Winter Park Interlaken

11 January – 2 March 2025
8.30 am – 9.30 pm

Discover the Winter Park Interlaken created from disused Christmas trees

Immerse yourself in the magical winter world of Winter Park Interlaken! At Winter Park Interlaken, thousands of disused and unsold Christmas trees huddle closely together as if they're trying to keep each other warm, forming the shape of a snow crystal. After gracing the homes and shops of the Holiday Region Interlaken, these Christmas trees find a new home on the Höhematte. Between 11 January and 2 March 2025, you can take a stroll through the Winter Park and soak up the winter atmosphere free of charge. Explore the branches of the great snow crystal and be enchanted by many hidden surprises amid the fir trees.

Experience the magic of the Winter Park Interlaken

In the shadow of the Harder to the north of the city, overlooking the snow-capped Jungfrau to the south, disused and unsold Christmas trees find a second home on Interlaken’s Höhematte in the beginning of the year. When the icy cold winds blowing from Lake Thun to the west and Lake Brienz to the east converge in Winterlaken, the labyrinth offers a haven where you can immerse yourself in a magical world for a short time, mingling with guests and locals and forgetting the world outside. Shaped like a snow crystal, the Winter Park on the Höhematte invites visitors to relish the magic from 8.30 am to 9.30 pm every day. Follow the signs to the entrance in the northwest part of the Höhematte, then look out for exciting surprises in every branch of the snow crystal.

Im schneebedeckten Winterlaken Labyrinth ist ein grosser Findue Caquelon aufgestellt und am blauen Himmel zieht ein Paraglider seine Kreise.

Winter Park Interlaken is largely made up of fir trees that just weeks before had been used as Christmas trees on the premises of local businesses and in the homes of people living on the Bödeli. The trees were generously donated to the Winter Park by the inhabitants and business owners. Pick your way along beguiling paths lined with wood chips, hear the rustle of the densely packed fir trees and breathe in the aromatic scent of the needles.

Programme points in the pavilion

Welcome the Winter Buskers Interlaken event to the stage
Liven up your weekend with the captivating sounds of the Winter Buskers Interlaken. With the bands playing a whole range of heartwarming tunes, there is something for all tastes.

Friday 17 January 2025: New Orleans Buskers Band
Friday 24 January 2025: Janik Zemp & Freunde
Friday 31 January 2025: M.S.O. Music Sound Origins
Friday 7 February 2025: Diana Granda & Nicolás Morán
Friday 14 February 2025: M.S.O. Music Sound Origins
Friday 21 February 2025: Songs – Die Band
Friday 28 February 2025: Wilhelm Toll

The weekend also features traditional crafts. See craftspeople creating masterpieces large and small from ice, wood and glass before your very eyes.

Ice sculptors
Marvel as beautiful figures are produced from plain blocks of ice. The icy masterpieces are created by means of fine tools and delicate movements.

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 January 2025
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January 2025
Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 January 2025
Saturday 31 January and Sunday 1 February 2025

Woodcarvers
Watch the wood chips fall to the floor as a woody scent fills the air and works of art are created by skilled woodcarvers.

Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 February 2025
Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 February 2025

Glass blowers
See how a glowing mass of molten glass is taken from a hot oven and formed into finely shaped objects. The combination of heat and craftsmanship fascinates people of all ages.

Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February 2025
Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 March 2025

Winter Buskers Interlaken

Make a wish

Im Hintergrund des Winterlaken Labyrinths aus Tannenbäumen ist die Stadtkulisse in einer Abendstimmung zu sehen. Alles ist beleuchtet.

The scores of fir trees at Winter Park Interlaken will captivate your thoughts and feelings so strongly that you will even forget the stunning surroundings. In no time, you will feel like you really have stumbled into a magical winter forest – surely the perfect time to make a wish that hopefully will come true. Before leaving the Winter Park, write your dearest wish on a piece of paper and hang it on one of the many fir trees. The Winter Park is a magical place, and the wish papers fill it with hopes and dreams, turning it into a fairytale forest of white – just in case the snow should melt. How many wishes can we gather? Some may wish for a toy car, others for a return visit to Interlaken in winter, while others still may wish for the health of their loved ones. No wish is too grand to write down and place on a Christmas tree.

Rules to remember

Please do not take any needles from the trees
Please stay on the wood chip paths when exploring the Winter Park Interlaken; do not push through the trees
Please be sure to keep the Winter Park as you find it
Smoking is prohibited in the Winter Park
We regret that pets are not allowed
By entering the Winter Park Interlaken, you consent to the taking of pictures and videos by Interlaken Tourism for marketing purposes

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Christmas trees used three times

The Winter Park offers a memorable experience for visitors and locals alike. It is made up of large numbers of used and unsold Christmas trees. Last year, around three thousand fir trees donated by residents, local businesses, shelters, the municipality and many other supporters found a second home in the Höhematte. After providing an entertaining diversion for visitors, the fir trees are passed on to fisheries, farms and animal parks for a third use.

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