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The biennial Patrouille des Glaciers covers 53km by foot and ski along the Swiss-Italian border from Zermatt to Verbier. With over 7000 metres gained and lost along the way, it's the ultimate…
Art lovers from every continent head to Messezentrum Basel for one of the world's leading art shows, Art Basel. Drawing over 60,000 visitors, the display includes everything from modern…
The Zürich Festival is one of Europe's great performing arts festivals. With its mix of theatre, opera, dance and classical music, it fills the city's cultural venues and outdoor spaces with a…
The Montreux Jazz Festival, held on the eastern shore of beautiful Lake Geneva, is one of the most famous in the world. The extensive programme now extends from jazz to blues, rock and pop.
Enjoy a relaxing soak in Yverdon's outdoor mineral water baths, heated to the pleasant temperature of 34 degrees Celsius.
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…
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…
Body Worlds and The Cycle of Life
Find out how the body ages at the Body Worlds and The Cycle of Life exhibition at Zürich's Puls5. Groundbreaking anatomist, physicist and scientist Dr Gunther von Hagens exposes the life cycle…
Arguably the world's most famous competition for young dancers, the Prix de Lausanne, held at the Palais de Beaulieu, is a unique opportunity to catch the stars of tomorrow before they make it big.
If you think Switzerland is just about mountains and snow, give the Lucerne Carnival (or Lozärner Fasnacht) a chance. The entire town goes crazy with a lantern-lit parade, musical groups and…
Berne bids farewell to winter with one hell of a party. The three-day Berne Fasnacht carnival celebrations are a riotous affair, as the city's streets come alive with brass bands, hook-nosed…
Zurich city centre comes alive as carnival-goers dress up, don masks and jump on floats to show off their ridiculous costumes. Balls give way to a grand procession on Sunday afternoon and…
Basel Carnival kicks off with the Morgenstreich - at 4am Basel's electricity is turned off and the streets are illuminated by torch lights. The Carnival Queen is crowned in a solemn ritual…
The Cresta Run at St Moritz Tobogganing Club is one of winter sport's legendary, and most dangerous, challenges. Each year the run opens for the brave and the crazy to take their chances on the ice.
A premier Swiss music event, around 50 acts perform across three stages during the Gurten Festival, held on Bern's wooded Gurten Hill. Main attractions in 2009 included Bloc Party, Franz…
Nyon's Paleo Festival is one of Switzerland's best-kept secrets. One of the friendliest events around, it welcomes more than 40,000 visitors each night to its beautiful fields with their view…
The Alpine resort of Gstaad hosts the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament. With a €65,000 purse and 175 ATP points at stake, it attracts many of the younger players on the tour.…
European Skateboard Championships
The coolest things on four wheels, top skateboarders display their skills at Basel's Kunsteisbahn Margarethen ice rink. An 18-metre long, four-metre high vertical ramp provides the backdrop…
One of the great European music festivals, the Lucerne Festival has, since Toscanini conducted in the 1930s, attracted top performers. With Jean Nouvel's breathtaking lakeside Kultur- und…
The Freestyle competition features action from the world's top BMX riders, in-line skaters, skiers and skateboarders. It takes place on the banks of Lake Zurich at the Landiwiese.
