International Balloon festival in Switzerland

The Swiss hot air balloon capital, Château–d’Oex in the Vaudois Alps plays host to hundreds of hot air balloons in January of each year.

This colourful 9-day festival includes a night-time show, hot air balloon rides and kids’ day.

The Château-d’Oex International Hot Air Balloon Festival, created in 1979, brings together pilots from some twenty different countries, with nearly a hundred hot air balloons taking advantage of the exceptional climate of the Alps in winter.