Swiss National Day - July 2023
This year’s Swiss National Day was held on Saturday July 29, 2023 at the Hudson restaurant in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. As we returned to a “Volksfest” kind of event, we were able to accommodate almost 1,000 attendees from all over the tri-state area.
The temperatures were around 30 degrees Celsius (high 80s Fahrenheit) but a regular breeze from the river everyone was able to enjoy great food, drinks and entertainment aspects. Brief thunderstorms erupted over the venue for a couple of minutes but didn’t manage to drive out the crowd which stayed until late in the evening.
As per usual, our partner organization from the Consulate General of Switzerland, Swiss Soccer Club, Swiss Ski Club and the Swiss Benevolent Society were a tremendous support in making this event possible by volunteering throughout the day and makes sure everything run smoothly.
Our musical performance act, Grammy-Award winning jazz musician Linus Wyrsch and co. delighted our guests with their beautiful music throughout the day. Later in the evening, DJ Pedro Canas made sure the floor was packed with his compilation of Swiss and International hit songs to dance to. During the afternoon, we also had a magic show by a clown for our younger audience which was a new addition to our program this year.
Ambassador Niculin Jäger, Consul General of Switzerland in New York, and Jan Furrer, President of Swiss Society of New York, addressed the audience before we came to raffle drawing which is usually the highlight for many attendees. Several different prizes from our wonderful sponsors were available so congratulations to our lucky winners.
We also want to thank our generous sponsors for your continuous support:
Consulate General of Switzerland of New York; Emmi; Schindler; Zurich Insurance; Pictet Asset Management; SWISS; UBS; Swiss Tourism; Nespressso; Lavaux Wine Bar; Vontobel SFA; Lindt & Spruengli; Laederach; CH Technologies; Christoper Russell Ceramicist; EHL; MilkBoy
We hope everybody had fun and we look forward to seeing you next year for Swiss National Day 2024! If you have any feedback, please let us know at info@swisssociety.org.
