Festivals
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World Snow Sculpture Festival. Grindelwald - 13.01.2004 -
18.01.2004
- World Snow
Festival. Grindelwald - During February
Artists
come from around the world to create masterpieces in snow and ice as
spectators look on.
- Basel Blues
Festival - 27.03.2004 - 29.03.2004
- Snow and Symphony
Festival. St. Moritz - 28.03.2004 - 04.04.2004
Classical music festival.
- Zurich Festival
- 20.06.2004 - 13.07.2004
Theater, opera, concerts, art exhibits.
- Montreux Jazz
Festival - 04.07.2004 - 19.07.2004
One of the very best.
- Street Parade.
Zurich - 09.08.2004
Lovers of New Age and Techno music crowd the lakeshore. The LOVEPARADE
for a visit in Swiss.
- Lucerne
International Music Festival - 14.08.2004 - 20.09.2004
- Floating Lights
Festival. Zurich - During December
Floating lights are placed on the Limmat river. Santa Claus and his
donkey greet the children, and adults enjoy mulled wine and gingerbread
at the Weinplatz.
Public festivals, Folk festivals, Folklore
-
Carneval - March
The biggest party towns are Basel (March
10-12) and Lucerne (Feb. 27-March 4).
- Scarecrow Night. Morges
- During September
Tradition based on a legend that ends with the burning of the King of
the Scarecrows, a signal that the grape harvest can begin in the region
around Lake Geneva.
Other
- Alpine Hot-Air Ballooning Days. Château d’Oex
- 18.01.2004 - 26.01.2004
Gathering of colorful, wacky-shaped balloons at picturesque castle.
- Cartier Polo World
Cup on Snow. St. Moritz - 23.01.2004 - 26.01.2004
The who is who of the world in St. Moritz.
- “White Turf” Horse
races. St. Moritz - 09.02.2004, 16.02.2004, 23.02.2004
Horseracing on a frozen lake.
- William Tell
performed in open-air theater. Interlaken - 19.06.2004 - 06.09.2004
-
National Day - 01.08.2004
Fireworks and parades commemorating the founding in 1291 of the Swiss
Confederation.
Important trade fairs
- International Commercial Vehicle Show - 10.01.2004 -
17.01.2004 Geneva (Switzerland)
International Fair for comercial vehicle
- iEX - Internet Expo - 04.02.2004 - 06.02.2004 Zurich
(Switzerland)
Trade Fair for Internet Business and IT Solutions
- International Motor Show - 04.03.2004 - 14.03.2004 Geneva
(Switzerland)
International Motor Show
- International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and
Products - 31.03.2004 - 04.04.2004 Geneva (Switzerland)
International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products
- COMPUTER - expo - 04.05.2004 - 07.05.2004 Lausanne
(Switzerland)
Exhibition of Informatics Equipment and Information Technologies
- INTERTECH BODENSEE - 03.06.2004 - 05.06.2004 St. Gallen
(Switzerland)
International Technology Fair
- orbit - 22.09.2004 - 25.09.2004 Basle (Switzerland)
Information Technology for the new e-conomy
- WORLDDIDAC - 27.10.2004 - 29.10.2004 Basle (Switzerland)
International Education and Training Exhibition
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