The annual dip, duck & dive New Year’s winter swim traditionally took place at 12pm noon on the 1st of January at the Neuhaus &…
Touch the Mountains New Years’ day Music Festival 2025
Touch the Mountains is a vibrant and free music festival that takes place annually in the stunning setting of Interlaken, Switzerland. Celebrating its 20th anniversary…
Best Winter Swimming Spots in Interlaken
Daunting at first but highly rewarding afterwards: winter swimming in a freezing Swiss Alpine lake. Dip, Duck & Dive into a crystal clear lake, for…
New Year’s Swimming Events Around the World
Many people around the world celebrate the start of a new year by plunging into cold water, often for charity or fun. Here are some…
Interlaken’s Best Summer Swimming Spots
Interlaken is a paradise for water lovers. Surrounded by two crystal clear lakes, Thun and Brienz, and blessed with a mild climate, Interlaken offers a…
Harder Potschete, a masked parade & New Year’s tradition in Interlaken
For over 50 years Interlaken has been seeing a wooden mask parade roaming through its streets on the 2nd of January. Part of Interlaken’s three…
Interlaken New Year’s Dip & Dive 2023
Interlaken’s first New Year’s Dip & Dive was a great success with over 50 people joining in a refreshing dip in the lake of Thun…
Touch the Lake then Touch the Mountains during Interlaken New Year’s celebrations
Interlaken is known as having the longest new years celebration in Switzerland. What starts on New Year’s Eve on the 31st, continues on the 1st…