At almost 7pm in Bilbao, the heat is still so strong that a group of tourists have huddled in the shadow cast by Maman’s sac of eggs. The nine-metre-tall spider sculpture stands in an exposed stretch of ground outside the Guggenheim Museum.
Elsewhere, the city offers plenty of shelter for its residents and visitors during this late June heatwave. Plane trees make a cool tunnel of the Gran Vía, where screens announce the time and temperature; 25°C at 9pm stops me in my tracks.
