BLOOMSDAY 2025

WHEN: Sunday, 22 June 2025, from 10:30 h until the afternoon
WHERE: Plentzia, Bizkaia
Meeting point: Plazatxoa (plaza in front of Asador Gurea and Asador Batela
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ITINERARY: To follow shortly
+INFO: Whether you have read Ulysses or not, there is no better way to pass the day than in marvellous company, strolling around a well-known place and watching it be transformed while listening to passages read from the book. Take a stroll with Leopold Bloom as he walks through Dublin on 16 June 1904.
LUNCH
Lunch is optional – we have provisionally reserved a table at Restaurante Arrarte, Erribera Kalea, 27.
Menu fin de semana is approx. 35 EUR.
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 before 12:00 on Monday 2 June. Space is limited!
Getting to Plentzia: parking spaces in Plentzia are very limited and even more so on weekends. We recommend arriving via public transport.
METRO – This is the best option if coming from Bilbao direction. Make sure you take the train direction Plentzia and get off at the last stop, which is «Plentzia». To get to the meeting point, just cross the pedestrian bridge which you will see when you exit the station.
BUS – Bizkaia bus also offers services to Plentzia from Armintza, Leioa and Mungia.

WHAT: Irish and Basque Dance Workshop
WHEN: Sundays 25 May, 8 June, 29 June – 11:30
WHERE: Centro Civico Otxarkoaga
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+INFO: Join us this new year 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 Twitter – links in the main menu.
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 are currently reading and discussing «Country Girl» as a tribute to the late Edna O’Brien. Contact Seamus at laguncara.elkartea@gmail.com for more information and to join the Group.