kleeblatt

The cows are coming down from the alps. This particular cow was photographed on Saturday.

The below photos were all taken on Saturday at the foot of the Mythen between Schwyz and Einsiedeln, Switzerland,

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suze

Thank you thank you thank you!!! BEAUtiful photos!

I just love the Swiss and their cow traditions

Michael

Were the chamois always that common or are they coming back?

Melnq8

Wish I was there to see it in person. This will be the first time in years we've not made our annual trip to Switzerland.

joannyc

I very much enjoyed the day I spent watching the "moo-ving" of the cows!

Thanks!

Macross

Thank you for the pictures. One year in Bavaria there were life-size cows everywhere each painted differently. Hoping that bell was only for today. It would make me batty if I was a cow.

Adelaidean

So nice to see photos of Switzerland again!

progol

Wonderful photos! Adding Switzerland onto that ever growing list of places I’d like to visit someday!

Trophywife007

Ahhh, lovely, thank you. Reminds me of when we stayed in Müstair, Switzerland one fall and woke up to cow bells! We need to go back!

kleeblatt

Thanks all! I took nice short video clips of the cows as well but sadly Fodor's won't let me upload them. Those cows are Brown Swiss and have always been the favourite breed of the area.

travlsolo2

Love your photos! Brings back great memories of 2003 trip.

cafegoddess

Thank you very much for the photos! I wish I could see it in person.

twk

I got to see them going up the mountain in June back in 2016. Really wish I could link the video so you could hear all the bells.


View from our apartment balcony in Wengen. We had no advanced notice. I wondered why everyone was cutting their lawns the day before.

marg

We watched the moving of the cows from our hotel balcony in Lauterbrunnen - a very good memory of a wonderful holiday.

nonconformist2

The Wengen cows were obviously having a lunch break.

mokka4

Thanks for sharing the photos! I was lucky enough to attend two Alpabfahrten. LOVED the merriment !

WeisserTee

Am not the biggest fan of cows wearing bells 24/7. A couple of studies have suggested that wearing bells nonstop causes stress and may even affect milk production. I have noticed that the number of (organic) farms not belling their cows is increasing.

twk

I'm pretty sure that those cows aren't wearing those big ceremonial bells on a daily basis, like the ones we saw hanging outside a barn in Gimmelwald.


That's probably a bell for every cow this farmer owns.

kleeblatt

Because events such as chilbis and fairs will not be held this year, farmers everywhere are making a special effort to announce the alpine cow drives and then decorate the cows accordingly. There's another one coming up in my hometown this weekend.