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July 11, 2026

Festival Culture & Traditions

The Candles Left at San Lorenzo Aren’t a New San Fermín Habit. The Chapel Behind Them Is Centuries Old.

Pamplona Travel Guide

San Fermín Txikito Is Older Than the July Fiesta, Not a Copy of It

Restaurants & Food

Bar Gaucho Has Served Pamplona Since 1968. Its Pintxos Are Only From 2000.

Navarra & Northern Spain

The Guggenheim Isn’t an Extension of Bilbao’s Casco Viejo. It’s Built Where the City’s Docks Collapsed.

Festival Culture & Traditions

Pamplona’s Txistu Players Aren’t Folk Musicians. They’re Municipal Employees Under Contract.

History & Culture

Txalaparta Has No History in Pamplona. The City Made Itself Its Capital Anyway.

Restaurants & Food

Pamplona’s Mussel Bars Exist Because of a 1945 Invention in Galicia

Pamplona's mussel bars trace to a 1945 batea invention in Galicia and Europe's only seafood DOP. Here's how mejillones got 450km inland.

Navarra & Northern Spain

The Basílica del Pilar Rests on a Claim No Other Marian Shrine in the World Makes

Sights & Activities

Paseo Sarasate: The Boulevard Currently Missing Its Six Kings

Restaurants & Food

Cardo Rojo Isn’t Just Any Cardo. Corella Buries It in Dirt to Prove the Difference.