About Basque Country

Discovering the Basque roots of the American Dream

aboutbc - Oct 10, 2018

The biggest ox in the world is being raised in Gipuzkoa

La Salve Bridge and Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao

The Basques take on London, as told in the ‘Financial Times’

Waving the Ikurriña or the Senyera can send you to jail in Scotland

Il gruppo musicale Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei

In Sardinia, the largest genetic heritage is from the “first Europeans”, and it’s similar to the Basques’

Viewpoints

Viewpoints: Bardenas Reales (video and photos)

aboutbc - Jan 12, 2018

Viewpoints: Tudela (or, Tudela Turns Me On)

aboutbc - Dec 23, 2017

Un detalle de la fragua de la Ferrería de El Pobal

Viewpoints: The El Pobal forge in Biscay

aboutbc - Nov 3, 2017

Cultura

Atxaga en Pyramid Lake durante sus Nevada days

A magnificent review of “Nevada Days” by Bernardo Atxaga in the Washington Post

aboutbc - Aug 21, 2018

Kurdish news agency ANF interviews Basque author and bertsolari Uxue Alberdi

aboutbc - Jul 2, 2018

A man in traditional Basque dress Credit- Urko Dorronsoro

How the Basque language has survived, on US public radio

aboutbc - Jun 4, 2018

Economia

The Basques take on London, as told in the ‘Financial Times’

aboutbc - Oct 4, 2018

La OIT pone de modelo en Iberoamérica la formación profesional vasca

The ILO marks Germany and the Basque Country as role models for vocational training

aboutbc - Aug 19, 2018

Representación del buque que Murueta está construyendo para la compañía noruega Alsaker Fjordbruk

Astilleros Murueta is building a ship for transporting live fish

aboutbc - Aug 18, 2018

Mundo Vasco

It’s been over ten years since we posted our first blog entry

aboutbc - Apr 19, 2018

2017 The Mundaka Festival is back! Are you going to miss out?

aboutbc - Jul 7, 2017

About basque Country ha cumplido seis años

We turn six today, and we’ve already had more readers this year than in all of 2015. Will you help us keep growing?

aboutbc - Oct 15, 2016

Gastronomia

The biggest ox in the world is being raised in Gipuzkoa

aboutbc - Oct 9, 2018

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Thanks to the Portuguese daily Jornal de Notícias, with a short video. The celebrity bull is called "Potxolo", and everything...

Verdens Bedste Fødevarer Basque Gastronomy

From Denmark: the Basques and their cuisine are an inspiration and...

Sep 5, 2018

The London dinner to mark the opening of nominations for 2018 at Refettorio Felix. From left, Brett Graham (head chef of The Ledbury), Joxe Mari Aizega (director of the BCC) and Alberto Crisci (founder of The Clink Charity and a BCWP 2016 finalist). Photo Courtesy of the Basque Culinary World Prize.PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BASQUE CULINARY WORLD PRIZE.

Forbes discusses the Basque culinary prize, which supports projects that improve...

Aug 20, 2018

Un coctel de patxaran enel Txikito de New York

From New York: “It’s shameful how little we know about patxaran”

Aug 17, 2018

A British astrophysicist who writes about cuisine returns to the Basque...

Aug 17, 2018

SOCIEDAD

The Basques take on London, as told in the ‘Financial Times’

aboutbc - Oct 4, 2018

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Yesterday, the Financial Times published an article about the maneuvers the Basques are making to "capture talent in London". ...

Waving the Ikurriña or the Senyera can send you to jail...

aboutbc - Sep 23, 2018

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Honestly, we found this report from Herald Scotland hard to believe, but it's true and quite serious. The newspaper...

In Sardinia, the largest genetic heritage is from the “first Europeans”,...

aboutbc - Sep 19, 2018

This article was translated by John R. Bopp Paolo Virtuani in the Italian daily Il Corriere della Sera has just written that on Sardinia, the oldest DNA...

A magnificent review of “Nevada Days” by Bernardo Atxaga in the...

aboutbc - Aug 21, 2018

This article was translated by John R. Bopp The Etxepare Institute collaborates every year in translating the books of Basque authors into other languages, to help...