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An age-old tradition in the Jura, the St-Martin Celebrations are best experienced in the small town of Porrentruy. Head to the market square to sample pork-based delicacies including black…
Berne brings tears to visitors' eyes as the Zibelemärit onion market takes over the old city. Farmers from all over Switzerland present over 50 tons of produce and onions decorate the streets.…
International Christmas Tree & Lights Festival
The International Christmas Tree & Lights Festival (Le Festival Arbres & Lumières) in Geneva presents large-scale light installations throughout the city, many of them decorating trees dotted…
A refreshing alternative to the commercial side of Christmas, Klausjagen is celebrated each year in the Swiss village of Küssnacht. Surrounded by torchbearers, St Nicholas is accompanied by an…
The lively St Moritz Christmas Market fills the pedestrianised area of St Moritz around Plazza Mauritius with the sights, scents and sounds of Christmas. Stalls display everything from…
Unrivalled in its pomp and revelry, Geneva's Escalade includes demonstrations, tours, music and re-enactments which take place all over the city. The event marks the victory over the Duke of…
Neuchâtel Arts and Crafts Christmas Market
Held in the centre of town, Neuchâtel's Arts and Crafts Christmas Market returns for nine days during which nearly 200 exceptional craftspeople present their creations in a family-friendly…
Zurich's traditional festival of floating lights, Lichterschwimmen returns for Christmas. Primary school children release hundreds of miniature candle boats from the Stadthausquai quay, to…
Zürich's beautiful old town stages an annual Christmas Market along the Niederdorfstrasse and Spitalgasse streets, on and around Hirschenplatz square and the Rosenhof. A wide variety of stalls…
Zurich's central Hauptbahnhof station embraces the festive spirit, decking its halls with bells and holly. Over 100 indoor market stalls tempt shoppers with colourful handcrafted trinkets…
The 15th-century houses of Berne's old town create a quaint and romantic backdrop for the Berne Christmas Market. Two central squares are packed with stalls: Münsterplatz catering for arts and…
International Christmas Market
This Christmas market on Geneva's Place de la Fusterie offers shoppers the chance to stock up for the festive season with locally made arts and crafts and colourful knick-knacks from around…
On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Zurich, the Amadeus Choir perform two Christmas Concerts at the Kirche St Peter und Paul. On the programme is a rendition of Mozart's Mass in C minor, the…
Over 150,000 revellers line the banks of the River Limmat and Lake Zurich to hear church bells chiming in the New Year, followed by fireworks. Mulled wine, food stalls, live bands and DJs keep…
Geneva brings in the New Year with plenty of activities in the vieille ville (old town), including concerts, food markets, children's entertainment and late-night parties in the city's squares.
Each year, the Tonhalle Zurich Orchestra holds a traditional New Year's Eve concert to celebrate the end of the year. In 2009 Sir Roger Norrington leads performances of choral works by Joseph Haydn.
Interlaken's youth mark the new year with Harder Potschete. They parade through the streets wearing elaborately carved masks, accompanied by noisy drum corps and bands. The party continues at…
St Moritz's Schlitteda Engiadinaisa is for anyone who dreams of sleighing through wintry landscapes. The locals dig out the old sleighs, don their traditional clothes, look for a good horse…
Lucerne welcomes the new year in Viennese style with the grand New Year's Ball at the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum. The Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra performs Strauss melodies, while accomplished…
For six days Grindelwald, at the foot of the Eiger glacier, is host to the World Snow Festival, where artists from all over the world are invited to express themselves within the medium of ice.
