly occupied by the Euskalduna shipyards. The building includes both a Concert Hall and an Opera House and a Conference Centre.

    1.7 km · convention centre and concert hall in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Teatro Arriaga

    The Teatro Arriaga, or Arriaga Antzokia in Basque, is an opera house located on the Nervión River in Bilbao, Spain. It was built in Neo-Baroque style by architect Joaquín Rucoba in 1890, the same architect that built the city hall.

    3.4 km · theatre in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Chavarri Palace

    The Chavarri Palace is a building in the Flemish style in the city of Bilbao, the most outstanding around the Elíptica Square. It was built in the early 20th century and its style resembles the palaces built during the Renaissance in Antwerp or Bruges.

    2.5 km · landmark building in Bilbao, Spain · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Basurto-Zorroza

Airports
Bilbao (BIO), 6 km · Zaragoza (ZAZ), 238 km · Bordeaux–Mérignac (BOD), 250 km
Stations
Bilbao-Abando, 3.2 km · Lutxana, 2.6 km · Bilbao-Atxuri station, 3.9 km · Estación de San Ignazio, 1.4 km · Sarriko, 900 m
  • Zaragoza → Basurto-Zorroza
    248 km · quickest by road, 4h 12m · €31–43
  • Ranón → Basurto-Zorroza
    252 km · quickest by road, 4h 24m · €30–43
  • Madrid → Basurto-Zorroza
    323 km · quickest by air, 4h 11m · €100–150
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Basurto-Zorroza

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 Basurto-Zorroza. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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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Around it

Next door to Basurto-Zorroza

Basurto-Zorroza is 3 km from Bilbao, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.