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Lausanne: Events Highlights
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Highlights: Major Events |
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Lausanne Carnival
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17 - 20
April
A
street party which stretches through the night to
usher in the Spring.
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Fete de la Biere |
16 - 17 May
International beers can be tasted on the shores of
Lake Geneva in Lausanne.
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Festival Cité |
4 - 12 July
Major cultural festival with a diverse, but always
entertaining, program.
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Mozart Festival |
September (tba)
Mozart came to stay in September 1766, and in a way,
he has not really left. A series of concerts are
held every year in the month of September.
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Lausanne Marathon
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24 – 26 October
A
marathon run fittingly held in the heart of the
Olympics movement.
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Public Holidays |
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New Year's Day |
1
January |
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Good Friday |
21 March |
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Easter Monday |
24 March |
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Ascension |
1 May |
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Whit Monday |
12 May |
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National Day (Confederation Day) |
1
August |
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Immaculate Conception |
8
December |
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Christmas Day |
25 December |
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St Stephen's Day |
26 December |
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