14th-century sport unites

4500 people take part in biggest event in six years this month.

- Hochstetten

Hornussen, a centuries-old Swiss sport where a puck is lashed with a stick sending it flying at speeds of up to 300km/h, is embracing modernity with each shot now recorded live via a smartphone app and clips shared on TikTok.

The quirky sport gets its name from the puck, known as a hornuss or hornet, due to the buzzing sound it makes as it whizzes through the air.

The game sees one side whip the hornuss with a wooden peg on a flexible stick, while the other team, 100 to 300m away, tries to stop it from landing using heavy, flat wooden shovels.