IRISH-BASQUE DANCE WORKSHOP
WHAT: Irish and Basque Dance Workshop
WHEN: Sunday 26 April, 24 May, 21 June – 11:30
WHERE: Centro Civico Otxarkoaga, Casals Pau Hiribidea, 17, Otxarkoaga, Bilbao
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1tuV38hXpkdPdF7F9
+INFO: Join us this Spring/Summer and immerse yourself in this important part of the Irish and Basque tradition and culture. For more information, contact Seamus via email laguncara.elkartea@gmail.com or via Instagram, Facebook or X.
BLOOMSDAY 2026
Whether you have read Ulysses or not, there is no better way to pass the day than in good company, strolling around a well-known place and watching it be transformed while listening to passages read from the book.
WHERE: Bermeo, Bizkaia
WHEN: Sunday, 14 June 2026 – from 10:30
Meeting points/times:
10:30 – For those arriving by TRAIN or BUS: Estación de tren de Bermeo
https://maps.app.goo.gl/CK24kW2Ed2oSb6wk8
11:00 – For those arriving by CAR or BY FOOT: Talako Kantina
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LdxiMcFB4C1mSsC97
KEY INFORMATION
Getting there via public transport from Bilbao:
Euskotren
Line E4 operates from Etxebarri to Bermeo train station – train leaves at 08:36 https://www.euskotren.eus/es/tren
Bizkaiabus
Lines as follows
A3527 – from Plaza Moyua at 09:15 – arrives approx. 10:20
A3515 – from Abando at 08:20 – arrives approx. 10:10
A3517 – from San Jose Plaza (Elcano 5) at 08:38 – arrives approx. 10:10 https://www.bizkaia.eus/es/web/bizkaibus
Unfortunately public transport from both Vitoria-Gasteiz and Donosti/San Sebastian is much more complicated, there is no direct route.
Car park
The biggest in Bermeo is Tala car park, beside the cemetery.
In Google Maps or your Navigation app, put as destination “Itsas-Gane campo de fútbol” or “cementerio Mendiluz”, or use this link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/y3XQajZxUqrMT8N98
Full intinerary/route as follows:
LUNCH
Lunch is optional – we have provisionally reserved a table at Asador Leku, Kai Bidea, Bermeo. (previously know as «San Pedro Kofradia»)
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Menu: 40€ – click here for full menu.
Time: 14:30
IMPORTANT: To reserve your place for lunch, and so we can confirm numbers to the restaurant, please send an email to laguncara.elkartea@gmail.com by Wednesday 10th June.
WHAT: LAGUNCARA READING GROUP
WHEN: 20:30 – Sunday evenings as scheduled
WHERE: via Zoom video call
+INFO: Our online Reading Group, which initially grew out of an inability to meet up during the Pandemic, is now in its 6th year and thriving!
We will soon read and discuss «The Gadfly» by E. L. Voynich. Contact Seamus at laguncara.elkartea@gmail.com for more information and to join the Group.