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El Sadar stadium pitch in Pamplona, home ground of CA Osasuna

CA Osasuna Isn’t Just Pamplona’s Team. It’s One of Only Four Clubs Left in Spain That Its Fans Actually Own.

CA Osasuna football club history: founded 1920 in Pamplona, one of only four fan-owned clubs left in Spanish football.
View of Amaiur village in the Valle de Baztan, Navarra, seen from the ruined castle

Valle de Baztán’s Pink Stone Villages Aren’t Protected by Custom. They’re Protected by Law.

Valle de Baztan, Navarra has governed itself under its own written law since the 1600s, revised as recently as 2026. The real history behind the
Glass of Spanish beer on a terrace table, base for a clara beer shandy

Ask for a Clara in Pamplona and You Won’t Get Lemon

Spain's clara beer shandy has a Navarra exception: no lemon, just gaseosa. Order it wrong in Pamplona and you get the wrong glass.
Fighting bulls and steers charging through runners on the encierro route, Pamplona

Cebada Gago Has Gored More Pamplona Runners Than Any Other Ranch. Its Bloodline Is Younger Than the Legend.

The history of Ganaderia Cebada Gago: a Cadiz bloodline rebuilt in 1960 that has gored more Pamplona runners than any other San Fermin ranch.
Bronze monument of wounded Ignacio de Loyola carried on a stretcher, Avenida de San Ignacio, Pamplona

The Castle Where San Ignacio de Loyola Fell in Pamplona No Longer Exists

San Ignacio de Loyola fell in Pamplona in 1521, but the castle he defended no longer exists. The real site, the basilica, and the monument
Renaissance walls of Pamplona at the Revellin de los Reyes on the French front, Pamplona Spain

Pamplona Was Founded Four Times. The Most Recent Was in 1915.

The history of Pamplona is not one continuous story. The city was unmade and refounded four times, from Pompey's camp to the 1915 wall demolition.