It's that year of again when we compile a list of Christmas markets for you, and add a few of our own recommendations as well. If you have a favorite fair that you would like us to add, please send us an email with the details, including any flyers for us to post on our Events Calendar.
Christmas markets are a great place to go to get a flavor of the local customs and traditions of this region - and of course to buy unique, hand-crafted products to send as presents to your folks back home. Most of the markets provide food stalls offering local delicacies, including of course a welcome glass of mulled wine (otherwise known as vin chaud or glühwein). For the children, there are often many activities organized - and if they're lucky, Santa Claus may make a surprise visit!
Click on the name of the event to see more information on each listing. Since some of the information has been sourced from other websites, we recommend that you verify the time and location of any events that interest you before you set out – just in case the dates have changed.
Learn how to make your own floral masterpiece with a 10% discount off a Miss Daisy workshop
If you’re one of those people that loves adorning your home with beautiful, fresh and colorful flowers, then Miss Daisy is definitely the place for you!
Miss Daisy Fresh Dutch Flowers provides bouquet subscriptions and flower arrangements for both private and corporate clients between Geneva and Lausanne. With each subscription, clients can pay for at least five bouquets in advance with a choice of weekly, two-weekly or monthly delivery. Bouquets are delivered for free within about a 10km radius of Céligny, and clients have the flexibility to pause or cancel a delivery at any time, or even have their next bouquet delivered to a friend’s house for a change!
Miss Daisy also provide workshops in which participants learn how to make special arrangements with flowers and other materials.
Meet the author at Living in Nyon’s special book launch on Tuesday 10 November 2015.
If you’ve lived in or near to Switzerland for any period of time, you will have probably traveled through the country by many different means: by car; on foot; by boat, by train; and maybe even plane. Each kind of journey provides a different insight into this fascinating country and it is with this in mind that local English author, Diccon Bewes, has created a new kind of journey through Switzerland, one conducted via maps!
In his new book, Around Switzerland in 80 Maps, Diccon offers readers a magical history tour, which illuminates the past and present using maps as a guide. Diccon told knowitall.ch, “Maps can be decorative or informative, revealing geography or history, or indeed all of those things – in fact they are the perfect pictorial way to explain and entertain!”
Following the huge success of their Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign, announced recently on knowitall.ch, local entrepreneurs Barbara Traulsen and Selene Folkesson are offering knowitall.ch readers the chance to win free “neon” versions of their popular multi-functional straps, called Brappz.
The straps will make the perfect fashion accessory for any one attending Paleo this week, not just as colorful, designer bra-straps but also as stylish additions to your hair, designer bracelets around your wrist, or even trendy laces in your shoes!
The sets, which will include both luminous, silicone-based straps and 2-way detachable hooks, will be given to the first 5 knowitall.ch readers who send an email with their full name and address to Brappz at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., including “Know-it-all passport & Brappz” in the subject line.
Fr. 10.- off your first purchase when you buy clothing or products worth Fr. 60.- or more!
To celebrate its 1st anniversary, Little Mooshoo is offering knowitall.ch readers Fr. 10.- off their first purchase from its online kids boutique, www.littlemooshoo.com (see conditions below).
With nearly 400 items of original products in stock, the Little Mooshoo website includes everything from funky kids clothes and retro toys, through to kawaii jewelry, vintage-inspired bags, stationery and tableware.
Asked why she first decided to set up her own business, owner Tamara Birch told knowitall.ch, “I originally set up the business with my own line of clothing, reflecting my passion for the 60s and 70s. I had about 12 different articles but soon realized that with no fashion experience and limited sewing and pattern-making skills it was going to take me years to build up the Little Mooshoo brand on my own. So I began to buy other people’s products and brands, including well-known names such as Mim-Pi, FUB, Motoreta, L’Asticot and Sonny Angels, and the clothing store has taken off from there!”
