We’re planning on one year abroad in Bilbao. Husband is Basque, fluent in Spanish and limited Euskera. Kids will be 6 and 11 and currently attend a bilingual (eng/span) school in the States. We’re looking for any help with finding schools with main subjects (if not all) taught in Spanish. The...

Has anyone rented a car in Bilbao? Please let me know which rental agency did you use and if you recommend them. (I've tried searching this forum for past experiences but get pages and pages of non-specific comments or just advertising.) Thanks for your help. Peter

Well, back in November, we introduced ourselves on this forum and said we'd like to spend more time in Spain in the future. Over the past couple of weeks, there's been a lot of talk between Mrs S and I, which has resulted in a ferry booking for September this year. The plan is still to only stay...

Hey out there! I moved to Bilbao after living in Barcelona - and compared to Barcelona Bilbao is a rather quiet place. (... or I totally miss the "cool stuff" like parties, arts, live music, etc. - if so, please tell me!!) One of the things I also couldn't find was a group of ExPats. Though...

So I'm a 24year old female who's just moved to Getxo from London, working as an au pair, and am keen to meet easy going people for socialising, shopping, chatting, eating, drinking, the usual. Spanish/English/whoever would be great!

We're soon to move to Bilbao for 6 months to a year and am having trouble finding decent places to rent. There seems to be a real shortage of quality furnished rentals available for those of us not in the student or short-term tourist rental markets. I've successfully used Loquo in the past when...

Bilbao is situated in the North of Spain. It is the largest city in the Basque Country with over 354,000 residents. It is also the capital of the province of Biscay being an economic and industrial powerhouse in Greater Bilbao. Greater Bilbao is where majority of the Basque Country population...