Wife Carrying Championships, Finland

No one is quite sure how wife-carrying became a sport, but Finland’s Wife Carrying World Championships is now in its 18th year, has proven to be very popular.
The concept is very straight-forward: The male competitor must carry his female teammate from one point to another. Sounds easy? Well, It’s not. The course is riddled with obstacles, from fences to water hazards. The wife may be, “your own, the neighbor’s, or you may have found her further afield”.
If you and your partner feel like you need a stiff drink afterward, you’re in luck. The grand prize is the winning wife’s weight in beer.





















