Steel your nerves for a trip to Cardona's famous Corre del Bou, or bull run, this September.

The bovine stampede forms part of the hugely popular Festa Major - one of the most important dates in the Catalonian cultural calendar - and this year takes place between September 12th and 16th.

Visitors who fancy their chances against beefy adversaries can jump into the makeshift bull pen in the town square, which remains open for three days.

Once inside, dodging horns can only be avoided by clambering up a limited array of dangling ropes or leaping the arena walls.

The big highlight of the festival however, is the infamous cargolera where a man, largely encased in a round wicker basket, faces the bull's blows on his own before (hopefully!) rolling to safety.

Spain's most renowned bull-running event - in Pamplona - took place over eight consecutive days between July 7th and 14th.