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Bilbao
City of Bilbao, Spain’s biggest port and the 6th largest city, is situated in the heart of the Basque Country. Port of Bilbao is in the centre of the European Atlantic coast, on the eastern side of the Bay of Biscay. This geographic location enables Port of Bilbao to link with the main international ports, especially in northern Europe. After 700 years of acting as a port, nowadays over 200 maritime services link Bilbao with 500 ports worldwide. Last year, Port of Bilbao handled over 110,000 passengers, a drop of 18 per cent on the previous year due to the spread of low cost airlines and the war in Iraq, which led to a slump in bookings and a rise in fuel prices.
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