Tilting-at-the-Ring
Tilting-at-the-Ring festivals are a longstanding tradition in Southern Jutland, and every town has its own tilting tournament during the summer. Festivities last throuhout
the weekends, when riders compete during the day and the evening is one long party in the beer tents.
Tilting-at-the-Ring has its roots in the Middle Ages, when knights fought each other on horseback with lances. When the sport came to Denmark, the armoured knights were replaced by a ring hanging in a gallows, making it an event for the common people.
Today, riders compete for the title of “king”, galloping through the gallows to spear a ring with a lance. In the first 24 rounds, the ring has a diameter of 22 mm and those spearing all 24 rings go on to other rounds and eliminated one by one as the rings diminish in size to just 6 mm in diameter until only the king remains.
Tilting-at-the-Ring festivities are
also for children and grandparents.
There is entertainment for everyone, including a funfair and cycle tilting for the young, a coffee get-together
for seniors and the famous lunches in the beer tent with up to 1100 enthusiastic diners.
A little tip: No tilting festival is complete without trying a famous festival sausage. Try them at the many stands dotted around the fairground.
Program: Tilting-at-the-Ring festivals 2011!
