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Auswahl
"La Bénichon"
«Sennensattlerei» (Alpine saddlery)
«Stäcklibuebe» and the maypoles
«Uhrencup»
«Weidlingsfahren»
Aarau Bachfischet
Aare Swimming in Bern
Abbeys of Vaud
Absinthe culture in Val-de-Travers
Albanifest
Almanach romand «Messager boiteux»
Alpine pasture season*
Alpine processions in Appenzell and Toggenburg
Alpinism*
Älplerchilbi and Sennenchilbi (Alpine fairs)
Amateur theatre in Central Switzerland
Amateur theatre in the French-speaking part of Switzerland
Animal husbandry and cow fighting
Anna Göldi
Appenzell humour and satire
Art of découpage in the Pays d’Enhaut, in Saanenland and in Simmental
Ascension Day processions in Beromünster and surroundings
Avalanche risk management*
Badenfahrt
Bandella
Basel Autumn Fair
Basel Carnival*
Basel drumming
Bears in Bern
Bechtelistag Frauenfeld
Belle Epoque excursions in the Lake Geneva region
Bernese dialect music and literature
Bern’s big race days – Soapbox races in Bern
Bikers' meeting in Hauenstein
Bilingualism in Biel/Bienne
Blacksmithing
Bochselnacht
Book culture in St Gallen
Botany in Geneva and the «marronnier de la Treille»
Breeding Franches-Montagnes Horses
Brotherhood of St Sebastian
Bull markets and cattle shows in Central Switzerland
Carnival in Central Switzerland
Carnival in Jura
Casting cowbells from bronze
Chaindon Fair (Foire de Chaindon)
Chalandamarz
Cherry growing
Chestnut farming, chestnuts and roast chestnut sellers
Chienbäse
Chlefele
Choral singing in the canton of Fribourg
Christmas in Innerrhoden
Christmas Novena in Morcote
Chrööpfelimee
Clubs and societies
Collecting and cultivating of wild plants
Commemoration of Saint Nicholas of Flüe
Consensus-seeking and direct democracy
Conservation of seeds
Cooperatives in Valais
Corpus Christi festival of the Herrgottskanoniere
Corpus Christi in Savièse
Corpus Christi procession in Appenzell
Corso fleuri in Neuchâtel
Cottage gardens in Osterfingen
Country youth festivals of Vaud
Demoscene and digital creativity
Development of tourism in the countryside of Central Switzerland
Drawing lots for alpine pastures
Dry stone walling*
Eierläset
Epighany singing
Escalade
Esprit de Genève (Spirit of Geneva)
Fabrique
Fairs of Saint Martin and Saint Provino
Faith healing
Feast of Saint Martin in Ajoie
Feldschiessen
Fête des Fontaines (fountain festival)
Feuillu
Fifes and drums in the canton of Valais
Folk dancing in Central Switzerland
Folk dancing in Northwest Switzerland
Folk music and Jutz in Central Switzerland
Folk music in Graubünden
Folk music in the Appenzellerland and Toggenburg regions
Fondue as a social event
Fruit growing and processing
Gansabhauet
Geneva Revue
Ghost stories in Central Switzerland
Glarus Cantonal Assembly
Glarus choirs and orchestras
Gotthard stories
Graphic design and typography
Greiflet
Groppenfasnacht
Grotto culture in Italian Switzerland
Handloom weaving and cross-stitch from Graubünden
Herbal knowledge in the convents of Central Switzerland
Hiking
Historic militias
Holy Week processions in Mendrisio*
Hom Strom
Hornussen
Housing cooperatives
Hürnä and Mazza Cula
Hydroelectric expertise
Ice-skating on the River Doubs
Illuminations and fireworks at the Rhine Falls
Illustration, comics and poster art in Geneva
Inferno ski race in Mürren
Innerrhoden Cantonal Assembly
Italianità in Valais
Jass
Jewish cultural heritage in Aargau
Jurassian patois
Knabenschiessen
Knowledge of the weather and climate
Köhlern – a method of charcoal production in Entlebuch
Lateen sailboats on Lake Geneva
Lausanne cathedral night watchman
Liestal’s Banntag (community boundary day)
Lower Valais patois
Machine embroidery in St. Gallen
Maiensässfahrt and Gita a Selva (Trip to the alpine pastures)
Mammut river raft race
Mask carving and Fasnacht in Sarganserland
Maypoles adorning fountains
Meitlisonntig (Girls’ Sunday)
Métairies: the mountain inns of the Bernese Jura
Moped rally in Ennetmoos
Munot traditions
Näfels procession
Natural healing in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Natural history excursions
Natural yodeling and yodel songs
Neuchâtel lace
Neuchâtel Revolution commemorative march
Neuchâtel skittles
Nicknames in Central Switzerland
No e Wili (open-air performance)
Nomadic tradition of the Jenish and Sinti
Number 11 in Solothurn
Nünichlingler
Open-air festival culture
Operettas in Aargau
Patterns and scarves from Glarus
