This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As two flat-bottomed river boats steer towards each other from either bank, powered along by a crew of three oarsmen, thousands of ...

The organizers of this weekend’s jousting tournament in Poway have gone to extreme lengths to ensure the historical accuracy of the Medieval armor, clothing, weapons and code of honor, chivalry and ...

In July, the southern German city of Ulm transforms its river into a dramatic stage where costumed jousters in boats vie for glory and try to avoid a watery plunge. Ulm's fisherfolk jousting ...

Magical Winter Knights at the Budweiser Events Center will offer an escape from the present with a village fair, nobles’ feast and jousting tournament. “(People) have their dreams and fantasies, and ...

It’s the height of summer, when kids across the US head off to overnight soccer camps or swim team practice. Meanwhile their counterparts in Sete, a fishing town sliced with canals on the French ...

When it comes to the official sport of Maryland, two probably come top of mind -- football and lacrosse. Those are sports ...

Members of the local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism re-create the Middle Ages through regular gatherings, jousting tournaments and feasts — all in full costume. In preparation for a ...

Meet the trailblazing women who will be competing in tournaments this summer. Women will be joining joust tournaments hosted at English Heritage castles in the UK for the first time this summer. A ...

In some American farm towns, the locals throw horseshoes in their spare time. They might play some softball or hold a fishing tournament. In Maryland, they joust--dairy farmers and horse breeders, ...

An annual jousting tournament is set to return this Bank Holiday weekend. The Knights of Royal England will be back at Tumblestone Hollow in Stonor Park for the seventh year, bringing their jousting ...

Ulm's fisherfolk jousting imaginatively presents the city's history through characters like the police (left) and the ‘Krettaweber’ (right), the infamously bad-mouthed vegetable seller. Photograph by ...