Basketry is an ancestral practice with origins in the Neolithic, or even before. It was born from the need to transport and store food. In the Iberian Peninsula, remains of basketry and ropes up to 9,500 years old have been found (specifically in the Cueva de los Murciélagos, in Granada). The Romans first, and the Muslims later, contributed new techniques that were perfected until its golden age, from the 18th century to the beginning of the 20th, when the trade became professionalized and became a pillar of the rural economy.

In the centre of Berga, next to the famous square where the Patum is celebrated every year, one of the oldest and most beloved shops in the municipality still exists: Cal Cisteller. As the name suggests, this establishment, founded in 1925, offers a wide variety of artisan basketry products, from chairs and stools to baskets of all kinds, trunks and a host of decorative objects. Dozens of items displayed on all the shelves and corners of the store, made by hand, without plastics or synthetic materials, only with frameworks of canes, wicker, palm heart or other plant fibers, which give off a very characteristic smell reminiscent of the houses of yesteryear. Currently, the store is run by the couple formed by Lluís Plans and Marisa Coll, the third generation at the head of a business that in 2025 will reach the round figure of one hundred years.