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Wife Carrying World Championships

Quirky & Local · Sonkajärvi

Couples from a dozen-plus countries gather in rural Finland to race an obstacle course while one partner carries the other in increasingly creative holds - the current favorite is a piggyback-in-reverse technique nicknamed the 'Estonian carry.' The prize for the winning man is technically his wife's weight in beer, and the whole event is exactly as good-natured and beer-soaked as that detail suggests.

Whenearly July
Frequencyannual
CountryFinland
VibesQuirky Local
LocationSonkajärvi
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