After Oceania and Asia, Switzerland entered the new year 2025 at midnight on Wednesday. Fireworks lit up the sky in Geneva and Zurich and parties were organized throughout French-speaking Switzerland.
Thousands of people attended the fireworks show on the shores of Lakes Geneva and Zurich, despite the fog that entered the party. In many places across the country, New Year’s Eve was celebrated in freezing cold.
Like every year, a traditional fireworks display took place on the Quai Gustave-Ador in Geneva. In addition, concerts, bars and food trucks were on the program.
Silent Party in Lausanne
The Lausanne Christmas market Bô Noël hosted a silent party. Visitors could sway to the sound of their choice using headphones. And in Biel it was possible to skate until late at night.
In Verbier, one of the popular places for the occasion, 8,000 people celebrated on the central square of the Valais resort, an event duly monitored to avoid any overflow.
>> Watch the report from 7:30 p.m. in Verbier:
Ice bath
Other events were organized in the rest of French-speaking Switzerland. Circus and cruises on the lakes were notably on the menu of the festivities.
-Also in the canton of Bern, the inhabitants of Laupen celebrated the custom of the “Achetringele” in its current form for the hundred and first time on New Year’s Eve. They chased away evil spirits using bells, jingle bells, juniper brooms, pig’s bladders and frightening masks, to welcome the new year.
In the canton of Bern, dozens of people dove into the cold waters of the Moossee during the New Year’s Eve swim. This tradition has been repeated every December 31 at noon since 1999.
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