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Trick or Science Barakaldo

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Our flag is called Ikurriña, it colours are red, white and green. Sabino Arana invented the Ikurriña. There are other Basque symbols, one of the most important of them is the lauburu.

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Here, in the Basque Country we have a lot of different and exciting sports like this:

Sokatira (in English “tug of war”) : There are two teams and they have one rope, they start pulling and the person who casts the other person wins.

Harri jasotsaile (“ in English Stone picking”): There is one person, and he or she lifts stones in “x” time, for example. In one minute, how many stones can you lift ?
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San Mames is football stadium located in Bilbao ( Vizcaya, Spain). Inagurated on 16 September 2013. The stadium HAS replaced the old San Mames. The first stone was placed on 26 may of 2010. In 2015 San Mames was awarded in the “ World Architecture Festival” , celebrated in Singapur as the best building sports in the world.

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Basque gastronomy is very well-known in Spain. It is very traditional to eat different types of snacks in the bars. In the picture we can see the differents types of snack that is typical to find in the bars like: Spanish omelette(that is customary from Spain), octopus, cod, chili peper…

One of the most famous food in the Basque Counrtry it´s marmitako.It´s made of cod,potatoes and pepper (in general we eat a lot of fish). The Basque cake is also common

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ATHLETIC CLUB

Athletic is a team of football in the Basque Country. It is the most important here. It was created in 1889. They are known as Los Leones (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés.

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Basque dancing is a very important part of Basque culture.
Each province has got a different dance, some of those dances, are very old, that´s why we don´t know when they were created.
A lot of people dance them, and sometimes people meet to dance them all together.
Boys and girls can dance them.

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Dominion Bilbao Basket is a basketball team that represents Bilbao. The stadium is located in Miribilla in Bilbao. Today (17-10-2016) they are second on the competition in the same place as Tenerife. In the last year they finished in the ninth position and got a place to play Eurocup.

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The official language of Basque Country is Euskera. In different parts of Basque Country people speaks different types of Euskera, such as, Batua, Gipuzkoarra, Bizkaiera...

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Barakaldo is a city located in the left side of the Nervion river. The population in Barakaldo is about 100061 inhabitants according to 2011’s cense. There are some means of transport you can use to travel around Barakaldo and Bilbao, the bus, the underground and the train. This is very helpful due to the fact that it is a huge city and they make it easier to travel from one side of the city to the other one.
There are some interesting places to visit in Barakaldo, such as the botanic garden or the centre of Barakaldo, there are places like theatres shops and bars in this zone, so it is a quite touristic zone because it helps to the econommy of the city thanks to many tourist who come to the BEC (Bilbao Exibiton Centre). There are some festivals or expositions that atract hundreds of people from all over the world.

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Dominion Bilbao Basket is a basketball team that represents Bilbao. The stadium is located in Miribilla in Bilbao. Today (17-10-2016) they are second on the competition in the same place as Tenerife. In the last year they finished in the ninth position and got a place to play Eurocup.

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Window nº 1 17-10-2016	Barakaldo is a city located in the left side of the Nervion river. The population in Barakaldo is about 100061 inhabitants according to 2011’s cense. There are some means of transport you can use to travel around Barakaldo and Bilbao, the bus, the underground and the train. This is very helpful due to the fact that it is a huge city and they make it easier to travel from one side of the city to the other one. There are some interesting places to visit in Barakaldo, such as the botanic garden or the centre of Barakaldo, there are places like theatres shops and bars in this zone, so it is a quite touristic zone because it helps to the econommy of the city thanks to many tourist who come to the BEC (Bilbao Exibiton Centre). There are some festivals or expositions that atract hundreds of people from all over the world.
Window nº 2 18-10-2016	Our flag is called Ikurriña, it colours are red, white and green. Sabino Arana invented the Ikurriña. There are other Basque symbols, one of the most important of them is the lauburu.
Window nº 3 19-10-2016	The official language of Basque Country is Euskera. In different parts of Basque Country people speaks different types of Euskera, such as, Batua, Gipuzkoarra, Bizkaiera...
Window nº 4 20-10-2016	Basque gastronomy is very well-known in Spain. It is very traditional to eat different types of snacks in the bars. In the picture we can see the differents types of snack that is typical to find in the bars like: Spanish omelette(that is customary from Spain), octopus, cod, chili peper… One of the most famous food in the Basque Counrtry it´s marmitako.It´s made of cod,potatoes and pepper (in general we eat a lot of fish). The Basque cake is also common
Window nº 5 21-10-2016	Basque dancing is a very important part of Basque culture. Each province has got a different dance, some of those dances, are very old, that´s why we don´t know when they were created. A lot of people dance them, and sometimes people meet to dance them all together. Boys and girls can dance them.
Window nº 6 22-10-2016	Here, in the Basque Country we have a lot of different and exciting sports like this: Sokatira (in English “tug of war”) : There are two teams and they have one rope, they start pulling and the person who casts the other person wins. Harri jasotsaile (“ in English Stone picking”): There is one person, and he or she lifts stones in “x” time, for example. In one minute, how many stones can you lift ?
Window nº 7 23-10-2016	ATHLETIC CLUB Athletic is a team of football in the Basque Country. It is the most important here. It was created in 1889. They are known as Los Leones (The Lions) because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés.
Window nº 8 24-10-2016	San Mames is football stadium located in Bilbao ( Vizcaya, Spain). Inagurated on 16 September 2013. The stadium HAS replaced the old San Mames. The first stone was placed on 26 may of 2010. In 2015 San Mames was awarded in the “ World Architecture Festival” , celebrated in Singapur as the best building sports in the world.
Window nº 9 25-10-2016	Dominion Bilbao Basket is a basketball team that represents Bilbao. The stadium is located in Miribilla in Bilbao. Today (17-10-2016) they are second on the competition in the same place as Tenerife. In the last year they finished in the ninth position and got a place to play Eurocup.