The intoxicating sea atmosphere of Santurtzi

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Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
21 September 2023 Thursday 16:56
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The intoxicating sea atmosphere of Santurtzi

* The author is part of the community of readers of La Vanguardia

Although Santurtzi seems like a large industrial town, in the center you can breathe a sea atmosphere, like, for example, walking around the port and eating some sardines.

In the two images that I share in La Vanguardia Readers' Photos you can see the statue of the woman with the sardines and the church of San Jorge in the background.

We can also appreciate a perspective of the beautiful port of Santurtzi just before dawn, still with the lights on and some fishing boats moored.

As the lyrics of the song From Santurce to Bilbao, by Baldomero Alvarez Mota and Jesus Ibarra Ansotegui say:

My sardines

How rich they are

They are from Santurce

I bring them