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Running of the Bulls


Running of the Bulls July 7, 2008
- Inside the Arena -

 

 

It was American writer Ernest Hemingway who helped spread the word of the tradition in such books as The Sun Also Rises and Death in the Afternoon.

Today, increasing numbers of tourists join the crowds in Pamplona at the height of the travel season in July at the most famous Running of the Bulls at the annual Fiesta San Fermin.

Media coverage has taken the annual running of the bulls worldwide to the delight of armchair runners everywhere - with news, updates, daily blogs, pictures & video appearing almost hourly on the Web during the nine-day festival. And of particular interest are photos & video clips depicting victory ... for the bull!

Running of the Bulls 2008

Where : Pamplona, Spain
When : Every morning 8AM
July 6 - 14 2008

Traditional route :

  • Santo Domingo
  • Town Hall Plaza
  • Calle Meraderes
  • Calle Estafeta
  • Calle Duque de Ahumada
  • Plaza de Toro



Dramatic gorings, tramplings and related eyewitness accounts have become the stuff of Internet legend, as images of victims flipped head-over-heels by the horns of an oncoming bull are the stark equivalent of an urban car wreck, from which viewers just can't look away.

While the festival at Pamplona remains the most famous, it is only one of the many such running of the bulls events held throughtout Spain during the summer.

Usually, they begin as a prelude to a major bullfight, a custom originating in the19th century when townspeople would line the streets to view the bulls being 'run' or transported from their corrals to the arena.

The most macho teens and young men would then show off their bravado by jumping into the herd as it passed.

It's not all in good fun today, however, and various injuries have taken place along the Pamplona route as recently as 2008.

In the modern running, barricades are often erected along the route to help protect spectators. However, that doesn't stop hundreds of young men from jumping in or ahead of a bull herd, running for their lives in a classic test of man against beast.


Running of the Bulls
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More about the Running of the Bulls

Pamplona Bull Run Route Map

Pamplona Spain - Running with the Bulls

The Running of the Bulls, Pamplona Spain

 

also see in Spain travel -> Madrid Tourist Attractions | Alhambra Palace

 

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