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Experience how Holiday Region Interlaken maintains its various customs on Swiss National Day. Highlights include bonfires that are lit on the slopes of the surrounding mountains, as well as various folklore performances, from alphorn blowing to flag twirling and yodelling. A popular choice for kids is the torchlight parade and firework display.

  • Food/Drink: Various refreshment stands at the venue

  • Location: Holiday Region Interlaken

  • Entrance fee: The 1 August celebrations are free of charge

Paraglider mit Kanonsfahnen der Schweiz über der grünen Höhematte

Celebrate the 1 August in Interlaken and experience a variety of customs and traditions. In the Kursaalgarden, 28 paragliders will unfurl the 26 canton flags in flight and get the festivities in Interlaken off to a flying start. This will be followed by a large folklore parade and a folk festival on the town hall square, with various folklore performances. A children's torchlight procession, various bonfires and a fireworks display will round off a day packed with Swiss tradition.

Angeführt von Trachtenfrauen zeigen Fahnenschwinger ihr Können am 1. August Umzug

Enjoy the many village festivals on Swiss National Day, with culinary delights and musical performances. Enjoy special National Day brunches in one of the many villages or in the Alps. As night falls, watch the blazing lights of the bonfires around the lakes of Thun and Brienz and admire the colourful firework displays reflected in the waters.

11.00 h folkloric performances and welcome speech from Director of Interlaken Tourism in the Kursaal-Park, Fly-in by 28 paragliders and presentation of the cantonal flags of Switzerland
15.15 h Folkloric parade
15.00 h Swiss National Day celebration on the Stadthausplatz Unterseen with musical entertainment
20.00 h Swiss National Day celebration on the Stadthausplatz Unterseen
21.00 h Children’s lantern parade
21.15 h Open-air concert by the orchestra from Interlaken and Unterseen in front of the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
22.00 h Artistic Firework

(Changes possible due to weather conditions)

 

  • Spectacular paragliders with canton flags

  • Folkloric parade

  • Children’s lantern parade

  • Bonfires across Holiday Region Interlaken

  • Colourful firework displays

  • Other celebrations across Holiday Region Interlaken

Celebrate a carefree National Day until late at night with an overnight stay in Interlaken.