Posts Tagged ‘Böögg’
Bye Bye Böögg – Hello Spring
The Böögg starts burning at 18.00, but the BIG question is what time does it stop and how soon will we be trading our fondue forks for strawberry tarts? As odd as it sounds, the long time Zurich tradition relies on the Böögg, an 80kg snowman, to predict if spring lies ahead during a 2-day fiery fun time celebration! Ski bunnies...hope for [...]
Sechseläuten, A Fiery Festival
Time to schedule BBQ’s, pull out cute dresses and enjoy long days lingering lakeside OR is Zurich destined for weeks of wet wellies and dreary indoor movie nights? According to the Swiss, only the infamous Böögg can answer this question. Mother Nature can’t fool the 13-metre high snowman, named the Böögg, who makes a “banging” [...]
Burn, Böögg, Burn
The hip and trendy Generation X & Y’ers may use iPhone applications to track weather updates, but long before Apple entered our lives, millions of Americans depended on a Groundhog for weather predictions, Serbians depended on a bear and in Switzerland…well…a 13-metre high snowman, known as the Böögg! Yes, it is true – every 3rd [...]
