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Exclusive: The Frens are perplexed by bizarre Finnish sport as they look back at the funniest moments from Travel Guides 2023

Lauren Attard
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With the Travel Guides willing to give any experience a crack, they often find themselves in rather unusual situations and it's hard to keep a straight face.

As Season 6 wraps up, the Guides look back at the moments that had them laughing the most.

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From bizarre activities to holiday blunders, there are plenty of memories that have the Guides (and us) in stitches.

You can watch the Guides relive all their funniest moments in the video above.

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The Frens look back at the funniest moments of Season 6.  Nine

For the Fren family, there was very easily a standout memory.

"One of the funniest things from this trip was riding a hobby horse around Helsinki," Cathy said.

Mark, Victoria and Jono immediately burst into laughter at the mention of Helsinki.

"One of [Finland's] sports is hobby horse dressage so they actually have a horse head on a stick and they gallop around and jump over all the barriers," Mark explained.

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It's not all fun and games, hobby horse riding is a serious sport in Finland and the craze has swept the nation.

Tens of thousands of people gather to watch and take part in competitions completing circuits similar to those used in equestrian, with some fences as high as 1.2 meters.

Anyone can ride a hobby horse around Helsinki but a guided hobby horse tour will set you back a pretty penny.

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It costs $575 for a couple to ride a tour hour course. Yowza.

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Hobby horse riding is exactly what it sounds like.  Nine

While visiting Finland earlier in the year, the Frens found themselves participating in the bizarre sport. Well, almost everyone.

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"I didn't fly 25 hours on a plane to ride a fake horse," Jono huffed.

While the rest of the family galloped their merry way around town, Jono insisted he hold his hobby horse in hand.

"It was bloody hysterical," Mark laughed.

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Not. Happy. Jono.  Nine

See all the funniest moments of Travel Guides Season 6 by watching the video at the top of this article.

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