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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.
Golden fried croquetas with dipping sauce, a classic Pamplona bar tapa

The Best Croqueta in Pamplona Changes Every Year, On Purpose

Pamplona runs two judged croqueta competitions every spring. Here is how to find the best croquetas Pamplona bars serve before they disappear.
Close-up of a runner executing 'The Check' during the San Fermin festival - Encierro Awareness

Encierro News: July 9, 2026

San Fermin 2026's third encierro splits in two, injures 13, as Pamplona marks 51 years of women runners and cracks down on hidden cameras. July
Whole raw trout on a wooden board, used to make truchas a la Navarra

Truchas a la Navarra Wasn’t Praised in a Pilgrim’s Guide. It Wasn’t Even Mentioned.

The Codex Calixtinus never praised Navarra trout, and Hemingway's trout had no ham. The real, source-verified history of truchas a la Navarra.