Peasant art around Mount Säntis
Peasant-style ceramics
Performing arts in the Fribourg patois and Sensler German dialect
Pilgrimage to Einsiedeln
Pilgrimage to Mariastein
Platzgen
Playing the alphorn and the Büchel
Poyas
Prayer calls in Central Switzerland
Preserving the Walser identity
Production of mechanical musical automata and music boxes*
Promotions
Pschuuri
Rabadan and carnival in Ticino
Räben lantern procession
Raclette as a social event
Rafting on Lake Aegeri
Ranz des vaches
Reading societies
Regattas on Lake Geneva
Renewable energy in the Canton of Bern
Roof covering and repairs
Saint Nicholas in Fribourg
San Giuseppe in Laufenburg
Santa Claus traditions in Central Switzerland
Sarganserland alpine blessing
Scheibenschlagen (Disc beating)
Schwingen
Sechseläuten
Secret
Self-government at the autonomous youth centre in Biel/Bienne
Sgraffito
Sign languages
Silk ribbon and ribbon weaving
Silvesterchlausen
Snow sculptures and constructions in La Chaux de Fonds
Solennität Murten
Solothurn Fasnacht
St Gallen Children’s Festival
Stoss pilgrimage
Straw weaving in the Freiamt
Street market fairs in the Jura
Swimming in the Rhine
Tale of a poacher
Tavillonnage (shingle-making)
The carillon of Valais
The markets of Huttwil
The social practices of All Souls’ Day
The tiny cable cars of Central Switzerland
The veneration of martyrs’ relics in Saint-Maurice
The “Coupe de Noël” winter swim
Torrée (outdoor barbecue party)
Traditional alpine woodcarving (Senntumschnitzerei)
Traditional fishing machines
Traditions of Alpine cooperatives
Troccas
Tschäggättä
Unspunnen festival
Urban gardening
Velogemel
Vine culture in Schaffhausen
Vogel Gryff
Wässermatten
Watchmaking*
Whip cracking in Lenzburg
Whitsunday ‒ Pfingstblitter (Pfingstblütter, Pfingstsprützlig)
Wild haymaking in Central Switzerland
Wilhelm Tell and the liberation myths
Wind bands
Winegrowers' Festival in Vevey*
Woldmanndli
Woodcarving in Brienz
Wool processing in Verzasca Valley
Wybermahl in Hettiswil
Youth festivals in Aargau and Solothurn
Zibelemärit
Zurich's silk industry
Zurich techno scene
Traditions by canton
Auswahl
Aargau
Appenzell-Innerhoden
Appenzell-Ausserhoden
Basel-Landschaft
Basel-Stadt
Bern
Fribourg
Geneva
Glarus
Graubünden
Jura
Lucerne
Neuchâtel
Nidwalden
Obwalden
St.Gallen
Schaffhausen
Solothurn
Schwyz
Thurgau
Ticino
Uri
Vaud
Valais
Zug
Zurich
Performing arts
Auswahl
Amateur theatre in Central Switzerland
Amateur theatre in the French-speaking part of Switzerland
Bandella
Basel drumming
Chlefele
Demoscene and digital creativity
Fifes and drums in the canton of Valais
Folk dancing in Central Switzerland
Folk dancing in Northwest Switzerland
Folk music and Jutz in Central Switzerland
Folk music in Graubünden
Folk music in the Appenzellerland and Toggenburg regions
Geneva Revue
Glarus choirs and orchestras
No e Wili (open-air performance)
Open-air festival culture
Operettas in Aargau
Performing arts in the Fribourg patois and Sensler German dialect
Playing the alphorn and the Büchel
The carillon of Valais
Vogel Gryff
Wind bands
Winegrowers' Festival in Vevey*
Social practices
Auswahl
"La Bénichon"
«Stäcklibuebe» and the maypoles
«Uhrencup»
Aarau Bachfischet
Abbeys of Vaud
Absinthe culture in Val-de-Travers
Albanifest
Alpine processions in Appenzell and Toggenburg
Älplerchilbi and Sennenchilbi (Alpine fairs)
Anna Göldi
Ascension Day processions in Beromünster and surroundings
Badenfahrt
Basel Autumn Fair
Basel Carnival*
Bears in Bern
Bechtelistag Frauenfeld
Belle Epoque excursions in the Lake Geneva region
Bern’s big race days – Soapbox races in Bern
Bikers' meeting in Hauenstein
Bochselnacht
Carnival in Central Switzerland
Carnival in Jura
Chaindon Fair (Foire de Chaindon)
Chalandamarz
Chienbäse
Christmas in Innerrhoden
Christmas Novena in Morcote
Chrööpfelimee
Clubs and societies
Commemoration of Saint Nicholas of Flüe
Corpus Christi festival of the Herrgottskanoniere
Corpus Christi in Savièse
Corpus Christi procession in Appenzell
Corso fleuri in Neuchâtel
Country youth festivals of Vaud
Drawing lots for alpine pastures
Eierläset
Escalade
Fairs of Saint Martin and Saint Provino
Feast of Saint Martin in Ajoie
Feldschiessen
Fête des Fontaines (fountain festival)
Feuillu
Fondue as a social event
Gansabhauet
Glarus Cantonal Assembly
Greiflet
Groppenfasnacht
Hiking
Historic militias
Holy Week processions in Mendrisio*
Hom Strom
Hornussen
Housing cooperatives
Hürnä and Mazza Cula
