Zürich’s Carnival runs from Feb 8th through to Sunday 10th, so here’s a quick reminder.

Main events: Fixed party tent at the Hirschenplatz, for Caribbean music and the usual brass Güggemusik.

Parade; Sunday 10 Feb 14:30. Hirschenplatz is not a bad place to start.

Children’s Carnival: focuses mainly around the Rathausbrücke

For a list of restaurants and bars taking part, try http://www.zuerichcarneval.ch/fasnachtsbeizen.htm

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Next weekend sees another big party come to Zürich. Freestyle.ch is Europe’s biggest freestyle sports event. Covering snowboard, free-style skiing, skateboards and FMX (I assume that’s something to do with little bikes) the top stars from each sport will be competing for the top USD 100,000 prize.The action all takes place at Landiwiese, on the south side of the lake. I caught part of the action last year, by accident(!) and everything takes place in a relaxed party atmosphere, especially if the weather is behaving itself. Currently the forecast doesn’t look too bad, although we aren’t expecting blazing sunshine.Nightime sees a series of bands and DJs performing, with music ranging from lounge, through hip hop to hardcore techno. As I struggle to differentiate house from garage I won’t give any recommendations, I’m guessing that if you are into that kind of thing then you know what you’ll like. Check out www.freestyle.ch for more info as to what’s on where.Other attractions include film events, such as premier of Optimistic? a film related to climate change and the effects it will have on snowboarding.Tickets are available for each day seperately or as a three day pass.

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