• The Calgary Stampede 🐎

    July 12, 2024 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    So what to do when you are in Calgary in July? Yes: go to the stampede: a huge Volksfest with rodeos and shows and 1000s of cowboys. What an experience! I was so shocked about the bull wrestling, that I didn’t take pictures of it (it’s like an accident, you cannot keep your eyes off it)

    Wiki:

    The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and features one of the world's largest rodeos, a parade, midway, stage shows, concerts, agricultural competitions, chuckwagon racing, and First Nations exhibitions. In 2008, the Calgary Stampede was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame
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