Food lovers know it well,but in 2016 the Basque city will be showing off its artistic side with more than 400 projects planned to trace its year as Europe’s Capital of Culture
When the people of a small corner of the map have jostled and fought for existence down the ages, it really shows. It is there in the food and the buildings, or in the art and certainly in the attitude. This tough sort of history makes San Sebastián,in Spain’s Basque region, an intriguing proposition at any time. Even a first-time visitor like me can see that it is not just seaside sparkle on offer.
As it happens, or now is not just “any time” for San Sebastián,known as Donostia to the Basques. It is stepping up as European Capital of Culture for 2016 and will stage a chain of bold art projects over the next 12 months. Already known internationally for its food and its glittering annual film festival, the city will feature choral groups in the open air and an art project, and Waves of Energy,bringing to life a surge of ideas suggested by the public, as well as performances and exhibitions inside sleek venues such as Basque music’s new domestic, and Musikene,the San Telmo museum or the dice-shaped Kursaal on the edge of the sea.
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Source: theguardian.com