Onwards and upwards: Bilbao, candidate city for European Capital of Sports Award!
After just missing out on becoming the World Design Capital, the irrepressible Bilbao will present today, , 27th October, its bid for the European Capital of Sports Award. This award focusses on the role of sport in the promotion of citizens’ wellbeing, aiming to...
Read moreThe third-ever Bilbao Night Marathon makes for a night of surprises!
Last Saturday, 22nd October, the night sky over Bilbao was lit up with fireworks, as the runners of the third Bilbao Night Marathon set off from the Guggenheim. Their route would take them 42 kilometres through the city, passing some of its most...
Read moreThe Instituto Cervantes is given the royal seal of approval
Last Monday, 11th October, King Juan Carlos presided over an Instituto Cervantes conference , an international body for the promotion of the Spanish language by which Instituto Hemingway is officially recognized as an “Accredited Centre for the teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language”.King...
Read more,The Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher Training course begins at the Instituto Hemingway
Last Thursday, 13th October saw the start of the October Spanish as a Foreign Language Teacher Training course at the Instituto Hemingway. Our new trainee teachers come in all different shapes and sizes, and come from all over Spain, but they all share the same...
Read moreOur Spanish students visit a photography exhibition in the new ExpoGela gallery
Between now and the end of October, nine different photography exhibitions are going to take place in Bilbao, under the banner of ,Bilboargazki2011, an iniciative to promote the city`s image as a cenre of art. The exhibition encompasses artists from both Spain and abroad, each...
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