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National sport: on your marks, get set, swing!

October 31, 2016

Taking to the swings has been popular in Estonia for centuries. In fact, it’s so popular, that an extreme version of the sport now exists. Kiiking is the art of flipping over the swing frame on the highest possible axis.

DW Euromaxx Kiiking EINSCHRÄNKUNG
Image: Indrek Kraus

Kiiking - Estonian swings

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