Wednesday 18 June 2025, 19:00
Departure and arrival point: Itsasmuseum Muelle Ramón de la Sota, 1, Bilbao
Included in the registration fee

The boat trip along the Bilbao estuary from the Maritime Museum to the Portugalete Bridge will take you on a fascinating journey through the city’s industrial past, revealing how this river artery was the epicentre of its economic development. As the tour progresses, old shipyards, port cranes and industrial structures converted into modern installations can be seen, as is the case in Zorrotzaurre, a former industrial quarter undergoing a transformation towards a model of urban innovation. Throughout the visit you will see vestiges of the intense mining and iron and steel activity that defined Bilbao during the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as the loading docks and factories that still dot the riverbanks. Arriving at the Portugalete Bridge, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, the tour ends with one of the architectural jewels.

At the end we will have a cocktail next to the Itsasmuseum.

Thursday 19 June 2025, 20:00
Sociedad Bilbaina
Calle Navarra (Nafarroa Kalea) 1. Bilbao
Included for Full Delegates and Accompanying Person
Extra conference dinner ticket: 90€

The Sociedad Bilbaina is a private club whose 1913 headquarters is declared as a Cultural Asset, with the category of Monument. La Sociedad Bilbaína is a distinguished building that is of cultural interest and houses one of the most select private clubs in the Vizcayan capital. Founded as a place of relaxation and recreation in the purest European style of the time, this magnificent club, with its emblematic façade and large bay windows, has one of the most important private libraries in Spain, containing more than 40,000 volumes, including incunabula. This outstanding building is opulently decorated inside, and some of the most important personalities in the areas of economics, finance and culture have passed through its doors.

The Sociedad Bilbaina is located in the centre of Bilbao close to the old town and Gran Via Street.