Editing Bilbao (section)

=== Parks and gardens ===
[[File:Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park, Bilbao, July 2010 (05).JPG|thumb|right|Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park]]
{{As of|2010}}, Bilbao has 18 [[public parks]] inside its limits, totalling {{convert|200|ha|abbr=on}} of green spaces. Furthermore its [[green belt]] has a total area of {{convert|1025|ha|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|119|ha|abbr=on}} are urbanized.<ref name="parks">{{cite web | url = http://www.bilbao.net/anilloverde/gran_recorrido/gran_recorrido.pdf | title = Ibilbide Luzea – Gran Recorrido | publisher = Bilbao City Council | access-date = 11 November 2010 | archive-date = 5 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100705024338/http://www.bilbao.net/anilloverde/gran_recorrido/gran_recorrido.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref> The largest parks are [[Mount Cobetas]], of {{convert|18.5|ha|abbr=on}}, and Larreagaburu, of {{convert|12|ha|abbr=on}}, both located on the outskirts.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bilbao.net/nuevobilbao/jsp/bilbao/pwegb010.jsp?idioma=i&color=rojo&textarea=3EE&subtema=10&padresub=3EE&tema=5EE&padre=*EE | title = Parques urbanos | publisher = Bilbao City Council | access-date = 11 November 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2011}}</ref>

The [[Doña Casilda Iturrizar Park]] is located in the district of [[Abando]], near the town centre and covers an area of {{convert|8.5|ha|abbr=on}}. It is named after a local benefactress who donated the grounds to the borough. It is an [[English landscape garden|English-style garden]] designed by [[Ricardo Bastida]] and opened to the public in 1907. It features a dancing water fountain surrounded by a [[pergola]], and a pond with many species of ducks, geese and swans, which gives the park the alternate name of "Ducks' Park", as known locally. In recent years, it was expanded to be connected with the Abandoibarra area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingles/qhacer/ddpjard.htm | title = Doña Casilda Park | publisher = Bilbao City Council | access-date = 12 November 2010 | archive-date = 12 August 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100812074712/http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingles/qhacer/ddpjard.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> In [[Ibaiondo]], the [[Etxeberria Park]] was built in the 1980s in the place where a steel mill previously stood. The original chimney was maintained as a homage of its industrial past. It covers an area of {{convert|18.9|ha|abbr=on}}, on a sloped terrain that overlooks the Old Town.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingles/qhacer/ddpjard2.htm | title = Etxebarria Park | publisher = Bilbao City Council | access-date = 12 November 2010 | archive-date = 19 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719010110/http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingles/qhacer/ddpjard2.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> Other relevant public spaces inside the city include the [[Europa Park (Bilbao)|Europa Park]], the [[Miribilla Park]], or the [[Memorial Walkway]], a {{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} long walkway, with {{convert|12|m|abbr=on}} high lamps, located in the left bank of the estuary and that connects the main sights.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingles/qhacer/ddpjard3.htm | title = Memorial Walkway | publisher = Bilbao City Council | access-date = 12 November 2010 | archive-date = 19 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719010136/http://www2.bilbao.net/bilbaoturismo/ingles/qhacer/ddpjard3.htm | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[Mount Artxanda]] is easily accessible from the town centre by a [[Artxanda Funicular|funicular]]. There is a recreational area at the summit, with restaurants, a sports complex and a balcony with panoramic views. In the south, [[Pagasarri|Mount Pagasarri]] receives hundreds of [[hiking|hikers]] every weekend since the 1870s, who seek its natural wonders. Its environment is officially protected since 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bilbao.net/castella/obras/publicaciones/pagasarri/libro_completo.pdf | title = Pagasarri: Our closest mountain | publisher = Bilbao City Council | year = 2007 | access-date = 12 November 2010 | archive-date = 25 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110725130404/http://www.bilbao.net/castella/obras/publicaciones/pagasarri/libro_completo.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>