Art in Time makes its Gstaad debut through a personal collaboration between Studio Naegeli and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele.

Flaviano Salzani at Galerie Paltenghi in Château-d’Oex.

Next weekend, a small but significant selection of Danish Golden Age paintings will be shown at Phillips’ booth at the Gstaad Art Fair. For me, as a Dane, it is more unusual to experience seeing a large part of my own cultural heritage surface far from home, all at once.

A familiar name in Geneva, now here with a permanent address: Regalia has opened its doors at Suterstrasse 2 in Gstaad.

Gagosian presents its first exhibition dedicated to Irving Penn, surveying a career that quietly reshaped fashion photography, portraiture, and still life. Spanning works from the late 1940s to the early 2000s, the exhibition brings together iconic images originally published in Vogue alongside less ...

Nahmad Contemporary has quietly developed one of the most intriguing exhibition programmes in the Alps, one that understands how historical weight and contemporary perspective can sharpen each other. This winter, at Tarmak22, the gallery presents Picasso | Painter and Model, a tightly focused exhibition ...

This summer marks a defining moment for the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. Daniel Hope steps into his first season as Artistic Director, succeeding Christoph Müller after 25 years at the helm – a handover that naturally carries high expectations. Rather than asking what audiences should be excited ...

Over the last 20 years, prime residential property in key ski markets has undergone a complex evolution, shaped by regulatory environments, shifting buyer demographics and broader macroeconomic cycles. Against this backdrop, Gstaad is a market that truly stands apart in the Alps. Its prestige, carefully ...

Do not miss the Mario Testino expo at Patricia Low Contemporary - only until tomorrow, 14th February!

As part of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the young pianist Mao Fujita enthralled a full church in Rougemont with a demanding programme drawn from the Romantic repertoire. It was one of those rare evenings that resonate long after the final note has faded. The programme brought together works by Beethoven, ...

The moment is fleeting: a drop of water touches a still surface, light fractures, movement pauses. Graff’s latest high jewellery campaign captures that instant, not as metaphor, but as form.

Manuel Blanco, Head of Gstaad and Greater Berne Area at EFG Private Banking, has been working in the region for over 20 years. He explains what makes Gstaad so compelling and how he and his team aim to exceed their clients' high expectations on-site.

A new book by Charles Alexandre de la Tour et Taxis, a descendant of some of Europe’s most storied nobility, offers a portrait of a family entangled in the drama of twentieth-century Europe. C’était une autre Europe: Souvenirs de ma famille (It Was Another Europe: Memories of My Family) ...

A new generation on the move

In a region known for beauty and exclusivity, the Alpenblick Gstaad Foundation is pursuing a different ambition. Its president, Nathanael Perreten, speaks about affordable housing, accessible holidays and why social responsibility is becoming one of the most decisive issues for the future of Saanen ...

Supporting Switzerland’s first full-size outdoor Lawn Bowls Green

For the 13th consecutive year, Institut Le Rosey and Gymnasium Gstaad met for the Alpina Cup, a sporting tradition featuring giant slalom racing and an ice hockey showdown, followed by a joint dinner at The Alpina Gstaad, the event's sponsor.

Dr Thomas Holzknecht, Integrative and Holistic Medicine, Saanen/Gstaad

Houses often outlive their inhabitants, especially the exquisitely constructed chalets of this region. Over time, a home may change hands or undergo transformations, yet it retains its original beams and preserves the stories of those who lived within its walls, sometimes across centuries. Between 1850 ...

Legendary fashion designer and master couturier founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s with his long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. And established an illustrious career often associated with his signature colour, Valentino Red. In 1998, they sold the company, though ...

A conversation with James Otigbah, Excel Security Solutions

Ceramicist Christine Baumgartner creates functional crockery and sculptural objects for sale in her shop alongside bespoke commissions for chalets and private clients. Her work follows a traditional, hands-on approach, with each piece made carefully from start to finish. Her ceramics offer a counterpoint ...

The Gstaad Yacht Club opened 2026 with a commitment to passing on values, knowledge and excellence across generations, linking education and youth sport with cultural heritage and international dialogue. This focus was evident in a talk by Swiss ski legend Dominique Perret. Perret drew on nearly three ...

