UPCOMING EVENTS
Swiss Community Events Calendar
Available for the first time, a comprehensive calendar to download with all Swiss events in the UK - from music concerts to art exhibitions to talks to just having a cuppa.
If you know of an event that is not listed on the calendar below of the PDF download, please do let us know so that we can keep it as up to date as possible:
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The Swiss Embassy are starting to gear up for this year’s Swiss National Day celebrations on 1 August, and we are asking citizens in the UK to help by letting us know what Switzerland means to them! Send us your pictures, videos, texts and other creations and they will feature the best ones on our social media channels in the run-up to the celebrations on 1 August!
Write to: london.newsletter@eda.admin.ch
THE MIND HAS MOUNTAINS is an immersive installation for Brantwood’s Blue Gallery. The visitor entering the gallery will be surrounded by a vista made up of large unframed etchings extending from floor to ceiling and filling the room. These are images of structures from inside the human skull, evoking a mountainous landscape reminiscent of the Lake District and the Swiss Alps where Carol Wyss grew up and which Ruskin frequently visited. He famously said that “Mountains are the bones of the earth”, and he utilized the skeleton metaphor repeatedly in his works to invoke the very essence of a thing.
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3rd July 2021
19th September 2021
Brantwood House, Lake District
As part of the programme of performances Hubris, Wassili Widmer reflects in the short film POV on the promise of transhumanism and the limits of representation and desire.
17min Video View available online here >
Glasgow International, Civic Room, online
Until 31 July 2021
Renowned architect Peter Märkli will discuss his love of architecture alongside his contemporaries Thomas Padmanabhan (Lütjens Padmanabhan), Momoyo Kajima (Atelier Bow-Wow) and Adam Jasper (ETH Zurich) for a new five-part series of digital talks organized by the Architecture Foundation in London.
Guy Parmelin addresses the Swiss Abroad in his 1 August speech. Watch it now https://swisscommunity.link/1staugust
Are you celebrating at home or meeting virtually / real life with a local Swiss group? Due to the ongoing pandemic, there are no formal celebrations, however keep an eye on Facebook groups and share your 1st August experiences.
Katia Faraon has invited members of the Swiss in the UK Facebook group to join her in Capel for a 1st August BBQ. More info on Facebook.
Hello everybody the Wilhelm Tell Group Bournemouth/Poole will meet in Linford Bottom, New Forest on Sunday 1. August from 11am onwards. BBQ no longer allowed so we just take our own picnic/drinks and have a relaxing get together catching up, play games, maybe a little stroll around that lovely area for the more energetic. Anyone interested please let me know so I can give you directions on how to get there, we hope to see and welcome lots of new swissies.
Get in touch via the Swiss in the UK Facebook Group >
To mark Swiss National Day, which falls on a Sunday this year, the Swiss Church London would be delighted if you could join us at 11am on 1 August for a special Sunday service, including Swiss wine (sponsored by the Embassy), Swiss flags, singing of the anthem and 1.August-Weggen.
A representative from the Swiss Embassy will make a speech. People from all creeds or none are most welcome- our Swissness will take centre stage on this occasion! To protect our elderly members and minimise the health risk, we will admit 50 people. Please let Carla Maurer know if you would like to attend! I look forward to seeing some of you in person.
Details and RSVP on the Swiss Church London website >
We are celebrating 1st August together with an informal get-together in the North West of Wales whilst having a BBQ on Sunday, 1st August from 1pm onwards! Everyone brings their own food and drinks.
Contact me on eiretrix@hotmail.com if you want to join us!
Get in touch via the Swiss in the UK Facebook Group >
For those of you who might be stranded here and still want to celebrate the 1st August, join us in Hyde park for some celebrations!
It will be in hide park in the format of a picnic. People bring whatever they want to eat/drink/share. I had some issues sharing location on Facebook but I will provide my phone number and share location on the day.
It will likely be just a little below the dial about 10min from speaker’s corner. From 2pm. Hope that answer your questions but if you have any others please do ask Donia Alwan via the Swiss in the UK & London Facebook Group >
