Entries Tagged as 'Sanfermines'

The festival is getting started…

June 30th, 2008 by joseba · 3 comments

Yes, there are just six days left.
San Fermin starts (as always) on 6th July at 12:00 when a rocket is fired from a balcony in the Town Hall.
Everybody here feels excited about the festival; everything is now ready.
Most of the bulls have already arrived and are staying in the stables on the outskirts of the [...]

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Safety in our town

May 8th, 2008 by joseba · No comments

While checking our section ‘What info are you looking for?’ we have seen that a reader named Heather has posed the following questions:
Is there an increased concern about safety during Sanfermin?
Have there been any issues during past festivals?
Well Heather, I can tell you that safety is not a major issue in Pamplona during the festival [...]

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This is dangerous, baby!

May 6th, 2008 by estafetakoa · No comments

My dear and unknown foreign reader,
Sometimes I wonder why people from the other side of the world are coming to our city in order to run the bulls. Do you know or understand why people from Pamplona do that? Do you admire our traditions and want to imitate us? Or are you a simple fan [...]

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What is a Peña?

March 3rd, 2008 by estafetakoa · No comments

If you only have references about San Fermin based on TV or Hemingway’s ‘The sun…’ you may not have noticed one of the main elements in our fiesta: Peñas.
What does that strange word mean? Peñas are a kind of clubs in Pamplona where you may go in, only if you are a member. But during [...]

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Avventure amorose a Sanfermin

February 29th, 2008 by sanferman · 2 comments

Come dice il tema del rinomato compositore Turrinni: Tre cose abbiamo a Pamplona che non e possibile trovare a Madrid, une ragazze come il sole e il famoso txakolí, e lo meglior del mondo, la festa de San Fermín.
Allora, questa premissa e corretta, ma abbiamo un grande problema con la prima parte della composizione: le [...]

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What can I do?

February 26th, 2008 by rajauta · No comments

It’s a very common question: what can I do at Sanfermin?.
It really looks like an easy question, but the answer could be very, very large.
At first, if you are considering coming to Sanfermin, you can ask yourself: why do I want to go there?.
There are a lot of reasons to come to Pamplona:
In some cases, [...]

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Free access to the running of the bulls?

February 20th, 2008 by joseba · 5 comments

There is a lot of controversy here in Pamplona about how to regulate or put a limit to the number of participants in the running of the bulls.
As you may know, anyone who wants to take part in it does not need to apply for any permissions, as it is open to almost everyone who [...]

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San Fermin all the year round. Reality or Utopia?

February 12th, 2008 by rajauta · No comments

It is obvious that Sanfermines (our festival) is very closely connected to Pamplona’s tourist offer. It has always been like that, but the news is that there is a project to extend the duration of the fiesta and cover all year round.
Is it a challenge to measure the popularity of the Sanfermines, or is it [...]

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