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«Sönd Willkomm»
(«You are most welcome»)
to the Appenzellerland
 

 
Has time stood still here? And is the Appenzellerland really a part of this world? You can’t really be sure when you roam through the gently rolling countryside which runs from the Bodensee to the mighty Alpstein range, home of the Säntis peak. Old farmhouses, sprinkled among the lush green hills, picturesque landscapes, cows being herded across the roads and friendly, welcoming faces... Appenzellerland is certainly a world of its own, a place, perhaps, where time has chosen to go by more slowly.
 

Information about Appenzellerland
 

Appenzellerland Tourismus AI
Hauptgasse 4
9050 Appenzell
Tel. +41 (0)71 788 96 41
Fax +41 (0)71 788 96 50
www.appenzell.ch
info@appenzell.ch


The International Mountain Cheese Market

From the afternoon of Friday 29th October to the afternoon of Sunday 31st October (16h00), the centre of Appenzell will be transformed into a cheese lovers’ mecca. Cheeses from all the Swiss and European mountain regions will be offered to visitors for sale and tastings.

Entry is permitted to all those with a mountain cheese badge which will be available everywhere for CHF 5.–. This is a date which cheese lovers should not forget to enter in their diary, because the International Mountain Cheese Market will be a unique gourmet cheese buffet, with the motto "Immer schön der Nase und dem 'Gluscht' nach!", meaning: "Follow your nose and your 'fancy'!"

Program Cheese Market (PDF 38 kB)

The seminar

"Development of food production in mountain regions, mountain cheese, a successful product?"

New research findings and the effects of globalisation on mountain agriculture will be the main topics of the presentations and political discussions.

This international seminar will take place in collaboration with EUROMONTANA, European Association for cooperation between mountain territories, the SAB (Swiss Working Group for Mountain Regions), Comité plénier fromage (Plenary Cheese Committee) and CASEUS MONTANUS (the International Centre for the Safeguarding and Valorisation of Mountain Cheese).

The 3rd MOUNTAIN CHEESE OLYMPICS will be used as a platform for scientists, politicians, representatives of the authorities and producers who will be presenting and discussing the latest findings concerning the development of food production in mountain regions.

Information on seminar and cheese market

Program seminar (PDF 40 kB)