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All Eyes on Basel
Basel is first and foremost a city of
art and culture. There are more
museums here than anywhere in
Switzerland; it’s the home of Art Basel
Common ingredients (Europe’s premier art show) and the
in Birchermuesli, term Art Brut (Raw Art) was coined
the classic Swiss here. Start at the Kunstmuseum
breakfast dish (p185), the world’s oldest public fine art
gallery, then pay homage to local hero
and kinetic sculptor Jean Tinguely at
TOP FOOD Museum Tinguely (p181) on the banks
of the Rhine. For 21st-century art,
4 FESTIVALS finish up at the Kunsthalle (p179).
St Moritz Gourmet DISCOVER Switzerland Your Way
Festival, January Visitors admiring works
A Hosanna to Nine days of culinary by Fernand Leger in
Healthy Living highs in the mountains. the Kunstmuseum
Created by the famous Swiss
physician Dr Bircher-Benner, Food Zürich, May
Birchermuesli has rapidly Ten days with more SWITZERLAND FOR
changed the way the world than 150 dining
eats breakfast. The simple events, from sizzling
meal is made from grated street food to five- ART LOVERS
apple, cinnamon, rolled oats, star banquets.
seeds, nuts and dollops of
yogurt – with the intention of Risotto Gran Prix,
combatting the ill effects of Locarno, September Switzerland’s artistic heritage is second-to-none, with a succession of
tuberculosis through better Chefs go head-to-head world-class galleries, museums and renowned art fairs. National treasures
diet – and can be found at in an open-air cook-off include Alberto Giacometti, Ferdinand Hodler, Jean Tinguely and Paul Klee,
every hotel buffet. Strangely, on the spectacular
it was actually never intended Piazza Grande. but there are countless collections of Masters from around the world too.
for breakfast, but as a starter
to every meal. Zibelemärit, Bern,
November
This centuries-old
A World of Cheese festival celebrates
From Appenzeller to Sbinz, the humble onion.
the Swiss love cheese and
there is plenty of it to enjoy.
Build an appetite on the
Emmen Valley Cheese
Trail, starting in Burgdorf,
then tuck into some of the
country’s world-famous
dishes, such as fondue
(bubbling melted cheese Hats Off to Paul Klee
for bread dipping) and Call it Expressionism, Cubism or Surrealism,
raclette (grilled cheese for but one thing’s clear: Paul Klee is one of
coating potatoes) – the Switzerland’s greatest artists. He called
subjects of lifelong Bern home and it is there that you’ll find
obsessions for cheese- the Zentrum Paul Klee (p77), a wave-shaped
lovers everywhere. Cheesy museum designed by architect Renzo
festivals and artisanal Piano, dedicated to his life’s work. The vast
markets can be relished collection show cases the versatility of his
across the country all year. art, balancing masterpieces alongside
lesser-known pieces of art.

Dipping potatoes and Combining history and
bread into a bubbling high spirits in Uebermut
cheese fondue (1939) by Paul Klee

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