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Danish pin billiards

Also known as Keglebillard

Danish pin billiards: photograph by Bryson Jack, Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer
Photo: Bryson Jack, Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

A cue sport with five pins in the middle of the table; scoring is for toppling pins with the white ball.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Denmark.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Northern and Eastern Europe.

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