Category: Fun
Fun activities to do in Switzerland that aren’t hiking or biking. For similar activities in other countries, please select the desired country under the Travel menu.
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HR Giger was a Swiss artist, most famous for his work on the Alien movies. This museum contains the largest collection of his work anywhere, along with his private collection of works by artists that inspired him.
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The Foundation Beyeler is a modern and contemporary art museum located in Riehen near Basel. We visited this museum for the Yayoi Kusuma retrospective held 2025 October 12 – 2026 January 25. This well curated exhibition made me want to keep an eye on this museum for the future. It truly was worth a visit.
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Just for fun, I ran the 10k distance in the Greifenseelauf. This is a pretty big race event held every September in Uster with several race distances throughout the day – half-marathon, 10 k, 5.5 k, and kids 1.5 k and 1.2 k distances.
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Every summer, there are multiple Seeüberquerung (lake crossing) events where you can swim across Lake Zürich with a crowd of people and safety boats alongside. This year, we did the Thalwil to Küsnacht Seeüberquerung, a yearly event run by SLRG SSS – Ihr Rettungschwimmer (Swiss Lifeguard Association).
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The Titlis peak has spectacular glacier and mountain views. The glacier cave and cliff walk experiences are fun as is the chance to throw a snowball in August. A short hike half-way down the mountain completes the day.
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A stand-up-paddle board trip across Lake Zürich and back.
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Every year in April, Ochsner Sport hosts the Zürich Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10 k races in downtown Zürich. Two years ago, my husband and I ran the 10 k and this year we ran the half-marathon.
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The Transportation Museum (Verkehrshaus) in Luzern is a museum dedicated to all modes of transportation – trains, planes, automobiles, bicycles, gondolas, and even space travel.
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In September, I took friends on the Chüebodensee loop hike with a detour up to the Wildmadfurggeli at Elm (10 km hike with 857 m of ascent and decent).
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Every three years, Bad RagARTz hosts the Swiss Triennial of Sculpture, a large open-air sculpture festival, in Bad Ragaz, Vaduz, Liechtenstein and Altes Bad Pfäfers. In 2024, we took the opportunity to stroll around the town of Bad Ragaz to check out the festival’s many impressive, weird, and wonderful sculptures.
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Stage 4 of the Alpine Panorama Trail (Route 3) is a 12 km long trail with 500 m ascent and 1000 m descent that goes from Schwägalp to Stein, SG. We also did two side stops – a trip up to the top of Säntis and a stop at the Säntis Cheese Factory.
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While in the Jungfrau region, we took the train up to the highest train station in the world at the Jungfraujoch and we went on two short hikes – a loop hike from Grindlewald First to the Bachalpsee, and a point-to-point hike from Kleine Scheidegg to Alpiglen.