From Flax to Linen

In our modern world the technical terms sound quaint: the flax is carded, retted, crushed, swingled, spun and woven. In the old days these were everyday activities in the Swiss countryside. Try your hand at spinning the thread until you have made some fine linen cloth. Discover more inspiring flax products and try our traditional “Brächete-Brönnts” schnapps at our lovingly furnished market stand.

The weekend will also be musical at Ballenberg! Various folk music groups will provide a genuine folk music atmosphere on both days and mules will also be bringing the site to life. Visitors will be able to stroke the mules or even lead them around the site by the hand.

Saturday programme

• 10.30 am Bernese Midlands (312) – Trachtämuisig traditional costume group from Sachseln: varying line-ups with clarinet, accordion and Schwyzerörgeli. Authentic, traditional, from the Obwalden region.
• 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Face painting at the farmhouse from Ostermundigen (331)
• Early afternoon – Horseback relay race with mules
• 2:15 pm Swiss Culture Stage (711) – Trachtämuisig traditional costume group from Sachseln
• 3.15 pm Bernese Midlands (312) – Trachtämuisig traditional costume group from Sachseln

Sunday programme

• 10.30 am Bernese Midlands (312) – Gugulüsch Schwyzerörgeli quartet
• 11:00 am - 12:00 pm - Mule riding for children at the farmhouse from Ostermundigen (331)
• 11:00 am - 2:00 pm - Face painting at the farmhouse from Ostermundigen (331)
• Afternoon: Mule demonstrations in the arena at the barn from Faulensee (341)
• 2.15 pm Culture stage (711) – Gugulüsch Schwyzerörgeli quartet
• 3.15 pm Bernese Midlands (312) – Gugulüsch Schwyzerörgeli quartet