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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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Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Hochwacht–Albispass

Short walk to the Hochwacht watch tower with incredible views over the whole Wildnispark Zurich.

Hiking trail
Time required: 50 minutesLength: 3.10km
Wildnispark Zürich Sihlwald

Albispass–Sihlbrugg

Welch ein Kontrast! Kaum zehn Kilometer von Zürichs Zentrum, von Shoppingzentren und Banken, liegt einer der ursprünglichsten Wälder und der erste Naturerlebnispark der Schweiz.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 9.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières - Les Avants

The trail starts with the ascent to the Col de Jaman. It leads up over alpine meadows. The alpine huts have traditional shingle roofs. The trail then descends again to the village of Les Avants.

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Time required: 3 hours 10 minutesLength: 9.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières - Les Avants

The walks starts with an ascent to the Col de Jaman. The trail leads over meadows with cairns and past alpine huts with shingle roofs. The trail then descends to the village of Les Avants.

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Time required: 3 hours 10 minutesLength: 9.20km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières - Montbovon

This stage is the only one on the Grand Tour des Vanils to offer a magnificent glimpse of Lake Geneva (from the Col de Jaman) and along the slopes of the Cape au Moine.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hoursLength: 18.10km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières – Les Avants

Two passes, two worlds

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 30 minutesLength: 10.90km
Parc naturel régional Gruyère Pays-d'Enhaut

Allières – Montbovon

From the Allières relay station to the Montbovon crossroads

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 25 minutesLength: 4.60km
Naturpark Diemtigtal

Alp hike Tschuggen

The hike leads you from the valley station of the Wiriehorn cable cars up to lush alpine pastures and the Wakker Prize-awarded village of Diemtigen.

Hiking trail
Time required: 2 hours 35 minutesLength: 7.80km
Naturpark Beverin

Alp Nursera ad Schwarzwald

The mountain trail from Ausserferrera to Sufers leads across the Nursera and Schwarzwald Alps with magnificent views of the Hinterrhein valleys of Val Ferrera and Rheinwald, which are characterised by alpine farming and the former mining industry.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 30 minutesLength: 11.00km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpenpanoramaweg stage 17 (SchweizMobil 3)

From the Aaretal over the Belpberg, down into the Gürbetal and then back up onto the Längenberg. Along this route, there are repeatedly magnificent views as well as small villages in the Bernese Gürbetal.

Hiking trail
Time required: 6 hours 5 minutesLength: 19.44km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpenpanoramaweg Stage 19 (SchweizMobil 3)

Hill landscape, Sensegraben, a cantonal border, and the well-deserved refreshment in the mountain lake - all this is offered by stage 19 of the Alpenpanoramaweg. 

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 5 minutesLength: 16.43km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpine Panorama Route Stage 20 (SchweizMobil 3)

From the lovely Schwarzsee to the Breccaschlund and into the sharp limestone landscape of the Greyerzer Alps, over the flat Euschel Pass, carved by glaciers, to Jaun, the only German-speaking village in the district of Gruyères.

Hiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 20 minutesLength: 12.28km
Naturpark Gantrisch

Alpine Panorama Trail Stage 18 (SchweizMobil 3)

Enjoy one last view of the Bernese Alps before the descent into the Schwarzwasser ravine. After crossing the world's oldest concrete arch bridge, Schwarzenburg is reached. Over its plateau, forests, and meadows, the path leads to the scenic Guggershörnli.

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 35 minutesLength: 17.40km
Naturpark Beverin

Alte Averserstrasse

Die alte Averserstrasse von Juf zur Rofflaschlucht steht als historischer Verkehrsweg unter dem Schutz der Eidgenossenschaft und des Kantons Graubünden.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 10.00km
Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen

Anabaptist Trail

Discover the historical trails over the Randen, leading you through pleasant forest valleys up to the heights of the Randen with the vast stretch of the Zelgli meadow.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 5 hoursLength: 11.00km
Naturpark Diemtigtal

Around Seehore

A huge palette of natural diversity awaits you. Our tip: Leave room for your own impressions and discoveries and sharpen your eye for the inconspicuous.

