🏏 Hornussen
Swiss hybrid sport combining golf, baseball, and traditional folk competition
📋 Fast Facts
- National sport of Switzerland, played for centuries in rural communities
- Hornuss disc can reach speeds of 300 km/h (186 mph)
- Matches typically last three hours with two competing teams
- Primarily played during summer months across Switzerland
Hornussen is a traditional Swiss sport combining elements of golf and baseball with distinctive Swiss characteristics. Two teams compete to hit a small plastic disc, called a Hornuss or Nouss, as far as possible into opposing territory while the defending team attempts to intercept it mid-air. Deeply embedded in Swiss rural culture, Hornussen ranks alongside Schwingen (wrestling) and Steinstossen (stone throwing) as a national sporting tradition ...