Two pieces of paperwork underpin almost everything else when you move to Bilbao: your NIE (foreigner identification number) and your empadronamiento (registration on the local population register). Get these sorted early and the rest of your setup — bank account, healthcare, contracts — becomes far smoother. What is the NIE? The NIE is your unique identification number as a … [Read more...] about Getting Your NIE and Empadronamiento in Bilbao