Hiking trail
Time required: 7 hours 30 minutesLength: 20.06km
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Ascent Torrenthorn

Even without much hiking experience this hike can be done easily. Although this is one of the easier hikes, the view is priceless.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hoursLength: 6.00km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs

This hike does full justice to its name. The trail leads from Les Brenets near La Chaux-de-Fonds to St. Ursanne, almost always alongside the River Doubs and crossing the Doubs Regional National Park from west to east.

Hiking trail
Time required: 20 hoursLength: 67.30km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 1

From Les Brenets, follow the Doubs to the impressive Saut du Doubs, a 27m high waterfall. The river widens into a mineral world to the Châtelot dam before sinking into deep gorges.

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 15 minutesLength: 19.00km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 2

This stage goes through a thick and wild forest, house of many plant and animal species . It is hard to imagine just how much industry there was here 200 years ago. Today, only a few signs of this intense industrial activity remain.

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hours 35 minutesLength: 21.00km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 3

Enjoy the water along the quiet broad pathways, an ideal spot to observe the river's activity. Amid the silent fishermen, you can admire the trouts, pikes and aprons, also known as Roi du Doubs.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 20 minutesLength: 12.90km
Parc du Doubs

Au fil du Doubs - Stage 4

Leave the wild nature behind you and slowly come back to the real world before reaching the medieval town of St-Ursanne. There, the Doubs makes a sharp turn; perhaps this is where it gets ist name from - dubitus meaning the hesitant in Latin.

Hiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 45 minutesLength: 15.40km
Parc naturel régional Jura vaudois

Au sommet du Jura suisse

The trail starting from the Joux valley at the foot of the Jura, leads through the regional Jura Vaudois Nature Park to the highest summit of the Swiss Jura, Mont Tendre (1,679m), with a magnificent view of the Alps and the Lake of Geneva.

Hiking trail
Time required: 5 hoursLength: 16.00km
Landschaftspark Binntal

Ausserbinn – Steinmatten

Open

The shortest route between Ausserbinn and Steinmatten is to take the motorway to "Lätze Üsserbi" and then continue on the hiking trail to the Steinmatten tunnel portal

Hiking trail
Time required: 40 minutesLength: 1.80km
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Badger trail

The starting point of the circular route is in Agarn. Follow the signposts with the badger. These will lead you to Unterems, Tuminen via Chrixhubel to Turtmann and back to Agarn.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 3 hours 30 minutesLength: 11.10km
Parc régional Chasseral

Baptists' trail

A hiking trail along the path of the Baptists: You will visit secret meeting places and go along paths that are bordered by dry stone walls. And visit Baptists' bridge and the Baptists' archive in which many unpublished documents are stored.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 10 hoursLength: 33.50km
Naturpark Thal

Barrierefreie Wanderung von Balsthal nach Matzendorf

Offen

Wandern Sie von Balsthal entlang der Dünnern nach Matzendorf und geniessen Sie den Ausblick auf die erste und zweite Jurakette.

Hiking trail
Time required: 1 hour 12 minutesLength: 5.00km
Regionaler Naturpark Schaffhausen

Bean-ore trail

Open

Walk along the trails of the ore-miners through the south Randen. There, where many years ago, countless pits were dug out of the earth in search of the so-called bean ore, today there are many precious habitats.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 4 hours 45 minutesLength: 17.30km
Schweizerischer Nationalpark

Bear adventure trail, S-charl

On the bear adventure trail in S-charl children learn everything they wanted to know about bears at 9 different posts: What they eat, what traces they leave behind, how good their noses are or how children must conduct themselves in bear territory.

Theme trailHiking trail
Time required: 2 hoursLength: 1.70km
Naturpark Pfyn-Finges

Begegnung am Trog in Agarn

Lauschen Sie den spannenden Informationen von German Lötscher und Arthur Meichtry. An jedem Trog erzählt ihnen Susanne Hugo eine lokale Wassersage.

Hiking trail
Time required: 20 minutes