This is the most lively time of the year in Switzerland, the most frenzied time for Swiss people. Street town, hundreds of carnival in progress, the costumes, masks, rituals from generation to generation, each has its own distinctive characteristics. Xiao Rui lists some of the most important carnival time in Switzerland, friends in Switzerland, February can have some fun!

German-speaking areas: Basel, Lucerne and Solothurn are the three traditional carnival centers in German-speaking areas.

🎭 Basel Carnival
Switzerland's largest and most popular carnival is included in UNESCO's list of intangible Cultural Heritage. If you only have enough time in Switzerland to see one carnival, it must be Basel Carnival.
Time: 2024.2.19 ~ 2.21
📷 : © melissanussbi

🎭 Lucerne Carnival
The second largest carnival in Switzerland, the city is particularly involved.
Time: 2024.2.8 ~ 2.12
📷 : © 2024 Luzern Tourismus

🎭 Solothurn Carnival
The Sunday and Tuesday afternoon float parades are not to be missed.
Time: Fasnacht Solothurn, 2024.2.8 ~ 2.14
📷 : © Vereinigte Fasnachtgeselschaft Solothurn UNO

French-speaking: Payerne is the epicentre of carnival in French-speaking Switzerland, and the Branden Carnival is the largest carnival in French-speaking Switzerland.

🎭 Brandons of Payerne
Time: 2024.2.16 ~ 2.19
📷 : © 2024 Brandons Payerne

Italian-speaking areas: Rabadan Carnival is the most famous carnival in Italian-speaking areas.

🎭 Bellinzona Carnival
Each year a Rabadan king and queen are elected during the Carnival, during which a ceremony is held to hand over the city to the king.
Time: 2024.2.8 ~ 2.13
📷 : © Societa Rabadan Bellinzona

Bern and Zurich were Protestant cities that even banned carnivals during the early days of Protestantism, but carnival events in these two cities have become important.

🎭 Bern Carnival
It has become the third largest carnival in Switzerland.
Time: 2024.2.15 ~ 2.17
📷 : © by Verein Berner Fasnacht

🎭 Zurich Carnival
A brass band performance was a highlight.
Time: 2024.2.16 ~ 2.18

Once a year, the event is super rich and has a long history of love.

Big cherries, a local specialty, are sold at 11 a.m. from several large farms nearby. You should know that Zug is Switzerland's famous cherry Canton, but the local small production is not most of its own production and sales. Especially since the cake made with kirsch is a local patent.

The races start at 12 o 'clock for boys and girls. Men with cherry pickers on their backs, women with cherry baskets on their backs. The atmosphere is so high, so happy!

The award ceremony starts at 13:00, and then everyone gets together in the square with grilled sausages and various specialties to eat and drink. Just see the Thai restaurant on the edge of the square delicious and cool, this eye blessing has!