Igniting the World’s largest annual bonfire - Slinningsbålet 2015 (34m)

The ignition of the worlds largest annual bonfire - made exclusively by the use of the hands of youth between 12-23 years of age. The video shows 6 of the bonfire-builders freeclimbing the bonfire to ignite it. The fire is an annual tradition to celebrate midsummer and St. John, and the only one of its kind still alive today. The bonfire is located in Ålesund, Norway on a small artificial island outside Slinningen, an outer district of Ålesund. The largest bonfire ever built there was in 2010 and was measur