Alternatives to IAESTE events
Other student organizations
The student organisation ESN invites all IAESTE trainees to join their activities and trips.
Other ideas
There are thousands of things to do in Switzerland and it is impossible to mention them all. Here we compiled a short list of possibilities with a focus on music festivals (but even they are not complete).
The following list gives you some ideas about what you could do on your "free" weekends in Switzerland:
- Nature and Sports:
- Mountain Biking
- Hiking
- Sailing
- Sights, Visits:
- Cities: Lucerne, Bern, Geneva, Basel, St. Gallen with Bodensee (Lake Constance), Neuchâtel, Schaffhausen (Rheinfall)...
- Villages: Appenzell, Werdenberg...
- Cheese Dairy (Stein AR, Gruyères, Appenzell, late September or early October)
- Open Air Concerts, Music Events, Film Festivals 2008:
- Japanimanga nights, Winterthur, May 30 - June 1
- Greenfield Festival: Interlaken, June 13-15
- Southside Festival: Neuhausen op Eck (South Germany), June 20-22
- Openair St.Gallen: St. Gallen, June 27-29
- Caliente festival, Zurich, July 4-6
- Montreaux Jazz Festival: Montreux, July 4-19
- Festival de la cite : Lausanne, July 4-12
- Moon and Stars: Locarno, July 9-20
- Open Air Frauenfeld: Frauenfeld, July 11-13
- Gurten Festival: Bern, July 17-20
- Paleo Festival: Nyon, July 22-27
- Locarno Film Festival: Locarno, August 06-16
- Openair Freaktal: Fricktal, August 7-10
- Heitere Open-Air: Zofingen, August 8-10
- Street Parade: Zurich, August 9
- OpenAir Gampel: Gampel (Wallis), August 14-17
- Winterthurer Musikfestwochen, Winterthur, August 20-31
Planning other things
There are many more things of course! Just browse the internet. This is a good start: Swiss tourist information. More ideas can also be found on our web page containing links about Switzerland. If you need some more information ask other IAESTE trainees, people from the Local Committee, most of them show up on the Weekly Meeting. Or write an email to the unofficial mailing list: e-mail list.