Eccentric Events Special to Finland

Eccentric Events Special to Finland

Carry Your Wife and Throw Your Phone!

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Perhaps it’s the short and crazy summer that does it, but Finns have devised some of the most unusual events and competitions in the world. Seriously off-beat gatherings held throughout the country in the summer months include wife-carrying races, mobile-phone throwing contests and swamp football.




Old Geezer Carting World Championships 01.08.2009 - 01.08.2009 The carter is a man, the pusher is a woman and the equipment is traditional Finnish milk cart. Read more...				Athenis Finlandiae 22.08.2009 - 29.08.2009 Unique summer event in the middle of the central lake district, a European Latin happening will be organized under the August... Read more...



ASSEMBY RACE FOR MOBILE SAUNAS 08.08.2009 - 09.08.2009 Do you want to experience something completely different? The answer is the ASSEMBY RACE FOR MOBILE SAUNAS in Teuva Ostrobot... Read more...				The Venetian Night Festival of Kokkola 28.08.2009 - 30.08.2009 The festival of water, fire and light. Read more...



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Carry Your Wife and Throw Your Phone!
The Finnish love of sport, from motor sports to ice hockey, is well established. Now the country is earning a reputation for a whole programme of less conventional and often downright eccentric competitions held throughout the year.
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