Every four years, millions of people are captivated by curling, a sport in which stones are rolled across an ice rink, attempting to land them in the center of a target about 45 meters away, knocking the opposing team's stones out of the way. Social media is flooded with people imitating the athletes' movements and analyzing plays. The Sweden-Canada match ended in a heated exchange as the Swedes accused their opponents of cheating, with millions of users trying to determine who was right. Every four years, curling shines. "The Olympic Games are an opportunity for people to take the plunge and, after seeing it on television, be encouraged to try it," explains Carles de Moxó, president of Curling Puigcerdà, one of the clubs in Catalonia. Many people don't know it, but curling is also played here.

Chef Martín Comamala (Córdoba, Argentina, 1984) won the award for best chef given by the Gastronomic Forum Barcelona in 2023He says the award filled the restaurant's seats—its only eight seats. The restaurant is located in Puigcerdà, is open from Thursday to Sunday, and has only Martín as chef and waiter, who can serve three tasting menus. The menus cost 88, 115, and 150 euros.

What was supposed to be a friendly change of mayor in Puigcerdà has ended with an unexpected vote of no confidence. Junts (4) and Futur (4), an independent party linked to the post-convergent space, reached a government agreement in 2023 to share the mayor's office, but in June the council members informed them that they were breaking off the understanding. Faced with the rupture, ERC (5) presented a vote of no confidence that will be passed this Monday with the support of two Futur councilors, who have decided to support it to avoid paralysis in the Ceretan town. In this way, Junts loses the last regional capital in the Pyrenees it had and ERC regains a mayoralty it has not held since 2011. It will do so with Joan Manel Serra at the helm.

The most turbulent times within Junts are now a thing of the past, but not everywhere. In recent weeks the party has been pulverized in Puigcerdà, in one of the most important mayoralties that Junts managed to retain. in extremis in the last municipal elections. The ingredients of the hecatomb are heterodox: in this crisis there is one of the most important businessmen in the region; a local executive in revolt over an alleged "secret pact" for the 2027 elections; a dismissal within the current Junts government team in Puigcerdà; a former mayor willing to return to the front line and a management board imposed by the national leadership of Junts that has generated "much discomfort" to the members of the municipality, local sources say.