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Portugalete_On the way to the Bizkaia Bridge_Leica M4

You can go to Portugalete by Metro or bus. It is only 12 km out from Bilbao centre.

Portugalete is a town lying to the west of Bilbao in the province of Biscay in the Autonomous Community of Basque Country, northern Spain.

 

The town has 47,756 inhabitants (2013 census) and is part of Bilbao's metropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Estuary of Bilbao, on the left bank.

The Vizcaya Bridge (Bizkaiko Zubia in Basque, Puente de Vizcaya in Spanish) is a transporter bridge that links the towns of Portugalete and Las Arenas (part of Getxo) in the Biscay province of Spain, crossing the mouth of the Nervion River.

 

People in the area, and even the official website, commonly call it the Puente Colgante (literally "hanging bridge", used for suspension bridge in Spanish).

 

Leica M4

Leitz Elmar 50mm f1:2.8

1/250 at f5.6

Kodak Ektar 100, C41

Portugalete / Basque Country / Spain

 

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It looks better :-)

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