Ice-skating on the River Doubs
Inferno ski race in Mürren
Innerrhoden Cantonal Assembly
Italianità in Valais
Jass
Knabenschiessen
Liestal’s Banntag (community boundary day)
Maiensässfahrt and Gita a Selva (Trip to the alpine pastures)
Mammut river raft race
Maypoles adorning fountains
Meitlisonntig (Girls’ Sunday)
Métairies: the mountain inns of the Bernese Jura
Moped rally in Ennetmoos
Munot traditions
Näfels procession
Neuchâtel Revolution commemorative march
Neuchâtel skittles
Nomadic tradition of the Jenish and Sinti
Number 11 in Solothurn
Nünichlingler
Pilgrimage to Einsiedeln
Pilgrimage to Mariastein
Platzgen
Preserving the Walser identity
Promotions
Pschuuri
Rabadan and carnival in Ticino
Räben lantern procession
Raclette as a social event
Reading societies
Regattas on Lake Geneva
Saint Nicholas in Fribourg
San Giuseppe in Laufenburg
Santa Claus traditions in Central Switzerland
Scheibenschlagen (Disc beating)
Schwingen
Sechseläuten
Self-government at the autonomous youth centre in Biel/Bienne
Silvesterchlausen
Snow sculptures and constructions in La Chaux de Fonds
Solennität Murten
Solothurn Fasnacht
St Gallen Children’s Festival
Stoss pilgrimage
Street market fairs in the Jura
Oral expressions
Auswahl
Appenzell humour and satire
Bernese dialect music and literature
Bilingualism in Biel/Bienne
Brotherhood of St Sebastian
Choral singing in the canton of Fribourg
Consensus-seeking and direct democracy
Epighany singing
Esprit de Genève (Spirit of Geneva)
Ghost stories in Central Switzerland
Jewish cultural heritage in Aargau
Jurassian patois
Lausanne cathedral night watchman
Lower Valais patois
Natural yodeling and yodel songs
Nicknames in Central Switzerland
Performing arts in the Fribourg patois and Sensler German dialect
Prayer calls in Central Switzerland
Preserving the Walser identity
Ranz des vaches
Sarganserland alpine blessing
Tale of a poacher
Traditional craftsmanship
Auswahl
«Sennensattlerei» (Alpine saddlery)
Absinthe culture in Val-de-Travers
Art of découpage in the Pays d’Enhaut, in Saanenland and in Simmental
Blacksmithing
Book culture in St Gallen
Casting cowbells from bronze
Dry stone walling*
Fabrique
Graphic design and typography
Handloom weaving and cross-stitch from Graubünden
Illustration, comics and poster art in Geneva
Köhlern – a method of charcoal production in Entlebuch
Machine embroidery in St. Gallen
Mask carving and Fasnacht in Sarganserland
Métairies: the mountain inns of the Bernese Jura
Neuchâtel lace
Patterns and scarves from Glarus
Peasant art around Mount Säntis
Peasant-style ceramics
Poyas
Production of mechanical musical automata and music boxes*
Regattas on Lake Geneva
Roof covering and repairs
Sgraffito
Sign languages
Silk ribbon and ribbon weaving
Straw weaving in the Freiamt
Tavillonnage (shingle-making)
Traditional alpine woodcarving (Senntumschnitzerei)
Traditional fishing machines
Tschäggättä
Velogemel
Watchmaking*
Woodcarving in Brienz
Wool processing in Verzasca Valley
Zurich's silk industry
Knowledge concerning nature
Auswahl
«Weidlingsfahren»
Aare Swimming in Bern
Absinthe culture in Val-de-Travers
Almanach romand «Messager boiteux»
Alpine pasture season*
Alpinism*
Animal husbandry and cow fighting
Avalanche risk management*
Botany in Geneva and the «marronnier de la Treille»
Breeding Franches-Montagnes Horses
Bull markets and cattle shows in Central Switzerland
Cherry growing
Chestnut farming, chestnuts and roast chestnut sellers
Collecting and cultivating of wild plants
Conservation of seeds
Cooperatives in Valais
Cottage gardens in Osterfingen
Development of tourism in the countryside of Central Switzerland
Faith healing
Fruit growing and processing
Gotthard stories
Grotto culture in Italian Switzerland
Herbal knowledge in the convents of Central Switzerland
Hiking
Hydroelectric expertise
Illuminations and fireworks at the Rhine Falls
Knowledge of the weather and climate
Lateen sailboats on Lake Geneva
Métairies: the mountain inns of the Bernese Jura
Natural healing in Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Natural history excursions
Rafting on Lake Aegeri
Renewable energy in the Canton of Bern
Secret
Swimming in the Rhine
The tiny cable cars of Central Switzerland
The “Coupe de Noël” winter swim
Traditional fishing machines
Urban gardening
Velogemel
Wässermatten
Wild haymaking in Central Switzerland
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