Aldarte is Bilbao's LGBTQ+ centre, on the fifth floor of a building on Berastegi kalea, a minute from Abando metro station.
The centre gives counselling and advice, runs discussion and support groups, and publishes its own research on LGBTI life in the Basque Country. It keeps a library and a historical archive of press cuttings, posters, leaflets and papers going back to 1977, one of the few places the region's queer history has been collected in one room.
It also produces an LGBT map of Bilbao listing shops, restaurants and hotels it recommends. This is a community and advice centre rather than a venue, and it works in Basque and Spanish.
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