Events in Lake Neuchâtel - Customs and traditions

A tradition of Fribourg during which food and conviviality between family and friends are at the heart of the programme.

Chainmail, armour and swords... The rose city transports its visitors to the Middle Ages for an entire weekend.

Immerse yourself in Neuchâtel's Harvest Festival: three days of revelry with a flower parade, fireworks and a winegrowers' village in the heart of the city.

The animals are sheared, brushed, adorned with large bells, their heads decorated with a fir tree crowned with flowers. The village is also particularly decorated and flowered for the occasion.

A gathering event in the heart of the wine village of Cortaillod to celebrate the end of the grape harvest.

In Estavayer-le-Lac, it is a tradition, you don't burn the winter man to make the cold season go away: you burn the perch !

In the middle of winter, when the days are short and cold, Estavayer-le-Lac wakes up to the thundering sound of the Guggenmusiks for a wildly agitated weekend !

A unique experience that embodies Neuchâtel's gastronomic traditions

Every two years, Estavayer-le-Lac, known as "la Cité à la Rose", celebrates its floral emblem during the Rose Festival.