When Pigs Fly… (Switzerland)

Ok, so pigs don’t fly… but they certainly move fast at the Olma Festival in Saint Gallen, Switzerland.        It’s great fun to watch a bunch of pigs race around the track in Switzerland at their October agricultural fair!

The one-week fall festival is basically an agricultural fair which also features food kiosks wth lots of free samples (especially swiss cheeses!), an animal farm as well as wild amusement park rides!

“St Gallen’s OLMA festival in October is a week long exhibition in which all the farmers come to show off their livestock and buy their produce. There’s a big parade at the start of the week, with local farmers and tradespeople from all over the region and beyond, weaving through the narrow streets on floats behind full brass bands. There’s also a funfair and market in the area around Museum Strasse and the library. In the OLMA complex itself, about ten minutes walk east out of town on St. Jakob str., there are all kinds of exhibits, a chance to get to know some real Appenzell cows, taste some extra strong cheese and bet on the crowd pleasing pig races. The pig races are especially fun!”

(Excerpt from Lonely Planet, http://www.lonelyplanet.com/letters/eur/swi_pc.htm)