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Sunday 5 August 2012

Olympic Houses - Switzerland

During the Olympic games many countries have set up hospitality houses, several are open to the public. I've decided to visit as many as possible and bring to you the atmosphere of the Olympics that you wont be shown on the tv.
The House of Switzerland is located in and around the Glaziers Hall, near London Bridge, and this weekend they are holding the Bernese Games.

This is the sport of "Schwingen" a type of folk wrestling originating in the 17th century. The contestants are only allowed to grab each other by the funny breeches they are wearing to try and throw their opponent to the ground.
They also have cheese rolling (of course), horn blowing, stone putting and discus throwing, and for the kids they have rock climbing. If you are in London pop down there, it's a lot of fun.

10 comments:

Jenny Woolf said...

Good idea, Mo. Is there a list of all the houses? I'd like to drop by a few more too. I visited Qatar but that's all.

Mo said...

The houses can be found here:
http://www.visitlondon.com/london2012/national-hospitality-houses-for-london-2012

Stefan Jansson said...

I wonder what you will find at the Swedish house. Schwingen looks like fun.

Jenny Woolf said...

Thanks for the link, Mo!

Angie said...

What fun!!

Luis Gomez said...

Great idea. Thank you Mo.

jabblog said...

'Schwingen' is a lovely word - the sport looks fun:-)

Sharon said...

What fun is this! I love it.

Jack said...

Cheese rolling? Of course.

LONDONLULU said...

Schwingen is my new favorite word of the day! I love that there's the mandatory cheese rolling event. A terrific peek 'behind the scenes' - thank you!

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