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Bilingual Spanish and Euskara road signs, Basque Country

Pamplona Isn’t Legally Basque-Speaking. A Quarter of the City Speaks Euskara Anyway.

Pamplona is legally Navarra's zona mixta, not Basque-speaking. Euskara, the Basque language, still reaches 24.6% of the city today.
Casa Otano bar front on Calle San Nicolás, Pamplona historic bar street

Calle San Nicolás Isn’t Just Pamplona’s Busiest Bar Street. It Used to Be Its Own Walled Town.

Calle San Nicolás in Pamplona has 21 bars in 190 meters, but until 1423 it was its own walled town, not part of the city.
Gigantes and cabezudos figures during a San Fermin parade in Pamplona

Every Other Pamplona Peña Stayed Tied to Its Sports Club. Armonía Txantreana Is the One That Walked Away.

Peña Armonía Txantreana history: Pamplona's first neighborhood peña, born in Txantrea in 1956, the only one to break from its sports club.
Hospital Universitario de Navarra, the Pamplona hospital that treats encierro injuries

The Hospital That Treats Pamplona’s Gored Runners Has Changed Its Name Three Times

The hospital treating Pamplona's encierro injuries has changed its name three times since 1932. The real history behind gored runners' care.
Sliced morcilla blood sausage with roasted red peppers on a rustic plate

Morcilla de Burgos vs Morcilla de Navarra: Navarra Doesn’t Actually Have Just One

Morcilla de Burgos vs Morcilla de Navarra: Burgos has one legally protected recipe. Navarra actually has three completely different sausages.