Liechtenstein

The small Alpine principality maintains an Alemannic dialect, mountain pastoral life and rooted seasonal customs.

Language & oral Nature & herbalism Spirituality & rites Textile & dress

Knowledge in this place

Alemannic dialect

Alemannic dialect

The everyday Walser and Alemannic speech that distinguishes the country's villages from standard German.

Language & oral

Alpine pasture cheese making

Alpine pasture cheese making

Summer herding to mountain pastures where milk is turned into Alpkase, a living pastoral tradition.

Nature & herbalism

Funkensonntag bonfire

Funkensonntag bonfire

The first Sunday of Lent when towering bonfires are lit to drive out winter, shared across the Alpine Rhine.

Spirituality & rites

Machine embroidery craft

Machine embroidery craft

The fine embroidery tradition of the Alpine Rhine valley, long a mainstay of local industry and craft.

Textile & dress