Top 8 in Top 10 tourist attractions in Spain.
You really have to see this building to believe it - no photo has captured the unique beauty of the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, so vividly that they seem ready to take off. American architect Frank Gehry used limestone blocks and undulating titanium plates to popularize the concept of modern architecture.
He was so radically successful that two new terms emerged from it: the "Bilbao effect" - the ability of a city to turn its destiny around by building a world-class building - and "architectural tourism", the entire tourism industry segment revolves around landmarks of contemporary architecture. Inside the museum are traveling exhibitions and rotating displays of its own modern art collections.