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El Rey (song)

Festival Culture & Traditions

One of San Fermín’s Biggest Anthems Is a Mexican Ranchera Called “El Rey”

El Rey is a 1971 Mexican ranchera and one of San Fermín's loudest anthems. How Pamplona's peñas made the song their own, and why the

History & Culture

José María Iribarren Wrote San Fermín’s Vocabulary Book. He Also Wrote the Book on Hemingway.

Navarra & Northern Spain

Irati Forest Isn’t Just “One of the Largest” in Europe. It’s the Second-Largest, After Germany’s Black Forest.

Restaurants & Food

Casa Marceliano Wasn’t Torn Down. Pamplona Voted to Demolish It, Then Never Did.

Sights & Activities

Pamplona’s River Isn’t Scenery. It’s Why Two of the City’s Walls Never Needed a Moat.

The Rio Arga in Pamplona is not scenery. It is why two city walls never needed a moat, and why Rochapea keeps flooding.

Navarra & Northern Spain

The Nacedero del Urederra Caps Visitors at 500 a Day. The Rest of Urbasa-Andía Doesn’t.

Festival Culture & Traditions

The Zaldikos Are the Only Unnamed Figures in Pamplona’s Comparsa. A 1994 Radio Contest Didn’t Change That.

History & Culture

Women Were Banned From the Encierro for 107 Years. The First to Run Broke the Law by Hiding in a Crowd of Men.

Women were banned from Pamplona's encierro for 107 years under an 1867 law. The history behind the 1974 repeal and today's low turnout.

Restaurants & Food

Rabas and Calamares a la Romana Look the Same on a Plate. They Didn’t Start as the Same Animal.