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DPSP Europe 2025 Conference venue

Bizkaia Aretoa- UPV/EHU

DPSP Europe 2025 will take place at the Bizkaia Aretoa of the University of the Basque Country, also known as the Paraninfo (assembly hall).

This building is situated in the heart of Bilbao. It is of modernist architecture designed by the architect Álvaro Siza. It is a part of the urban ‘renewal’ project that has transformed Bilbao in the last two decades into a “post-industrial” city.

It is significant for its architectural features and the urban transformation it has contributed to – the regeneration of the previously industrial area of Abandoibarra.

Address:

Bizkaia Aretoa
University of the Basque Country
Avenida Abandoibarra, 3
48009 Bilbao

Travel information

There are a number of ways to travel locally to Bizkaia Aretoa:

By underground (metro):

The nearest stop is Moyua (exit for Ercilla-Guggenheim). From the exit, walk down Calle Elcano towards the estuary (in the direction of Abandoibarra), keeping the Government House building on your left, and when you come to the Euskadi roundabout, turn into Calle Ramón Rubial and continue until you come to the Bizkaia Aretoa building.

It is about a ten-minute walk.

By tram:

The nearest stop is Guggenheim, which is right by the Bizkaia Aretoa building. It is about a one-minute walk.

By bus:

Bilbobus: LINES 1, 10, 13 and 18 stopping in the Plaza del Museo de Bellas Artes and on Deusto bridge (it is about a six-minute walk from both bus stops). Lines 13, 27, 38 and 48, stopping at Alameda de Rekalde (it is about an eight-minute walk from here). Lines 11 and 71, stopping at the Universidad de Deusto (in this case, you have to cross the estuary via the Pedro Arrupe footbridge, which is about a five-minute walk).

Bizkaibus: Lines A2153, A2314, A2322, A3225, A3411, A3516, A3517, A3518, A3527, stopping at Plaza del Museo (with about a six-minute walk from here), Lines A3247 and A3414, stopping at Alameda Recalde (with about an eight-minute walk) and Line A3223, stopping at the Universidad de Deusto (in this case you have to cross the estuary via the Pedro Arrupe footbridge, which is about a five-minute walk).