Sunday, 20 March 2016

Bilbao - The Guggenheim Museum

The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, with art of modern and contemporary art, was opened in 1997, it is placed next to the river Nervion river.


 The side of the museum, I suggest that you take a walk around the museum to enjoy the beautiful architecture of the museum and the surroundings


Or just sit down and enjoy the view of all the people passing by


You can also see the big spider on the back of the museum



Walking around the museum you can see the famous dog that is build out of flowers. it is called puppy and is made by Jeff Koons

Bilbao - Vizcaya bridge

In Bilbao you can try the funny moving "bridge" it was build in 1893 to connect the two cities Portogalete and Getxo, but they didn't want to have a normal bridge that could disturb the maritime traffic, so they came up with this construction.



July the 13, 2006 Unesco declared the bridge a World heritage site


If you feel like you can take the elevator 50 meters up and walk over the bridge, there is an amazing view over the harbour 
It operates every 8 minute the whole day, and around 4 million passengers use the bridge every year





The bridge also transport cars and bicycles


Link to the official page of the bridge, where you can find time schedule for operation and prices for tickets: http://www.puente-colgante.com/index.php/es/