Location
The 12th International Conference of the Spanish Society of Neutron Scattering will take place at the Bizkaia Aretoa, located at Avenida Abandoibarra 3, 48003 Bilbao, Spain.
The Bizkaia Aretoa building is located in one of the most emblematic parts of Bilbao. It opens out onto the estuary and the Guggenheim Museum, right in the centre of Avenida Abandoibarra, between the Padre Arrupe footbridge and the bridge known as the Puente de Deusto. Nowadays, this building hosts all kind of social, cultural, academic and scientific events.
It is an emblematic building designed by the architect Álvaro Siza, who has given priority to “maintaining the scale of the place, respecting cornices and placing the ground floor at the service of the pedestrian, open and permeable, offering views inside with huge wings that integrate the private space in the public area and vice versa”.
How to get there
How to reach Bilbao:
By Plane:
Bilbao International Airport is located 12 km from the city, in the municipality of Loiu.
How to get from the airport to the city center:
- The Bizkaibus line 3247 connects the city with the airport every 15 minutes, stopping at several points in central Bilbao (Alda. Recalde, Plaza Moyúa, Gran Vía, and Intermodal). The journey to the last stop (Intermodal) takes approximately 20 minutes. A customer service desk and ticket counter are available in the arrivals hall. A single ticket costs approximately €4.5.
- Taxi to Bilbao: Approximate fare €30-35.
- Car rental is also available at the airport.
By Bus:
All buses arrive at the Bilbao bus terminal, located at Garellano Street, 1 – Intermodal Bilbao.
By Train:
Medium- and long-distance trains arrive at Abando Indalecio Prieto Station, located in the city center at Plaza Circular, 2 – Intermodal Bilbao.
Once you have arrived to the city, the options to reach the conference venue are:
By underground (metro):
The nearest stop is Moyua (exit for Ercilla-Guggenheim). From the exit, walk down Calle Elcano towards the estuary (in the direction of Abandoibarra), keeping the Government House building on your left, and when you come to the Euskadi roundabout, turn into Calle Ramón Rubial and continue until you come to the Bizkaia Aretoa building. It is about a ten-minute walk.
By tram:
The nearest stop is Guggenheim, which is right by the Bizkaia Aretoa building. It is about a one-minute walk.
By car:
The nearest carpark is Parking de la Plaza Euskadi (in the sqare of the same name). The entrance is in Calle Ramón Rubial. It is about a two-minute walk.
By bus:
Bilbobus: LINES 1, 10, 13 and 18 stopping in the Plaza del Museo de Bellas Artes and on Deusto bridge (it is about a six-minute walk from both bus stops). Lines 13, 27, 38 and 48, stopping at Alameda de Rekalde (it is about an eight-minute walk from here). Lines 11 and 71, stopping at the Universidad de Deusto (in this case, you have to cross the estuary via the Pedro Arrupe footbridge, which is about a five-minute walk).
Bizkaibus: Lines A2153, A2314, A2322, A3225, A3411, A3516, A3517, A3518, A3527, stopping at Plaza del Museo (with about a six-minute walk from here), Lines A3247 and A3414, stopping at Alameda Recalde (with about an eight-minute walk) and Line A3223, stopping at the Universidad de Deusto (in this case you have to cross the estuary via the Pedro Arrupe footbridge, which is about a five-minute walk).
Map showing how to walk here from the bus stop outside the Universidad de Deusto
Map showing how to walk here from the bus stop in Plaza del Museo
Map showing how to walk here from the bus stop in Puente de Deusto
Map showing how to walk here from the bus stop in Alameda de Rekalde
Accomodation
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