Basque
Euskal Jaiak - Basque Festivals
The beginning of September - from August 27 to September 7 - will see the celebration of the Euskal Jaiak or Fiestas Vascas (“Basque Festivals”) in Donostia. These local festivities bring together the best of culture, sports, culinary arts, folklore and Basque traditions.
- 2025 May 01
Do you want to learn Euskera in San Sebastián?
There are almost one million Euskera speakers, and not all of them are from the Basque Country. Some people have arrived from other places, and have decided to learn it.
Do you want to learn Basque too?
- 2024 Jul 30
The Night of San Juan
Say hi to the summer and burn away everything that’s bad!
- 2024 Jun 17
- Donostik-tak
Euskera and tourism in Donostia/San Sebastián
Those who visit us can help protect our culture and our language, by learning and using a few words, with a proactive attitude in this respect etc. This means that tourism and Euskera can go hand in hand in our city.
- 2024 Apr 30
Basque words in other languages
Has Basque influenced any major foreign languages? Keep reading...
- 2024 Apr 15
Saint Thomas's Day
The famous celebrations for Saint Thomas's Day take place every December 21st.
- 2023 Oct 14
Donostiako Estropadak - Bandera de la Concha
1 and 8 September: two unmissable days of racing in La Concha!
- 2023 Aug 22
After the txotx it is time for the...Sagardo Egunak (cider days)
2nd of September - Donostia
- 2023 May 10
- Donostik-tak
The Basque carnivals
Although carnivals are held across the world, the ones that are held in many of the Basque Country’s villages are very special. You can still find carnivals that are deeply rooted in Basque traditions and Mother Earth.
- 2023 Feb 18
- Donostik-tak
Euskaraldia is a social movement to promote the use of basque
Are you visiting San Sebastian in May and want to take the opportunity to learn some Basque words or phrases? You're in luck! Euskaraldia is being held from May 15th to 25th, a massive social event that you can join
- 2022 May 13
This year the Korrika… finishes in San Sebastian!
The Korrika is coming, the huge race around the Basque Country!
- 2022 Mar 10
Basque Challenge 2: Want to test yourself and show off how much Basque you know?
Here’s a little bit of fun and you can also win one night in the Arbaso Hotel in Donostia / San Sebastian, as well as an additional 150 prizes!
Being bold and trying to guess Basque word meanings has a prize, are you up to the challenge?
- 2022 Mar 01
The estrobo, that crucial yet little-known piece of our seafaring tradition
In San Sebastián we not only look to the sea when we want to admire the incomparable La Concha bay. Long before the sea became a source of fun and beauty, way back in the 16th century, the sturdy Basque fishermen, those strapping Northern lads, would set out into the wild Atlantic to hunt for whales in a rowboat that has evolved into what we know today as the trainera.
- 2021 Mar 05
Zaitugu or the untranslatable
I’ve just met Sheila at the campus party. I spoke to her in Basque, thinking that she was around these parts, because by the look of her she could have come from Azpeitia, Vitoria-Gasteiz or the El Antiguo district. But as it happens she doesn’t. She’s Sheila, the English friend of my flatmate who’s...
- 2020 Feb 27
#Basquechallenge. are you up to the challenge?
At San Sebastian-Donostia Tourist Office we want to show everyone who visits us the best of our city and we use the BASQUE CHALLENGE to present EUSKERA, our language. Every year we prepare a challenge based around Basque culture. The first is to repeat this sentence in Basque:"Ni gai naiz, zuek ere izango al zinatekete?"
- 2017 Oct 06
