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Nordic walking, the strange Scandinavian sport helping people overcome injury – ABC News
It’s a popular sport in Europe, but Nordic walking strikes many Australians as downright odd. But a group of passionate walkers are hoping to bring the pastime…
Kristen Pratt was working in her Geneva office one day when she looked out the window and saw something that she found both surprising and amusing.
A group of people were walking along with poles, almost as if they were cross-country skiing without snow.
What started out as mere curiosity that day, however, developed into a passion she has now shared with hundreds of others.
‘It was too good to be true’
Nordic walking is widely practiced in Scandinavia and other European countries, including Germany,…
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