 Aste Nagusia - Reviews from across the web
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Aste Nagusia Bilbao'07 by Setita
Txakolina is normally produced from the local grape Hondarribi Zuri and traditionally fermented in foudres (very old, large oak barrels) but most txakolina produced today is fermented in stainless steel. There are three Denominaciones de origen dedicated to the production of Txakolina: Arabako Txako...
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World Events Guide - Aste Nagusia
For a week during the summer, the city of Bilbao is transformed into one big fiesta with a varied programme of fun events – many of which have a distinctively local flavour. Aste Nagusia offers a good chance to see the city at its most festive and, with parades, theatre, music, fireworks, street ent...
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Pyrenees Guide .com - Bilbao Semana Grande (Aste Nagusia), Basque Country
Bilbao celebrates its Basque heritage with one of the most vibrant fiestas in the Pyrenees. Over 100,000 people take part in the Aste Nagusia celebrations, which include the famous Strongman games, as well as nightly firework displays, with a different nation invited to stage the show each night. Th...
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Adventures in Basqueland. - By June Thomas - Slate Magazine
This year's Aste Nagusia blossomed in a mud puddle. It was pouring on Saturday evening when BilbaĂnos gathered outside the Teatro Arriago in the Casco Viejo to greet Marijaia, the muse and symbol of the fiestas. Since most of the revelers were dressed for sun, I figured that, as in Seattle, the res...
slate.com
Travel Channel :: Discovery Events Guide :: Bilbao Semana Grande Aste Nagusia (Bilbao:: Spain)
Music is key to the celebrations and there are free performances of all kinds on stages in squares and churches throughout the city. Two are particularly worth a visit; the stage in the Plaza Nueva (where you can also eat some fantastic tapas at the Café Bar Bilbao) and the quarry amphitheatre behin...
travelevents.discovery.com
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