The recent easing of the corona restrictions also benefits sports and culture. While sports clubs are exhausting all possibilities, music and cultural groups remain cautious.
After a long silence, the Gstaad New Year Music Festival celebrated its 15th anniversary on Pentecost Sunday in the church of Lauenen with an upbeat homage to Benny Goodman.
The exhibition The Other Fred Stauffer at the Museum der Landschaft Saanen is well worth a visit.
The Gstaad Palace mourns the death of Ernst Andrea Scherz (1939-2021). The doyen of the international luxury hotel industry, who among other things helped to establish the worldwide alliance "The Leading Hotels of the World", passed away after a long illness on 13 May 2021 at the age of 81. He managed the legendary Gstaad hotel from 1968 to 2001 – before handing it over to his son Andrea Scherz, who today is the third generation to carry on his father's legacy as general manager and owner.