If you have noticed more visitors taking selfies on the Saanen bridge lately, you are not imagining it. There has been a steady uptick in Indian tourists drawn to the area because scenes in the classic 1995 Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (“DDLJ”) were shot here.

Art in Time makes its Gstaad debut through a personal collaboration between Studio Naegeli and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele.

Flaviano Salzani at Galerie Paltenghi in Château-d’Oex.

Next weekend, a small but significant selection of Danish Golden Age paintings will be shown at Phillips’ booth at the Gstaad Art Fair. For me, as a Dane, it is more unusual to experience seeing a large part of my own cultural heritage surface far from home, all at once.

A familiar name in Geneva, now here with a permanent address: Regalia has opened its doors at Suterstrasse 2 in Gstaad.

Gagosian presents its first exhibition dedicated to Irving Penn, surveying a career that quietly reshaped fashion photography, portraiture, and still life. Spanning works from the late 1940s to the early 2000s, the exhibition brings together iconic images originally published in Vogue alongside less ...

Nahmad Contemporary has quietly developed one of the most intriguing exhibition programmes in the Alps, one that understands how historical weight and contemporary perspective can sharpen each other. This winter, at Tarmak22, the gallery presents Picasso | Painter and Model, a tightly focused exhibition ...

This summer marks a defining moment for the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. Daniel Hope steps into his first season as Artistic Director, succeeding Christoph Müller after 25 years at the helm – a handover that naturally carries high expectations. Rather than asking what audiences should be excited ...

Over the last 20 years, prime residential property in key ski markets has undergone a complex evolution, shaped by regulatory environments, shifting buyer demographics and broader macroeconomic cycles. Against this backdrop, Gstaad is a market that truly stands apart in the Alps. Its prestige, carefully ...

Do not miss the Mario Testino expo at Patricia Low Contemporary - only until tomorrow, 14th February!

As part of the Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad, the young pianist Mao Fujita enthralled a full church in Rougemont with a demanding programme drawn from the Romantic repertoire. It was one of those rare evenings that resonate long after the final note has faded. The programme brought together works by Beethoven, ...

The moment is fleeting: a drop of water touches a still surface, light fractures, movement pauses. Graff’s latest high jewellery campaign captures that instant, not as metaphor, but as form.

Manuel Blanco, Head of Gstaad and Greater Berne Area at EFG Private Banking, has been working in the region for over 20 years. He explains what makes Gstaad so compelling and how he and his team aim to exceed their clients' high expectations on-site.

A new book by Charles Alexandre de la Tour et Taxis, a descendant of some of Europe’s most storied nobility, offers a portrait of a family entangled in the drama of twentieth-century Europe. C’était une autre Europe: Souvenirs de ma famille (It Was Another Europe: Memories of My Family) ...

A new generation on the move

In a region known for beauty and exclusivity, the Alpenblick Gstaad Foundation is pursuing a different ambition. Its president, Nathanael Perreten, speaks about affordable housing, accessible holidays and why social responsibility is becoming one of the most decisive issues for the future of Saanen ...

Supporting Switzerland’s first full-size outdoor Lawn Bowls Green

For the 13th consecutive year, Institut Le Rosey and Gymnasium Gstaad met for the Alpina Cup, a sporting tradition featuring giant slalom racing and an ice hockey showdown, followed by a joint dinner at The Alpina Gstaad, the event's sponsor.

Dr Thomas Holzknecht, Integrative and Holistic Medicine, Saanen/Gstaad

Houses often outlive their inhabitants, especially the exquisitely constructed chalets of this region. Over time, a home may change hands or undergo transformations, yet it retains its original beams and preserves the stories of those who lived within its walls, sometimes across centuries. Between 1850 ...

Legendary fashion designer and master couturier founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s with his long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. And established an illustrious career often associated with his signature colour, Valentino Red. In 1998, they sold the company, though ...

A conversation with James Otigbah, Excel Security Solutions

Ceramicist Christine Baumgartner creates functional crockery and sculptural objects for sale in her shop alongside bespoke commissions for chalets and private clients. Her work follows a traditional, hands-on approach, with each piece made carefully from start to finish. Her ceramics offer a counterpoint ...

