Seventy years after Yehudi Menuhin first brought his musical friends to the Saanenland, the festival that bears his name entered a new era. With Daniel Hope at the helm, the 2026 anniversary edition combined world-class performances, fresh ideas and a renewed emphasis on personal connections.

Seventy years after Yehudi Menuhin first brought his musical friends to the Saanenland, the festival that bears his name entered a new era. With Daniel Hope at the helm, the 2026 anniversary edition combined world-class performances, fresh ideas and a renewed emphasis on personal connections.

Twenty-two young musicians have been selected from 183 applicants for this year’s Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition, culminating in a free final concert at Saanen Church on 10 October.

Twenty-two young musicians have been selected from 183 applicants for this year’s Alberto Lysy International Violin Competition, culminating in a free final concert at Saanen Church on 10 October.

Books are read, drawn, walked and set to music when Literarischer Herbst Gstaad, Gstaad’s autumn literature festival, returns from 22 to 25 October. Across four days in Saanen, Gstaad and Gruben, the festival brings together established names, new literary voices and a programme that takes literature ...

Books are read, drawn, walked and set to music when Literarischer Herbst Gstaad, Gstaad’s autumn literature festival, returns from 22 to 25 October. Across four days in Saanen, Gstaad and Gruben, the festival brings together established names, new literary voices and a programme that takes literature ...

In a world where almost everything has a price, it is easy to assume that value and cost are the same thing. Yet some of life's greatest riches remain wonderfully immune to transaction. No one can buy an extra hour in the day or recreate the pleasure of choosing to walk instead of drive simply because ...

In a world where almost everything has a price, it is easy to assume that value and cost are the same thing. Yet some of life's greatest riches remain wonderfully immune to transaction. No one can buy an extra hour in the day or recreate the pleasure of choosing to walk instead of drive simply because ...

As of today no bonfires or fireworks - also on Swiss National Day as Bern introduces a fire ban

As of today no bonfires or fireworks - also on Swiss National Day as Bern introduces a fire ban

Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote that he travelled “not to go anywhere, but to go.” I have started to think he never lived somewhere like the Saanenland, where the world simply comes to you.

Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote that he travelled “not to go anywhere, but to go.” I have started to think he never lived somewhere like the Saanenland, where the world simply comes to you.