Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. It is also the largest city proper in northern Spain. Bilbao is the tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of 345,141 as of 2015. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabitants, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain; with a population of 875,552. The comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Greater Basque region.
Bilbao is situated in the north-central part of Spain, some 16 kilometres south of the Bay of Biscay, where the economic social development is located, where the estuary of Bilbao is formed. Its main urban core is surrounded by two small mountain ranges with an average elevation of 400 metres (1,300 ft). Its climate is shaped by the Bay of Biscay low-pressure systems and mild air, moderating summer temperatures by Iberian standards, with low sunshine and high rainfall. The annual temperature range is low for its latitude.
After its foundation in the early 14th century by Diego López V de Haro, head of the powerful Haro family, Bilbao was a commercial hub of the Basque Country that enjoyed significant importance in Green Spain. This was due to its port activity based on the export of iron extracted from the Biscayan quarries. Throughout the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth, Bilbao experienced heavy industrialisation, making it the centre of the second-most industrialised region of Spain, behind Barcelona. At the same time an extraordinary population explosion prompted the annexation of several adjacent municipalities. Nowadays, Bilbao is a vigorous service city that is experiencing an ongoing social, economic, and aesthetic revitalisation process, started by the iconic Bilbao Guggenheim Museum, and continued by infrastructure investments, such as the airport terminal, the rapid transit system, the tram line, the Azkuna Zentroa, and the currently under development Abandoibarra and Zorrozaurre renewal projects.
Bilbao is also home to football club Athletic Club de Bilbao, a significant symbol for Basque nationalism due to its promotion of only Basque players and being one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football history.
On 19 May 2010, the city of Bilbao was recognised with the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, awarded by the city state of Singapore, in collaboration with the Swedish Nobel Academy.Considered the Nobel Prize for urbanism, it was handed out on 29 June 2010. On 7 January 2013, its mayor, Iñaki Azkuna, received the 2012 World Mayor Prize awarded every two years by the British foundation The City Mayors Foundation, in recognition of the urban transformation experienced by the Biscayan capital since the 1990s. On 8 November 2017, Bilbao was chosen the Best European City 2018 at The Urbanism Awards 2018, awarded by the international organisation The Academy of Urbanism.
PD: There is available another file which cointains other adjacent towns such as Barakaldo, Sestao, Portugalete, Santurtzi, Getxo and Algorta. The pack is quite heavy, if you consider that your computer can cope with that you can give it a try. Greater Bilbao
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3 years ago
Tarval
Brutal la nueva versión, he visto hasta la ventana de mi casa, y eso que vivo casi en Artxanda.
He intentando aterrizar con un Bush plane en el parque etxebarria, y he estado volando un rato por debajo del terreno, jeje.
La cosa es que una vez sabiendo que no hay colisiones, pues me he puesto a divertirme pasando por debajo de los puentes.
De rendimiento perfecto, juego en VR, y he notado menos el impacto que en otras zonas con fotogrametria, bien optimizado.
4 years ago
cercata
Lo he descargado dos veces, y en ambas ocasiones 7-zip me dice que no es un archivo válido...
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MarkelCrack
angelosito
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XDesTro98
What was the name of the first versions folders?
Just downloaded the update but prev version has different names hehe..
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ChrisO
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joseramono
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Viktorenko
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Langer
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Viktorenko
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Viktorenko
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volvoespana
For non bilbao people, What/where is "patos"???
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MarkelCrack
totopeich
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joseramono
Please can you see Malaga?
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ospaju