Image: Harley Owners Group SwitzerlandThe Harley-riding Santas are members of the Northwest Chapter of the Harley Owners Group - conveniently known as HOG - an organisation with over one million members worldwide who harness biking enthusiasm for good causes. The event, known as the Harley Niggi-Näggi, has been running in Basel since 1999. While at this stage it is less of an age-old tradition as some others, it has established itself as a central event on the Basel Christmas calendar. Image: Harley Owners Group SwitzerlandThis includes clowns - known as Giggle Doctors - which visit hospitals with music and props to entertain sick and disabled children. Swiss Christmas TraditionsBizarre Swiss Christmas traditions #2: The Harley riding Santas of BaselBizarre Swiss Christmas traditions #3: Get drunk on cake, but don’t “make it vomit”Bizarre Swiss Christmas Traditions #4: Lake Lucerne’s Santa HuntBizarre Swiss Christmas Traditions #5: Edible gingerbread treesBizarre Swiss Christmas traditions: #6 Geneva's 'Coupe de Noël'

Source: The Local December 19, 2019 13:30 UTC