Guns and drinking: Germany’s biggest shooting festival

Don’t drink and shoot! Well, not during a Schützenfest in Germany. Here, it’s tradition to gather for drinking, shooting, and marching every year to celebrate this 900-year-old custom. So what’s it like to join a German marksmen’s club for the world’s biggest shooting festival taking place in Hanover, Germany? Our reporter Brant Dennis went there to find out. CREDITS Report: Josephine Günther/Brant Dennis Camera: Henning Goll Edit: Manuela Reuss Supervising Editors: Mirja Viehweger/Patricia Szilagyi CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:21 Hanover’s Schützenfest 00:44 Shooting Competition 02:43 The origins of marksmen’s clubs 03:14 Honoring the champions 05:46 The evening’s carnival 06:49 Outro CREDITS 02:55-03:06 © Deutscher Schützenbund #shootingfestival #hanover #germany -------------------------------------------- Subscribe to DW Euromaxx: Would you like to find out more about Euromaxx? ▸Website: ▸Facebook: ▸Instagram: DW Euromaxx brings you engaging insights into European cultures and lifestyles.