About the Basque Country

Bilbao Fine Arts Museum joins Google Art Project

140-plus artworks from the Museum collection have been photographed in high resolution for inclusion...

Black Eyed peas Basque wedding video becomes Youtube sensation

Fran and Edurne, two newlyweds, are welcomed by some Basque dancers who were expected to dance an aurresku...

San Sebastian among TripAdvisor's top 15 destinations 'on the rise'

The 'beautiful beaches' of Ondarreta and Zurriola, La Concha bay, seafood restaurants and traditional...

Tolosa Carnival: Days of feast and parody

The nights between the winter and summer solstices were long in the Basque farmhouses. They needed several...

Basques sing in honour of St Agatha

On the eve of St Agatha's, hundreds of choirs in several Basque villages and cities, dress up in typical...

Zanpantzarrak flood Ituren and Zubieta with the sound of cowbells

The carnivals held in the villages of Ituren and Zubieta are among the most popular in the Basque Country...

New Basque restaurant 'Donostia' to open in London

Former Barrafina head chef Tomasz Baranski, who has also worked at restaurants Fino and Brindisa for a...

Basque firm launches Basque Country surf guide app

The surf guide of the Basque Country aims to provide surfers with the location of the most important Basque...

Video calls Basque-Americans to learn Basque, join the conversation

N.A.B.O.'s 'Join the Conversation, learn Basque' video targets to promote Basque language lessons in the...

'It takes three hams before you can slice it properly'

Erasmus student Meryl Geugies met expert ham cutter Sylvain Foucaud. Cutting ham by hand is a skill lost...

Pintxos take to the Runway

Cook & Fashion held its 8th Edition on December 1st at San Sebastian's Palacio Miramar.

Restless traveler launches Basque Country Cuisine app

The Basque Country: Cuisine and Culture guide application is available in both iPhone and iPad format

US couple enjoy 'authentic' Basque wedding in San Sebastian

Bob and Deirdre Badal, from California, chose Donostia-San Sebastian as the setting for their intimate...