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Barakaldo
Municpality and City in Basque Country, Spain

Barakaldo

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.

How locals move

Getting around Barakaldo the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Javierme Javier Mediavilla Ezquibela (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.