Roughly translated fensterln means ‘climbing in through his sweetheart’s bedroom window’ and it’s a traditional pursuit in Bavaria. To find the king of fensterln, the organisers built an assault course in the small town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Against the clock, 38 red-blooded suitors had to cross the wood in front of the cabin, climb a slippery ladder, drive a nail into a trunk before they could plant a kiss on the cheek of Germany’s Miss Dirndl beauty queen, Veronika Wilbert.
Cheered on by a crowd of 600, the eventual winner was 19-year-old Florian Halbartschlager from Stuttgart, Germany. “Fensterln should be an Olympic sport. It’s so much fun!” he said. “The track was quite difficult, especially because of the rain. But I won and I am very happy about that."
His prize? A date with Miss Wilbert? Nope, a free concert by 80s popsters Spider Murphy Gang.
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 Red Bull Photofiles_Anton Brey.jpg "Red Bull Fensterlkönig")
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