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Real Weddings: Global

Although we’re based in the United States, we feature weddings from around the world — especially the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Submit your wedding for consideration via offbeatwed.com/submissions.

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When Daleks and the Sith sabotaged a wedding: Lore & Martin’s theatrical wedding

This wedding is blowing our collective minds with its extensive ceremony plotline about Daleks and the Sith plotting to ruin the wedding, groomsmen being impaled, the bride entering with a katana, a wild battle right at the altar… this is required reading, you guys. Just wait until you see the bride’s handmade embroidered musical notes gown, too!

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Get on track with Joanne & Jeff’s race car wedding with German castle reception

A race car-themed wedding at the world’s longest racetrack, nicknamed “The Green Hell,” the Nürburgring in Germany? Oh hell yes! Add in the engineering touches, the CASTLE reception, the bubble gun fights, and the amazing cars, and you’ve got a truly eye-popping wedding. Oh, and wait until you see the neato effect of light on their rings!

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Huge flowers and a surprise Smarties cake at Angela & Jean-Paul’s Aussie wedding

This backyard wedding in Sydney is the sweetest thing you’ll see today. Highlights include the GIANT flowers carried by the bride and bridesmaids (and occasionally eaten by the groom), the surprise Smarties explosion cake, and the slightly tipsy father of the groom speech.

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Africa meets the U.S. at Caroline & Kaocen’s interfaith bilingual three-part wedding

Get ready to be seriously wowed by this three-part San Diego-meets-Niger interfaith wedding. It was horribly sidelined by a tragedy in the family, but they rebounded beautifully to honor their loved ones, entertain everyone with an awesome first dance, and wear AMAZING wedding garb! Don’t miss the many dress changes, lovely traditions, and massive love in this family.

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Dragons and games and kilts at Léonie & Tom’s Celtic fantasy wedding

This Celtic-inspired fantasy wedding has a gorgeous dress with added fantasy sleeves, hot kilts, handmade dragon cake toppers, board games galore, and some wild wedding planning mishaps. But it all came together in this blend of tradition and geekery. Don’t miss the sweet favorite moment involving the bride’s 92-year-old father, too!

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Eva & Jesus’ Mexico wedding with bonus arcade fun

This pair had families keen on inviting everyone they knew, two ceremonies, a fantastic arcade photo shoot (with human-sized crane!), and a super cool getaway car decal. Don’t miss the traditional elements like the arros and the lazo, about which the bride has some good techniques for saving money.