The Gstaad Yacht Club opened 2026 with a commitment to passing on values, knowledge and excellence across generations, linking education and youth sport with cultural heritage and international dialogue. This focus was evident in a talk by Swiss ski legend Dominique Perret. Perret drew on nearly three ...

If you have noticed more visitors taking selfies on the Saanen bridge lately, you are not imagining it. There has been a steady uptick in Indian tourists drawn to the area because scenes in the classic 1995 Bollywood film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (“DDLJ”) were shot here.

At Patricia Low Contemporary, Mario Testino presented a Swiss selection, curated by Simon de Pury, from his ongoing project "A Beautiful World" – a series shaped by his desire for creative freedom after decades in fashion photography.

CONSTRUCTION SAANENLAND

January arrives quietly, carrying both ambition and vulnerability. We make resolutions, to sleep better, move more, eat differently, slow down, while already knowing how fragile these promises can be. The real question is no longer what we want to change, but whether we are willing, and able, to sustain ...

When the Saanenland resonates with violins

Why Switzerland’s most influential longevity voice returns to Gstaad each autumn

After nearly three decades of hands-on leadership, Brigitte and Thomas Frei are passing on the majority ownership of Hotel Bernerhof Gstaad. Few hotels in the Saanenland are as closely associated with the people who have shaped them, and the Frei era leaves behind a house that has grown steadily in ...

Meticulously copied by scribes and illuminated by gifted artists, manuscripts preserve the intellectual and artistic heritage of our past.

Traffic, peak days and the challenge of success

The Luxury of Slowing Down Gstaad, Saanen, and the Quiet Case for Longevity

For a brief moment in February, the Promenade takes on an unmistakably Italian accent. From 8 to 25 February, a refined pop-up brings together three expressions of Made in Italy excellence – leather craftsmanship, contemporary jewellery, and 20th-century fine art – united by a shared language ...

How Gstaad Palace’s nightclub continues to unite generations – without chasing trends

There’s a particular calm that sets in the moment you step through the doors of the Bellevue spa. The pace drops, voices soften, and the outside world stays firmly on the other side. I was invited for a 10-minute Brain Boost session, curious rather than convinced, and with just enough time to ...

MAZE / ART GSTAAD 2026 A curated constellation of art, design and exceptional objects

This winter, Hindergässli presents “Selected Maquettes”, a showcase of works by the renowned British sculptor Henry Moore. His maquettes, often serving as studies for his monumental sculptures, reveal his masterful exploration of form, material, and space.

"WEALTH MANAGEMENT ISN'T JUST SOMETHING WE DO, IT'S WHO WE ARE"

Discover Peekaboo by Tatiana Ojjeh

Step through the heavy front door of the Grand Chalet in Rossinière and you enter not just a grand old building, but a living storybook – one filled with laughter, eccentricities, and the gentle hum of daily life. Every room, every creaking floorboard, seems to hold a secret of its own ...

It is easy to assume that skiing has always been at the heart of winter in Gstaad. With dozens of ski lifts, a wide network of runs for all abilities and excellent mountain dining that people can reach directly from the slopes, you would be forgiven for thinking this is where it all started. But the ...

In the days following the tragedy in Crans-Montana, the mood in the Saanenland shifted perceptibly. Fireworks were cancelled, flags lowered, and messages of help circulated quietly in community chat groups. Alongside the sympathy came a more uncomfortable reflection, one that many destinations reliant ...

Artisan Nathalie Hall Rosat is best known for her trompe l’oeil work, transforming flat, modern surfaces into convincing illusions of wood, structure and depth. Trained at the Van der Kelen school in Belgium, she has worked internationally on interiors, decorative objects and architectural elements. ...

The Gstaad Yacht Club has begun the year with momentum and clarity, reaffirming its position as a place where sport, culture, and community intersect. The opening weeks have been marked by decisive moments: a successful Annual General Meeting, international sporting recognition, and a cultural programme ...

What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? That she was beautiful. And brilliant. That she loved Mozart and Bach. And the Beatles. And me.

In the packed church of Saanen, audiences of the Gstaad New Year Music Festival were treated to a phenomenal concert just three days before the end of the year. World star Plácido Domingo appeared alongside coloratura soprano Christina Poulitsi and pianist James Vaughan.

With works by Ludwig van Beethoven, the traditional year-end concerts in the Church of Saanen offered moments of strength and contemplation.