• International Conference on Greenways, 12th European Greenways Award Ceremony   & Study Visit by Bike

• Date: Thursday 9^th  and Friday 10^th  October  2025,

• Venue:  Abanto-Zierbena, near Bilbao (Spain)   >> See the venue Ekoetxea of Abanto-Zierbena

 

The 12th edition of the European Greenways Award will take place on 9 October 2025 in Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain)

The international conference will be held as part of the 12^th European Greenways Awards 2025 events, this time with a special focus on greenways and cycle tourism, linked to heritage and industrial tourism, due to the special characteristics of this territory with an industrial mining past that has forged its history and its present day.

A bike tour is also planned the following day to discover this territory trough the fantastic Montes de Hierro / Iron Mountains greenway, sprinkled with mining and industrial remnants in its surroundings that make up a very unique landscape, and that is now connected by a bike lane with the city of Bilbao, thanks to the investment made by the Department of Tourism of the Basque Government, trought the Priority Action Zones Funds.

This will be a great opportunity to discover inspiring new greenways and to exchange knowledge and experiences with both experts and practitioners from across the continent.

>> More details will follow shortly. Please stay tuned!

 

About Awards and organisers 

The European Greenways Association has been organising the European Greenways Award (EGA) every two years since 2003 to highlight the best practices, initiatives and achievements in Europe in relation to Greenways.  EGWA is delighted to celebrate these prestigious awards in Euskadi with such outstanding co-organisers, strongly committed to the development of greenways. Basquetour and FFE are represented on the EGWA direction committee, and the FFE also holds the General Secretary.

>> Basquetour is the Regional Tourism Agency of the Basque Contry. The recovery, boosting and promotion of greenways is key within the Basque Country’s Tourism Sustainability Strategy. For the enhancement of our heritage, greenways are an example of territorial cohesion, accessibility, non-motorised mobility and recovery of our industrial memory, as well as an opportunity to generate services and businesses around these routes. Regional Minister for Tourism, Javier Hurtado Dominguez. 

>> Since 1993, the Spanish Railways Foundation has been promoting the conversion of disused railways into greenways. The Spanish Greenways Program is a national and international benchmark in the promotion of greenways.