Every year in Zurich there is a holiday called Sechseläuten, that celebrates the end of winter and the coming of summer. It is held on the Monday that follows Easter, so this year it was on the 13th of April (last year it was on the ~30th of April, the day before my on-site interiews :D). In the city of Zurich it is an official holiday, but it's only a "minor" one, so you can get only a half-day off.
There is a huge parade, in which the 39 guilds from Zurich take part. They dress up in …continue.