Boogg 20th April 2026 - Sechseläuten

20th April 2026 Today is a major day in Zurich because the city is celebrating Sechseläuten, its traditional spring festival. This is a local public holiday, and the festivities culminate this evening with a unique custom to "drive away winter."

Sechseläuten Highlights

The main event is the burning of the Böögg, a giant snowman figure filled with explosives. Traditionally, the faster the snowman's head explodes, the better the upcoming summer will be.

• Guild Parade (3:00 PM): Around 3,500 guild members in historical costumes, accompanied by horses and music ensembles, will parade through the city center. The route moves down Bahnhofstrasse and Limmatquai toward the main square.

Burning of the Böögg (6:00 PM): The pyre is set alight precisely at 6:00 PM at Sechseläutenplatz. It is recommended to arrive by 5:00 PM as the area becomes extremely crowded.

• Post-Explosion Barbecue: Once the snowman has exploded and the pyre collapses, locals traditionally gather around the embers to grill sausages brought from home.

Here is a short clipping of my youtube video of Sechseläuten parade

Here is the youtube video of the Boogg being exploded

4th April 2026 Amsterdam flagship canal boat ride

The ride was as super as the commentator’s detail narration about the places abutting the sides of the canal throughout the canal boat ride was informative. €22 per person was the charges for one hour ride without beverages.

here is my Amsterdam canal ride youtube video with my daughter Shalini on 4th April 2026 https://youtu.be/cKQrQ71Z1CE?si=xiFCKHY7XfCIEnoq

Amsterdam canal - Boat ride

Here is 360 degrees view of my Amsterdam canal boat ride. At Amsterdam- Netherlands 🇳🇱. Enjoy the canal boat ride. https://youtu.be/h6zIUiLSGjw. Guess the camera used 😀. You can sit in a revolving chair and rotate the chair to view the 360 degrees view of my canal ride at Amsterdam 😊.

Cherry blossoms at Zurich

Zurich is a land where both modern buildings and nature coexist. Here is the cherry blossom at Zurich. Here is the Zentralstraase cherry bloosom view covered in insta 360 … enjoy.

21-3-2026 Nature walk - Utliberg to Felsenegg 4hrs liesure trekking

Uetliberg and Felsenegg Trekking. Uetliberg is a mountain in the Swiss Plateau, part of the Albis chain, rising to 870 m. The Albis chain is a separate, lower range located between Zurich and the Alps.

That said, from the top, visitors are treated to a magnificent panoramic view of the city, the lake, and the Alps — so on a clear day you can see the Alps from there.

The Uetliberg–Felsenegg Planet Trail is a popular walk connecting the two summits. Though the trek could be completed in 2hours we took 4 hours as we spent time enjoying the nature. Felsenegg is the endpoint of that ridge hike, where a cable car takes you down to Adliswil.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ The start of the trek was a bit high rise steps, it was an easy walk up till Felsenegg cable car station. As the cable car was under yearly maintenance till 18th April 2026, we had to trek down hill for another 30 min. The steps were unusually high in certain places. Overall we trekked for 5 hours with one break at a lovely restaurant were we enjoyed Carrot soup with bread and an oats desert….