Cow Parade and Cheese Market
in Elm Switzerland
Pictures are from a previous year
One of the best things about early Autumn in Switzerland is going to watch a cow parade. For 2021 many of the cow parades are not taking place or will not be taking place in the same format as usual. However, here are some photos from a previous Cow Parade and Cheese Market in Elm.
At the end of the Summer the cows are brought down from the Sumer mountain pastures and welcomed back in to the villages. It’s a time to rejoice and welcome the cows back into the fold. Most importantly it’s time for a great celebration.
We went to visit Elm to see the Cow Parade and to visit the Cheese Market which takes place at the same time. For 2021, however, it looks as if the Cheese Market is taking place – but there is no mention of the Cow Parade in the flyer for 2021 – so if you’re planning on visiting Elm, the Cheese Market is definitely on, but there is no mention of the Cow Parade.
The Cow Parades are referred to variously as “Alpabzug” or “Alpabfahrt”. After watching the cow parade there is a party with plenty of food and drink.
The cow are all prettied up in beautiful head dresses with colourful flowers.
At Elm there was plenty of food on offer, with hot sausages and cheese based dishes such as Raclette. There was also something called Fenz, which is apparently made with flour and cream. Have you tried this?
Photographer Carmen Sirboiu managed to catch these great photos of the cows and of this glorious day.
Elm Cheese Market & Clebrations 3rd October 2021
Please see details here of the current plans for the Elm celebrations on 3rd October 2021. Please note that this may still be subject to change at short notice – so please be aware that this is not set in stone and from the flyer it looks as if for 2021 it will only be a Cheese Market and not a Cow Parade. For more details please contact the Gemeinde in Elm.
==>> You can see details of other Alpabzüge in Switzerland here.
Photos by Carmen Sirboiu
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