Inside the crazy world of pigeon racing

There is a European subculture you didn’t know about:

Welcome to the world of pigeon racing. 🐦 🏁

These people breed, train and race pigeons as a hobby. They are stereotypically pictured as older Europeans who live in rural areas. But, we found someone very different.

Kobe Herbots is a 24-year-old pigeon racer from Belgium, Europe’s HQ for this sport. Kobe wants to win the last national race of the season to prove to people that he can be the next great racer in his family.
Join us and step into Kobe's crazy world of racing 🏁, dedication 🧠 and money 💰.

00:33 Part 1 – Meet Kobe, the pigeon master
02:34 Part 2 – Getting ready for the pigeon race
06:28 Part 3 – The €50,000 stud pigeon
07:59 Part 4 – Pigeon race day
08:52 Part 5 – The result

Report: Tom Gordon-Martin
Camera & edit: Abdullah Mostafa
Executive editor: Carolina Machhaus
Commissioning editor: Lukas Hansen

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