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Cityscape of Bilbao, with the Guggenheim Museum on the bottom right

Bilbao ( Basque: Bilbo) is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the Pais Vasco and the capital of the province of Vizcaya (Basque: Bizkaia). A major seaport and industrial centre, it is located on the river Nervión, and its suburbs extend to the Bay of Biscay. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Bilbao proper was 353,567, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 946,829, ranking as the sixth-largest urban area of Spain. As of 2004, the mayorA mayor ( Latin major "better") is the chief executive official of a city, town, or village. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs as to the powers and responsibilities of a mayor, as well as the means of becoming mayor. The French of Bilbao is Iñaki Azkuna .

The city has recently undergone an urban renewalUrban renewal (also called 'urban regeneration' in British English) is a movement in urban planning that reached its peak in the United States that from the late 1940s through the early 1970s. It has had a massive impact on the urban landscape and continu centred around the new metroThis page refers to urban rail mass transit systems. For other uses see metro (disambiguation metro in Athens, Greece double as museums with displays of antiquities found in excavations of its tunnels in the historic city. A Metro is a form of mass transi system by Sir Norman FosterNorman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank OM Kt (born June 1, 1935) is a British architect. Foster was born in Manchester and educated at the University of Manchester and at Yale University. He worked for the visionary Buckminster Fuller before me (see List of Bilbao metro stationsThis is a list of the stations of the metro system of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. See Bilbao metro. The system is one line in the city centre (Bolueta San Inazio) which forms two branches northwest of downtown. Line One Bolueta Plentzia Bolueta Basarra) and, most of all, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao by Frank GehryFrank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Goldberg on February 28, 1929) is an architect known for his interesting use of metal sheathing for his buildings. He was born in Toronto, Canada, but moved to California at age 17. He is today a naturalized American citizen. A new tramSirio low-floor tram in Athens, Greece passes in front of the Acropolis A tram (or tramway trolley streetcar strassenbahn is a light-rail vehicle for public transport. Trams are distinguished from other forms of light rail in that they travel along tracks ( EuskoTran) was introduced in 2002. The port, formerly on the river, has been moved and expanded on the Bay of Biscay opening a great deal of central real estate on the river that has been the site of most of the new building.

It is the home city of soccer team Athletic Club Bilbao.