SolèneUniversidad Deusto → Universidad Deusto · Primavera 2025“Bilbao is a small city, and most trips are done on foot. People walk a lot and usually only take public transport if they need to go outside the city or at night. In Bilbao, there are several means of transportation: buses (I don’t necessarily recommend the ones that run within the city), both red and green. The red ones operate inside the city, while the green ones go outside some even up to 1.5 hours away. There’s also a tram, a great metro system, and a funicular.
Public transport in general isn’t expensive if you get the Barik card it’s a rechargeable card, and €20 was more than enough for me to get around Bilbao for five months.
Also, Bilbao is a very safe city overall; you can walk home alone at 3–4 a.m. without any problem. However, avoid the San Francisco neighborhood, which is known as the rough area of Bilbao.
The beach isn’t very far from Bilbao just 20 minutes by metro and you can surf there. The scenery is also really beautiful.
There’s also the Athletic Club, and match days are very important here, in fact, on those days everything closes earlier. Also, during the week, bars don’t usually stay open very late and sometimes aren’t open at all.
Bilbao isn’t a city with a very young population, so it’s not as lively or festive as the rest of Spain. Also, be careful with the weather, it rains a lot here, and it can change very quickly throughout the day. ”
📍 Uribarri, 20min in walk from Deusto and 15min from the center
