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Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo
Originally a way for farmers TOP TRADITIONAL
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in remote regions to call COSTUME
to each other, yodelling
developed into song in the Schwingerhosen
19th century and is still Worn over trousers,
going strong in Switzerland these sackcloth shorts
today; it also frequently form a handle which a
features in contemporary competitor may grab
folk music. The Älpli bar in during a wrestling bout.
Zürich is a good spot to watch
live yodelling year-round, Edelweiss Shirt
while each summer the This pale blue shirt is
national yodelling festival, embroidered with a
Jodlerfest, attracts pattern of Switzerland’s DISCOVER Switzerland Your Way
thousands of spec- national flower.
tators. You can
take yod elling Bredzon
lessons, and Typical of the Fribourg
region, this dark-blue
even take a short jacket with puffed
degree at the sleeves is still worn by
University working dairy farmers.
ofLucerne.
Bredzo
This ornate overdress is
A yodelling worn by the women of
group singing the small Appenzell
at a festival in Innerrhoden canton.
traditional regalia
Children in an
aquarium tunnel
at Aquatis
SWITZERLAND FOR
FAMILIES

With rope parks, toboggan runs, water parks and forests to high-tail it
through, Switzerland has it sorted. In winter, the snow-dusted peaks
become Narnia for children, while the summer thaw brings dozens of
water-based attractions to life.

Into the Wild
Switzerland’s great outdoors is
a wonderland for children of all
Farmers driving their ages. In the winter, hit the bunny
herds through the streets slopes in family-friendly resorts
of Charmey, Fribourg towns, such as Wengen (p98) and
Kanddersteg (p99). When the
Till the Cows Come Home 270,000 weather warms, heed the call of
Once the summer ends and the cheese is made, alpine farmers cool mountain lakes and myriad
bring their cows back down to the valley for the winter. To The estimated number hiking and cycling trails through
celebrate, many villages stage a festival – Désalpage – with of cows grazing the Switzerland’s natural wonders.
traditional music, food and drink stands, and cheese-making hills and meadows
demonstrations. The cows sport large ceremonial bells and of Switzerland.
floral headdresses, while the farmers wear the traditional Walkers on the 5-Seenweg (Five
dress of their region. Lakes Walk), near Zermatt
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