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28th World Snow Festival

17th - 22rd January 2011

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Ice-cold art in the glacier village. Over a period of 6 days, international artists design figures and sculptures out of metre-high blocks of snow. The World Snow Festival has developed into one of the most fascinating and popular winter events in the glacier village Grindelwald, and today it's hard to imagine the season's programme without it.

Every January Grindelwald hosts the international Snow Festival on the natural ice-rink in the village centre. What began with a huge Heidi carved in the snow by Japanese artists, has since developed into a cultural happening that one would not like to do without in the glacier village.

The art of creating art out of snow…

...this would be another name for this spectacle of cold and transitory sculptures!

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Grindelwald Tourismus
Dorfstrasse 110
Postfach 124
3818 Grindelwald
Tel. +41 (0)33 854 12 12
Fax +41 (0)33 854 12 10
touristcenter@grindelwald.ch
www.grindelwald.ch
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Teams of artists from different countries delight both young and old, guests and locals, with their activity. The artists' work becomes an exclusive attraction turning the village square into a hive of activity, and always gaining much respect. The six-day festival comes to a close with a ceremony accompanied by folkloric acts. A jury of experts judges the giant, but also transitory, masterpieces created according to the criteria: topicality, originality and skill. The works of art are judged not only by specialists but the public can also give the sculptors an opinion based on the impressions of the spectator. However, not only artistic design and craftsmanship are at the centre of the Snow Festival in Grindelwald, the social contact between the individual teams is also of utmost importance. For this reason, communal outings, the opportunity of exchanging experiences and finally also the traditional fondue evening and tobogganing are planned.

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