Foto-Spot in Bilbao
The Guggenheim and the riverside
A titanium building that changed a city, with walkways along the Nervión on both sides of it.
Über The Guggenheim and the riverside
Route anzeigenFrank Gehry's museum opened in 1997 on a derelict industrial riverbank and turned Bilbao from a post-industrial city into a destination. The titanium panels curve in every direction and change colour with the weather — silver in cloud, gold at sunset, and almost white at midday.
For a photographer the building is a machine for making backgrounds. Every angle gives a different set of curves, and the riverside walkways on both banks mean you can circle it and never repeat a frame. Puppy, the giant flower-covered sculpture at the entrance, gives colour that the metal does not.
Bilbao's weather is Atlantic and often overcast, which suits this location better than sun does: flat light makes the titanium subtle rather than blinding, and softens faces at the same time.
Beste Zeit zum Fotografieren
Overcast suits it; otherwise the last hour, when the titanium goes gold
Tipps
The exterior and the riverside are free and open at all hours. Rain is common — this is one of the few locations in the catalogue that is arguably better in it.
Weitere Orte in Bilbao
Mirador de Artxanda bei Sonnenuntergang
Eine Terrasse auf dem Hausberg, drei Minuten mit der Standseilbahn über der Stadt, mit der ganzen Flussschleife und dem Guggenheim darunter.
Casco Viejo — Plaza Nueva und die Siete Calles
Ein klassizistischer Platz mit vierundsechzig Bögen und Bars unter den Arkaden, dahinter die sieben Ursprungsgassen der Stadt.
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