This section contains an overview of the most relevant events in Switzerland.
11 February 2025
The Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel (CDN) will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2025. The celebrations will begin on 21 February, and the programme will be gradually unveiled on the CDN website. The building designed by Mario Botta encompasses Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s home, making it an integral part of the Centre Dürrenmatt, inaugurated in 2000. The CDN exists … Read more » “Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel 25th anniversary”
28 January 2025
On 28 January, the official handover from the city of Malmö to Basel and the ‘Semi-Final Draw Ceremony’ for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 took place at Basel’s Museum of Fine Arts (Kunstmuseum Basel). The 37 countries participating in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 were allocated to one of the two Semi-Finals in the draw. … Read more » “Eurovision Song Contest 2025: Malmö hands over to Basel”
12 January 2025
The E.A.T. | Engadin Art Talks is a non-profit foundation that serves as a multidisciplinary platform for facilitating discussions and conversations between artists, curators, and scholars on current issues in our society and an interested public. Its mission is to build knowledge transfer and relationships that open new ways of thinking. Since its foundation, E.A.T. … Read more » “Engadin Art Talks in Zuoz and Satellite Event in St.Moritz”
11 January 2025
Although Switzerland was neutral during the Second World War, it owes a lot to the courageous citizens of its neighbouring countries. As part of the celebrations to mark 80 years since the end of the Second World War, Art’Rhena (Île du Rhin – 68600 Vogelgrun) is presenting a programme dedicated to two brave citizens. Theater: … Read more » “Celebrations to Mark 80 Years End of the Second World War”
10 December 2024
Carlo Collodi’s (1826-1890) children’s novel Pinocchio is on the Christmas programme in the romantic Clavadeira in Riom (canton Graunbunden). This extraordinary story is about becoming an adult, a humorous meditation on freedom, and a touching evening for the whole family. Every child knows Pinocchio, the stubborn puppet from Master Gepetto’s carpenter’s workshop. When he lies, … Read more » “Pinocchio in Riom”
22 November 2024
What exactly is a ‘chalet’? Are there features that make the cosy wooden house a chalet? Is it the knitted construction or the wide overhanging roof? Or the geraniums in front of the windows or the roof beams? Or is the ‘chalet’ just a symbol and allusion to a longing for Alpine nature and, therefore, … Read more » “The chalet, its history and future”
11 November 2024
On 8 November 2014, the Museum der Kulturen Basel and the Verein Basler Fasnacht-Welt decided that the ‘Basler Fasnacht’ exhibition would be open to the public from Thursday to Sunday. The museum will provide the exhibition and infrastructure, while the Association will supervise it. This means the Fasnacht exhibition is accessible all year round and … Read more » “St Martin’s Day, the Fasnacht exhibition and 10 years of cooperation”
22 October 2024
The European Heritage Year 1975 motto was “A future for our past.” Fifty years later, given the consequences of globalisation, migration, communication technology revolutions, and civil and human rights activism, the question arises of who is meant by “us.” The interdisciplinary conference “A Future for whose Past? The Heritage of Minorities, Fringe Groups and People Without a … Read more » “The Heritage of Minorities, Fringe Groups and People Without a Lobby”
14 October 2024
The half-century anniversary of the Musée International d’horlogerie, located in the heart of the Parc des musées in La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton of Neuchâtel), will be celebrated in grand style on the weekend of 19 and 20 October, 50 years to the day after its opening. In addition to a programme of guided tours, workshops, and demonstrations, … Read more » “50 Years Musée international d’horlogerie in La Chaux-de-Fonds”
15 September 2024
The Fundaziun Origen is also celebrating the 500th anniversary of the Republic of the Three Leagues (Freistaat der Drei Bünde) with an open-air theatre in the mountainous landscape of the Albula region. The theme is the young republic’s struggle for freedom and autonomy, the fragility of democratic structures and the strength of a solid alliance … Read more » “The 500th anniversary of Canton Graubünden in the Albula Region”
