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10th National Swiss Parks Market, 21 May 2026

On 21 May 2026, the Bundesplatz will transform into a festival of culinary delights. Taste the finest regional specialities from the Swiss parks and meet passionate producers! The programme includes tastings, games and activities for young and old, music – everything you need to enjoy for a great time. Save the date!

9th national Swiss parks market, 15th May 2025

Am Donnerstag, 15. Mai 2025, ist der Pärke-Markt zurück auf dem Bundesplatz in Bern. Auf dem Programm stehen Spezialitäten, Degustationen, Spiele und Mitmach-Aktivitäten an den Ständen, Musik und alles, was es braucht für eine gute Zeit. Reservieren Sie sich das Datum schon jetzt!
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#schrattengenuss - Hike with a View & Culinary Delights

Experience a trip with culinary delights and surprising views.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 50 minutesLength: 4.88km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

01 Alp Trupchun

Open

One of the most frequented walks in the Park, in particular during the rutting season at the end of September.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hoursLength: 14.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

02 Fuorcla Trupchun

Open

Quite steep in the upper region, this is a route for those who are sure-footed on slippery scree.

Hiking trail
Time required: 7 hours 30 minutesLength: 21.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

03 Fuorcla Val Sassa

Open

This challenging 6.5-hour alpine excursion is only recommended for sure-footed walkers with a head for heights.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hours 30 minutesLength: 16.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

04 Piz Quattervals

Open

A challenging ascent of the highest peak that lies entirely within the National Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 7 hours 30 minutesLength: 11.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

05 Val Tantermozza

Open

This short hike leads through a sparse spruce-larch-pine forest with some impressive giant trees.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 3.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

06 Murtaröl

Open

This varied walk requires a certain amount of effort and is not often undertaken. It offers wonderful views into the Cluozza valley, towards the Engadine and the dominating peak of Piz Linard.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hoursLength: 15.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

07 Chamanna Cluozza

Open

Comparable to a Swiss Alpine Club mountain hut, Chamanna Cluozza is the only hut within the Park that offers overnight accommodation; with 61 sleeps.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 30 minutesLength: 8.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

08 Murter

Open

One of the Park’s classics: this is a walk that gives plenty of opportunity to observe animals, many species of flora, and fascinating geological features such as dinosaur tracks or fossilised corals.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 45 minutesLength: 7.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

09 Margun Grimmels

Open

This easy walk takes us from the Pass dal Fuorn road down to the Ova Spin compensation reservoir.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 15 minutesLength: 3.50km
Naturpark Thal

1. Solothurner Waldwanderung

Durch Bärlauch und Märchenwald - diese Wanderung bietet die ganze Faszination der Jurawälder in einer Etappe

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hoursLength: 12.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

10 Spöl Valley

Open

Our wilderness walk!
Less frequented than other routes, this relatively flat walk will suit those who are looking for a bit of peace and quiet. Woodland and waterside landscapes accompany us along its length.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 45 minutesLength: 8.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

11 Alp la Schera

Open

On this walk we go along a stretch of the historical former route to Livigno, where horse-driven carts still travelled in the early days of the Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 6.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

12 Grimmels

Open

Provided the snow has already melted, it is possible to do this easy circular walk around the hillside of Las Crastatschas as early as mid-May. The first timid signs of spring can be seen then, and ungulates have not yet moved to the higher regions.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 6.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

13 Champlönch

Open

This 2-hour walk follows the former Pass dal Fuorn road, offering pleasant views of the Pass dal Fuorn landscape with its typical stretches of mountain pine forest.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 5.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

14 Punt la Drossa – Il Fuorn

Open

This trail leads from the customs house at Punt la Drossa/P4 to Il Fuorn/P6; we walk alongside the delightful Fuorn stream that manages most of the time to drown the sound of traffic on the Pass dal Fuorn road.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hourLength: 2.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

15 Munt la Schera

Open

Many people consider this to be the most enjoyable walk in the National Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 45 minutesLength: 13.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

16 Fuorn valley

Open

In the first section, from Il Fuorn to former P7, we see the impressive contrast between a humid alpine mixed forest and a dry mountain pine forest.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 45 minutesLength: 5.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

17 Margunet

Open

This well-frequented route has become increasingly popular since bearded vultures were released here between 1991 and 2007.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 8.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

18 Fuorcla Val dal Botsch

Open

The walk over Fuorcla Val dal Botsch leads from the Pass dal Fuorn region to Val Mingèr, via a 2676 m high pass. It is normally passable from end of June to end of September.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hours 45 minutesLength: 18.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

19 Val Mingèr

Open

The last bear in Switzerland was shot in Val Mingèr in 1904. Unfortunately the Swiss National Park was only founded 10 years later and could not, therefore, offer any refuge for this creature.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 45 minutesLength: 11.00km
Naturpark Thal

2. Solothurner Waldwanderung

Kreten, Schluchten, Wald - ein echtes Highlight im Naturpark Thal.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hoursLength: 19.50km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

20 Mot Tavrü

Open

Val Tavrü is of historic importance to the National Park. From 1911 to 1936, when the whole valley was part of the Park, it formed the boundary to our vast nature reserve.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hoursLength: 11.00km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

21 Lais da Macun

Open

23 lakes, crystalline bedrock, rare plant species and a fantasy world of dragons and dwarfs all contribute to Macun’s renown as one of the pearls of the National Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 8 hoursLength: 21.00km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

25 Years Wilderness

For the past 25 years, the Sihlwald has been allowed to develop freely. On this hike, you can clearly feel that you are in a special forest wilderness here. Below the most important aspects, you can find the whole descirption in the PDF (German only)

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 40 minutesLength: 6.60km
Jurapark Aargau

About the castle

A particularly varied hike across the region follows the signposted hiking trail network from Salhöhe via Burgflue-Wittnau-Homberg to Gipf-Oberfrick.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 47 minutesLength: 16.07km
Parc naturel du Jorat

Accès piétons aire protégée

Accès piétons dans l'aire protégée

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 37.14km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispasshöhe – Sihlbrugg

Diese Gratwanderung führt auf dem Albisgrat mit Blick über den gesamten Naturerlebnispark Sihlwald auf der einen Seite und toller Fernsicht ins Knonaueramt auf der anderen Seite vom Albispass bis nach Sihlbrugg.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 10.10km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Albishorn–Albispass

A scenic hike with distant views. In addition there are great views of the Sihlwald wilderness, the first nature discovery park of Switzerland.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 40 minutesLength: 8.80km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Albishorn–Sihlwald

The first part of this hike offers sweeping views and fantastic vistas over the Sihlwald forest. In the second part, you will dive straight into the wilderness of Switzerland's first Nature Discovery Park.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 15 minutesLength: 8.10km