About a very special horse

 A person who is involved with horses meets a lot of horses, some just pass while others leave deep marks…  There is a horse I got the opportunity to be with from the beginning. I clearly remember when she grew up from baby to an adult horse (read: in her heart she never grew up) – when she was trained …

More than 50 years of Rallies…

When I was digging through the archives at the Rural Youth Europe office in Helsinki in the beginning of the summer I found these papers. I was curious to know why they were in the middle of the big box of old photos, and soon found out it was an old Rally programme. Having been to a few Rallies it …

New member: Norwegian Rural Youth

This August at our general assembly, Norges bygdeungdomslag NBU (Norwegian Rural Youth) will apply for membership at Rural Youth Europe. Some facts about NBU: established in 19467100 members in 14 regionsaims to unite all youth who wish to maintain and support rural communities with the purpose to secure and promote these communities and young people living there, bearing in mind …

Update from the Rally prep team

"Hand in Hand – Creat our land!" – This is this years slogan for the European Rally! At this very moment I am sitting at the lakeside somewhere in Austria enjoying the outstanding weather and I was suddenly wondering. In exactly one month from now we will hopefully enjoy the nice weather and the unique landscape with our lakes together …

Feed, feed, feed

Many think horses live only only on hay/grass, but that is not the case. There are many factors to take into consideration when choosing feed for your horse. How much is the horse exercised? How old is it? Has the horse had any kinds of illnesses before? These are a few questions that need answers when choosing the right feed …

From a 400 People Town into a City of 40 Millions

I am walking across a pedestrian. Around 1000 asian looking people are walking next to me, light flashes everywhere and loud advertising music sounds from the speakers of the big advertisment screens which are located in front of the windows of first few floors of the skyskrapers. Around 500.000-800.000 people pass this crossing every day. The place where I am right …

In the competition world for the first time

A couple of months ago it happened – my first dressage competition, the second competition ever in my 21 year old life. I was super nervous for weeks before the competition would take place. On the D-day my alarm woke me up at 5.30, I fed the horses, did the last preparations and loaded the horse into the trailer. At …

The advantages of being in a Rural Youth club

A few days ago I had a talk with one of our board members discussing the question of advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside. This really got me thinking about my life in a rural area and I caught myself almost finding just advantages. Certainly there are some negative points like a bus only once an hour or …

Hold side by side / form the countryside

This is this year’s main topic of the Landjugend in Austria. Hello guys, my name is Rosina and I’m from Austria, specifically from Salzburg. I’m in the board of the Landjugend county “Flachgau” since five years and since two of them I’m leader of this county. For me “hold side by side/form the countryside” in county Flachgau means the yearly …