Siempre lo he visitado por cuestiones familiares, es lo que tiene tener un pariente trabajando allí. Tengo tantos recuerdos de este mercado… lo que me queda por visitar es la zona que han habilitado para exposiciones.

Forget buying lunch in an expensive restaurant or even a cheap and cheerful tapas joint, while you are in Bilbao the smart way to eat during the day is to shop in this fantastic local market and find somewhere to picnic at lunch time! Claimed by the city council to be Europe’s largest covered market, the three-story Ribero is like a Portobello Road and Borough rolled into one brilliant super-market (note, not supermarket!!). Top quality produce of all kinds from bread to chorizo and fruit to fish and seafood are all here at wholesale prices – we were spending €6 per day for a handsome lunch for two. The market looks great too – hanging over the river and with a sandstone and window-fronted façade which makes it look more like a stately home than a municipal building. Brilliant!