From whales to waves: Biarritz evolved from a 19th-century aristocratic retreat into a global surf hotspot after a Californian introduced the sport in 1956. Surf and culture: The town boasts ...

EDWYN COLLINS + GLASS CHEQUES + BAYVIEW - DABADABA, SAN SEBASTIÁN, BASQUE COUNTRY, SPAIN 1.5.26 The Dabadaba music venue at ...

This Nevada town has a Basque restaurant where communal tables, family style courses, and complete strangers combine for the ...

How to spend 48 hours in the Spanish city famous for art, football and pintxos Marti Buckley is an author and journalist based in San Sebastián since 2010. She is a former professional cook and has ...

For decades, the Basque government has been calling for Guernica to be loaned to the Guggenheim in Bilbao, but Madrid's Reina Sofía museum has just published a 16-page report that says the Picasso ...

Growing up in my household meant constantly hearing live music. My father, who fell in love with the fiddle in college, had developed an interest in Irish music. When I was six years old, I took a ...

The Basque people have been an enigma to anthropologists for years. With a unique language, traditions, and customs, Basque origins have long been a mystery. Researchers now believe they have finally ...

The genetic background of modern day Europe can often be a complicated topic to talk about. History often brings the migrations of faraway peoples, which is how the Indo-Europeans merged with the ...

From exile epics to pop-rock portraits, Basque filmmakers showcase resilience and range with 13 World Premieres - led by Asier Altuna’s ‘Karmele,’ José Mari Goenaga and Aitor Arregi’s ‘Maspalomas' and ...

In “Karmele,” one of the Basque films at this year’s festival, the Basque language itself comes under threat. For centuries, rulers sought to stamp out cultural difference, Franco banning Basque from ...

Spain's top film fest is reaping the rewards of the Basque country's mammoth film and TV investment over the last 10 years: "For the first time in a long time, everyone in Basque cinema is working ...