This Spanish cheerful and at the same time cruel holiday once conquered Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, and since the writer sang of San Fermin in his book "And the sun rises", the festival has become extremely popular. Although Spaniards spend it for 8 centuries,

When San Fermin passes, and it goes on for almost 9 days, the streets of Pamplona become red and white. White is traditionally the festive color of the clothes of the Spaniards, and the symbol of the festival is the red neck scarf or girdle.

When the San Fermin passes, and it goes on almost 9 July days, the streets of Pamplona become red and white. White is a traditionally festive color of clothing for the Spaniards, and the symbol of the festival is a red neck scarf or girdle.

San Fermin

San Fermin begins daily with the launch of a firecracker from the balcony of the City Hall building. This is a signal for a crowd of extremists - now they will release bulls and will have to run from all directions. Although tourists and local residents who want to get a dose of adrenaline, in recent years, so much that it is not clear how someone manages to move in such a dense stream! This massive joint run of animals and desperate people is called the Encycler, it lasts only 3 minutes

In fact, San Fermin begins before the Enriero. Although the holiday is named in honor of the saint - the patron saint of winemakers and bakers, in the days of its spaniards do not spare their own liver and drink wine all the days while the festival is going on. Tourists from them do not lag behind, I must say.

Despite the mass character and danger, after the Enriero, as a rule, seriously injured people do not. But tourists should still remember that more than 50 meters of running is not worth it, it's better to turn into an alley - so do local brave men. But what's going on after the race, it's better not to see nervous (although they do not go to San Fermin): all the evenings in the arena are corrida, the real one is Spanish, where there are no mercy for the animals.

San Fermin - not only blood, adrenaline and wine, it's also carnivals, dances, processions of giant dolls, fireworks - in general, a holiday in the full sense of the word.