#lapurdi

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Traditional dances during Carnival in Biarritz (Lapurdi) [x]

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Forest dragon (2018)

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Le long de la route impériale des cimes 

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Aquarium in Biarritz (Lapurdi), opened in 1933 in a glorious Art Deco style [x]

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Today we're gonna talk about Biarritz because it's been elected the best town in France 2025. And for a maximum of fun I've done this thing, I've put some numbers here and I'll say what they make me think of instinctively regarding Biarritz. And all of that without getting on my nerves! For example:

0 - it's the current number of Basques that live by the coast because the proliferation of AirBnB prevent us from living where we're born and we too want to live in the town, f*cking kospei*! Welp, that (the calmness) didn't last long. How do I make a joke out of this? Do you know what is a Basque in the coast? Well, me neither!

1 - it's the number of airports that there are in Biarritz to get the fuck out!

2 - It's the exact number of balls this classification of the best cities is breaking me right now. The issue with the publicity of publicity of towns, always publicity! Publicity for towns that don't need it. We no longer want that classification! I think that last year Baiona was second, Biarritz 3d, Angelu 4th, BAB [Baiona Angelu Biarritz area] in short. Well enough of games, enough! Today it begins the unmarketingsation of the Basque coast. Because, apparently, what makes the difference to be on the podium every time is that people here feel safe. But not for long. Ando is going to do something insane.

3 - it's the number of hours that you have to wait in your car until you find a parking spot in town. I needed to mention the traffic because it doesn't appear in the article, the traffic jams.

4 - it's the number of vlogs that we have weekly about Biarritz. Don't get me started! Hi it's Dodo, we're meeting for a little brunch with avocado toasts, total cozy with the besties! Come buy this coffee for 12€! Later we're gonna have a little run total good vibes by the promenade of the beach. Oh yes, there's nobody! The next time I see that, I'll set you car on fire. And if you don't have a car, I'll stuff your cat.

5 - it's the number of unoccupied houses in my street and there's 6 houses total. And when they arrive to their holiday home just in summer they don't say hello because people in the big cities don't introduce themselves to the neighbors. But in our land we introduce ourselves! The neighbor is important. And also we invite each other to have lunch, the whole neighborhood, they come home to have marmitako; but you, you order your shit on Uber Eat, and then you party on your own, and then when you leave you put your glass bottles in the yellow container! [which is for recycling plastic / paper] Who tf are you shitting! And my father always said: Jon, Andoni, lay the table! No, my father always said: the tourist demands and the traveler thanks. Food for thought, Jean-Gaël.

6 - it's the number of beaches in Biarritz for, how many people? Last year, 6M. Good ratio, right? One million per beach, nice! And I'm not gonna talk about the pollution this creates. Ah, if the sea could speak! Hello, Maider?

7 - and 7, as the 7 provinces of the Basque Country! More like 6 because we're losing Lapurdi. It's necessary to stop this marketingsation to stop this folklorisation, to stop this gentrification, to stop all these rhymes in -tion already! Fuck-us-ation!

*it's a word used in Iparralde to refer to the tourists that come from France just for the summer holidays. It comes from congées payées (paid holiday).

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Looking to the sky, Baiona (Lapurdi) [x]

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Controlled burn in Urruña seen from Biarritz [x].