Weird Ways

Spiegel Online shines a spotlight some of Europe's weird ways:

Greece: "Each year on the first Monday of Lent, the people of the tiny Greek town of Tyrnavos go crazy about penises, singing lewd songs and urging passersby to kiss their model phalluses. The pagan fertility festival is one of the most famous parties in Greece."

Belgium: "Come to the little Belgian town of Geraardsbergen in February and you will be able to witness the townsfolk slurp down live fish as part of the Krakelingen festival."

United Kingdom: "Every year a bunch of fearless men and women hurl themselves down a near-vertical English hill in pursuit of a giant rolling cheese."