{"id":4867,"date":"2024-11-26T17:25:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/san-fermin-guide\/the-running-of-the-bulls-in-pamplona\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T11:47:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:47:42","slug":"the-running-of-the-bulls-in-pamplona","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/en\/san-fermin-guide\/the-running-of-the-bulls-in-pamplona\/","title":{"rendered":"The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"product\"><div class=\"product\">\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4867\" class=\"elementor elementor-4867 elementor-4375\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b303849 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b303849\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0e6c0f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"c0e6c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/en\/\">Inicio<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-730190f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"730190f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1306897 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1306897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Most Famous Event of San Ferm\u00edn<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ca467c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68ca467c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Running of the Bulls in Pamplona is the act of guiding the bulls from the outskirts of the city to the bullring.<\/p>\n<p>While similar events are held in other parts of Spain, Pamplona\u2019s encierros have become the most famous in the world. <\/p>\n<p>Undoubtedly, it\u2019s the highlight of the<a href=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/en\/san-fermin-guide\/the-festivities\/\"> San Ferm\u00edn festival<\/a> and what has brought it international renown.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc5b3d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bc5b3d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124c315d e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"124c315d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Over 600 Years of History<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eeeebf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9eeeebf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Origins of the Running of the Bulls<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f94e30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f94e30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the 14th century, bulls were already part of the festivities in Pamplona.<\/p>\n<p>But what we know today as the running of the bulls was born in the 18th century. Locals would come out to the streets to watch the bulls being brought to the bullring. An event known as the <strong><em>&#8220;entrada.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>   <\/p>\n<p>Over time, people began running alongside the bulls, turning the event into an exciting spectacle. The city council initially tried to ban it, but it had already gained too much popularity.  <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>first officially authorized bull run<\/strong> by the city council took place in <strong>1868.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927d392 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"927d392\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Encierro-blanco-y-negro-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4549\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Encierro-blanco-y-negro-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Encierro-blanco-y-negro-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Encierro-blanco-y-negro-1-768x468.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Encierro-blanco-y-negro-1-600x365.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9da449c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9da449c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7950b7b2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7950b7b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"color:#f00\">The Running of the Bulls Today<\/span> <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ebf346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4ebf346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785e0bbd elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"785e0bbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The current encierro route is over 100 years old, as Pamplona\u2019s bullring celebrated its centennial in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The route is <strong>849 meters long<\/strong>, and in most cases, the bulls complete it in just <strong>over 2 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although there are no precise figures, it\u2019s estimated that <strong>around 2,000 runners<\/strong> participate daily, with some days seeing up to 4,000 participants. <\/p>\n<p>The bull run starts at the Corral de Santo Domingo and ends at the bullring, passing through key spots like Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Calle Mercaderes, Calle Estafeta, and Telef\u00f3nica.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-640fd754 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"640fd754\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5f8a77 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5f8a77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:-3,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Bull Run and Its Sections<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33637bb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33637bb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Sections of the Running of the Bulls:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e7a9ae e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e7a9ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5edf268f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5edf268f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The running of the bulls crosses the historic center of Pamplona. From the very walls of Pamplona, to the Segundo Ensanche.  <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66ea202 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"66ea202\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a52201b elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5a52201b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/encierro-sanfermin-booking-01-qeymtgtc47btdfizpnn57qk66p244x23kvf4r1j550.webp\" title=\"encierro-sanfermin-booking-01\" alt=\"encierro-sanfermin-booking-01\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Santo Domingo<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The first stretch, where runners sing to San Ferm\u00edn for protection.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fdee54e elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7fdee54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/slide-encierro-2-qgr8wmunt3xow7ppsdezyg7uo5cygjqzb9r9p0mshw.webp\" title=\"slide-encierro-2\" alt=\"slide-encierro-2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Ayuntamiento (Town Hall)<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Bulls pass through the city hall square.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b777c6c elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"1b777c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/sanfermin-booking-balcon-encierro-mercaderes-2-ql1py21p29443zsegb5i0ttkfzqy18mywie6u3x41w.webp\" title=\"sanfermin-booking-balcon-encierro-mercaderes-2\" alt=\"San Fermin Booking - Balc\u00f3n para encierro en Mercaderes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Mercaderes<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Known as dead man's corner.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-433c77be elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"433c77be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/slide-encierro-3.webp\" title=\"slide-encierro-3\" alt=\"slide-encierro-3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Estafeta<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The most well-known street of the encierro.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d879a3c elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7d879a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/sanfermin-booking-balcon-encierro-mercaderes-4-ql1py6qw0fajq1lkov6mvamvex3s3q5ml5nm8hq56s.webp\" title=\"sanfermin-booking-balcon-encierro-mercaderes-4\" alt=\"San Fermin Booking - Balc\u00f3n para encierro en Mercaderes\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Telef\u00f3nica<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The route narrows before entering the bullring.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-500f83c1 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"500f83c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sanferminbooking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Entradas-encierro-Pamplona-ql1wtg6hthrxtafquqvlrwe0xudqxdrp8znsyv3wec.jpg\" title=\"Entradas encierro Pamplona\" alt=\"Entradas encierro Pamplona\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Arena<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">The final destination, where the bulls enter the pens.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f26e8bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f26e8bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec9986 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ec9986\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fun Facts and Trivia<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-557d41b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"557d41b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What You Might Not Know About the Running of the Bulls:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-721a841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"721a841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are many curiosities that can be told about the running of the bulls in Pamplona. We will tell you some of them, for example: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>There have been 16 fatalities since 1900.<\/strong> The most recent was Daniel Jimeno, a young man from Madrid, in 2009.<\/li>\n<li>The running of the bulls <strong>used to start at 6 a.m.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The fastest encierro<\/strong> on record took just 2 minutes and 5 seconds on July 14, 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The longest bull run<\/strong> lasted 30 minutes on July 12, 1958.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The wooden fences <\/strong>are set up starting in early June, consisting of over <strong>2,000 planks and 300 posts.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There\u2019s a smaller version of the bull run called <strong>the encierrillo<\/strong> (little bull run),where bulls are moved at 10 p.m. from the Gas Corralillos to the Santo Domingo pen.<\/li>\n<li>The tradition of singing to San Ferm\u00edn at the <strong>Santo Domingo niche<\/strong> began in 1962. The refrain<em> &#8220;A San Ferm\u00edn pedimos\u2026&#8221;<\/em> comes from the hymn of Pe\u00f1a La \u00danica. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6875e0fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6875e0fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11a642d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11a642d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73c1e9f9 e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73c1e9f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:2,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_rotateZ_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Little protagonists<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d46082d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d46082d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The \"Txiki\" Encierros<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271b89f1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"271b89f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pamplona\u2019s children also get to experience their own bull run, though their bulls aren\u2019t real.  <\/p>\n<p>Morning<strong> <em>txiki <\/em>encierros <\/strong>mimic the real thing, with kids running as adults push bull-shaped carts on wheels. <\/p>\n<p>At night, the <strong>&#8220;bull of fire&#8221;<\/strong> delights the younger crowd, chasing them with fireworks. 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