{"id":18470,"date":"2019-07-30T13:29:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altitudeskischool.com\/grindelwald\/?p=18470"},"modified":"2024-03-22T12:24:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T11:24:53","slug":"swiss-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altitudeskischool.com\/grindelwald\/swiss-national-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Swiss National Day<\/h2>\n<p>The Swiss National Day, or &#8220;Schweizer Bundesfeiertag&#8221; as it is known in German, is the national holiday of Switzerland, which falls on August 1. The date was inspired by the signing of the Federal Charter in early August 1291, when the three cantons Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden formed an alliance. 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