Culture 
Popular customs and festivals in Switzerland
Select your Region:
Basel Region (5)
Bernese Oberland (0)
Central Switzerland (9) Eastern Switzerland / Liechtenstein (7) Fribourg Region (3) Geneva (Region) (1) Graubünden (3) Lake Geneva Region (1) Neuchâtel / Jura / Bernese Jura (4) Schweizer Mittelland (4) Ticino (2) Valais (2) Zurich (Region) (4)
Ajoie (Neuchâtel / Jura / Bernese Jura)
St. Martin, as well as being a religious festival, corresponds with the end of the annual cycle of working the fields.
Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel / Jura / Bernese Jura)
Vineyards have been cultivated on the hills of Neuchâtel since the tenth century. It is therefore quite appropriate that the people of Neuchâtel honor their vineyards and wine with a traditional and colorful vintage festival.
Saignelégier (Neuchâtel / Jura / Bernese Jura)
Since its inception at the end of the nineteenth century, the Saignelégier Horse Show had as its objective the recognition and promotion of a native breed of horse: the Franches-Montagnes.
Saint-Ursanne (Neuchâtel / Jura / Bernese Jura)
The medieval festival “Les Médiévales” takes place in Saint-Ursanne every other year during the second weekend in July. To the delight of several thousand spectators, the festival portrays during the three days of the event some of the activities typical of the Middle Ages as well as the atmosphere and mood in such a city at that time in history.
