By far, the most famous attraction of Bilbao is Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum.
The museum consists of three floors inside, however the first floor is primarily one permanent exhibit involving these gigantic curvaceous steel structures, accompanied by several plaques explaining the use of steel alloys in the construction of large structures (somewhat ironic, given that this museum is made of titanium).
The second floor was, unfortunately, closed today due to them swapping out an exhibition.
Finally the third floor was a temporary exhibit involving Dutch masters, containing a bunch of paintings borrowed, ironically, from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. I say ironically, because I saw all these paintings last Christmas when we visited... the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam!
The actual architecture of the museum itself was infinitely more interesting than anything within. I'll just let the photos speak for themselves...
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