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The embarrassing “Tortilla de Vitoria” (Vitorian Omelet) affair. A never-ending story

This article was tranlated by Iustrans The bizarre story of the "world's largest potato omelet", an initiative launched by Vitoria’s city hall on August 2,...

Cris Michael, (a “parachutist with earmuffs”): Bilbao citizens seem disproportionately well-off

Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao: does it do enough for the city’s ordinary residents? Photograph: Gary Calton
This article was tranlated by Iustrans We use the term "Parachutist with earmuffs" colloquially to define a person that goes to a place without knowing...

The bombing of Guernica. Goodwill shines brightest when surrounded by the...

Bombardeo de Gernika 1937
  Second entry on the Bombing of Guernica written in commemoration of this event held in 2015. Truth and lies about the bombing of Guernica in...

“A Basque woman is a very particular type of woman”

Artículo sobre lecciones aprendidas en el Pais vasco
This article was translated by John R. Bopp Kia Marie Hunt is a student of Spanish, Galician, and Portuguese at the University of Birmingham (which we’ve...

Matthew C Klein, a recommendation: Don’t write about what you don’t...

Matthew C. Klein is a brilliant, well-educated young man from Chicago who has the huge opportunity, and responsibility, to be able to write his...

An “Unnamed Peak” in Nepal has been conquered by a Basque...

La ruta "Burning Kharkas" hasta la cima del "pico sin Nombre" en el Himalaya nepalí
  It seems incredible that in the day and age of Google Maps and “we can see the front door of any house in the...

The “Basque Boys” who triumphed at soccer at King Arthur’s Court

We'd like to bring you this moving story of the Basque War Children, who took refuge in Wales and created a soccer team

The color “Basque red” also exists in the English-speaking world

There's also a shade of red in the US and Great Britain with the same name, just translated into English: "Basque red"

The British San Sebastian, 1921 (photos)

The Britain from Above website is a project which is trying to preserve 95,000 of the oldest and most valuable photos in the Aerofilms...

Two Basque carols interpreted by the Cambridge Choir of King’s College...

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  This article was translated by John R. Bopp Birjina gaztetto bat zegoen is a popular Basque carol that was discussed in 1887 by Charles Bordes in...