Grape harvest celebrates

Since 1902, the city and the area of Neuchâtel in Suisse celebrate the Vendange S. the Fête takes place the last weekend of September, of Friday to 18:00 at Sunday with 24:00

During these three days the downtown area is completely interdict with all circulation, making it possible the fêtards of all the area to as it should be feast. carousels are present on the place of the post office, whereas all the remainder of Neuchâtel is filled of stands and others ginguettes. In spite of the absence of car of many streets pedestrians are blocked what confers on this festival a single atmosphere and very sympathetic nerve, all in light, music and laughter.

From three hour of the morning the streets start to be emptied but do not mislead you there. Before Sunday midnight nothing stops and all is open! Fortunately, for those which wishes to sleep, TN make circulate many buses and additional trams during every night of Friday and Saturday as well as Sunday evening (What is happy considering the festival is difficult to reach conveys some and especially that the 0.05% of Alcoolémie are quickly reached).

The Procession and the Corso flowered, which are held Sunday afternoon traditionally, attract the spectators of all Switzerland and Franche-Comté. It is not rare, by good weather, that the procession attracts more than 100 ' 000 spectators… in this city which counts only 32 ' 000 inhabitants!

History

Since the most moved back times, harvests and grape harvest gave place to rejoicings and popular demonstrations. Cérès and Dyonisos was venerated and the Bacchanales were famous.

So in Neuchâtel, the files are dumb on the festivals of grape harvest, Moritz engraved a scene of grape harvest in 1822 showing a procession ravelling between the communal hotel and the theater.

At the previous centuries, the grape harvest lasted between two and four weeks and the streets of the city were furrowed of tanks to brecets

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