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As a local who is completely obsessed with making the most of every holiday, I get asked a lot by friends: “What should we actually do for Swiss National Day?” So, I’ve put together my personal guide—not just a list of events, but my curated recommendations for an experience you’ll genuinely love. Let’s dive in. I know that 20 days is the legal minimum, but I'm wondering what's the typical amount of days people get. Is it rare to get more than 20? How many do you get? Does it depend a lot on the job or industry? There's only one correct celebration. After getting up early, doing the Rütli vow, get on a mountain and blow the alphorn. Then head to the city and swing around a big Swiss flag. End the day with a Fondue. Actually there's plenty of stuff you can do in your free time. What about sports? It's rainy but maybe you go for a small hike up to üetliberg? Or you go swimming, vita parcours, Jogging What to do and where to go on Swiss National Day? This year will be my first time for Swiss National Day! I live in the Windisch/Brugg area but I'm happy to take a train trip somewhere for the day. Does anyone have some good suggestions on where to go and what to do? Swiss National Day is a joke, for a country that no longer exists. Hi again r/switzerland, Sorry for all the questions, but how enjoyable is Swiss National Day if you do not know anyone in the city you are living in? I'm currently working in Lausanne and my boss will be going home to Spain tomorrow for around 2 weeks. Should I bother staying here or should I do some travelling (4-day weekend ish). Also does the day normally consist of fireworks and parties Hello internet, my stay in Switzerland overlaps with Swiss National Day. Is it common that shops and supermarkets closing early? And will public transport have different schedules than normal? We are planning to go to Mount Titlis that day, and will that be affected? Thanks a lot! The Swiss National day takes place on the 1st of August every year. It celebrates the signing of the Swiss Federal Charter in 1291 in early August. It is a date that all Swiss celebrate Swiss National Day (German: Schweizer Bundesfeiertag; French: Fête nationale suisse; Italian: Festa nazionale svizzera; Romansh: Festa naziunala svizra) is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an official holiday since 1994. [1] The Swiss Museum of Transport (Verkehrshaus Luzern) is a phenomenal transport museum. I’ve been probably 10 times with my son and I’m never sure which one of us is having more fun. They have life size models and original airframes, cars, trains and tons of hands on exhibits. There are also tons of great details and historical explanations. There are kids only play areas in the main central Switzerland’s national celebration, held every year on 1 August, celebrates the signing of the Federal Charter of 1291 in early August of that year. The three cantons of Uri, Unterwalden – now the two half cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden, and Schwyz, agreed to stand together against outside On August 1 each year, Switzerland celebrates its own founding with bonfires, flags, and speeches. Customs range from traditional to modern – with fireworks still a big bone of contention. Hello! I will be visiting Europe late July/ early August and was wanting to visit Basel for a day to celebrate Swiss National Day. I saw your beautiful city seems to celebrate it twice, and I was looking for some information about what might be different between the celebration on 31/07 as opposed to the celebration on the actual holiday, 01/08. Thanks for any guidance in advance! The book “ Living and Working in Switzerland : A Survival Handbook ” by David Hampshire, is very useful. Various dedicated websites with more serious official information sem.admin.ch, and Ch.ch, and to an extent websites like SwissInfo. Various websites with more unofficial but helpful information. The EnglishForum.ch is a treasure trove of information and experiences. But there are 114 votes, 31 comments. August 1, 2022 marks the 731st anniversary of the founding of the Swiss confederation in 1291. Posted by u/Think_Insurance_6135 - 1 vote and no comments 468 votes, 138 comments. 331K subscribers in the Switzerland community. As a means of protest against Reddit's API changes, we will have regular During the day, there's a free boat going to the Rütli ("The Cradle of the Swiss Confederation") where some local politician will give a (boring) speech in Swiss-German and the national hymn will be sung. " (Ich wünsche dir) einen schönen Bundesfeiertag!" The part in parenthesis means "i wish you", but it isn't mandatory. I don't know italian nor romansh, but the names of the day are "Giorno della festa nazionale" and "Di da la festa naziunala" Welcome to r/switzerland. Thank you for submitting a picture or video. Our rules require a short statement as a top-level post (when, where, etc.) explaining the interest of the image or video to the general population of r/switzerland and inviting discussion. Should this be a touristy picture, please consider posting it to r/schweiz instead. If this post is a meme, note that memes are only
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