Dear readers, We are very glad to announce the start of the 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF FLASH STORIES ON SAN FERMIN. Lat yea we came up with this idea while drinking a bottle of red wine after a enjoying a nice dinner in our ‘Peña’, some two months ago. Since then, we have been preparing [...]

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Dear readers, we are very glad to announce today the official start of the 1st INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF FLASH STORIES ON SAN FERMIN. We came up with this idea while drinking a bottle of red wine after a enjoying a nice dinner in our ‘Peña’, some two months ago. Since then, we have been preparing [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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: [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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