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TRAVELLER
Social entrepreneur
Gorka Espiau
on Vitoria-Gasteiz
“Vitoria-Gasteiz won the European
Green Capital award this year for its
quality of life and green agenda.The
city has the largest number of public
green spaces and Spain’smost
efficient integrated public-transport
system. It also has one of the best
medieval quarters in the country
for tasting the local Rioja wine and
renowned Basque food.”
Espiau is the head of international programmes at
Innovalab, creators of the electric Hiriko car (hiriku
is Basque for urban); hiriko.com. Vitoria-Gasteiz is
an hour’s drive south of Bilbao airport.