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title: "Culture and customs"
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description: "The Valais is rich in ancient customs and is home to a wide range of cultural offerings. Not only can you marvel at the culture here, you can experience it first-hand."
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Culture and customs
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Varied cultural offerings

The Valais is rich in ancient customs and is home to a wide range of cultural offerings. Lectures, guided tours, concerts and much more await you in the town of Brig. In the villages heading towards and around the Simplon Pass, customs shape the cultural offerings. The cultural landscape shaped by humans on the Brigerberg is worth checking out – as are the high moors on the Simplon Pass, the rugged valleys of Laggin and Zwischbergen and the abandoned gold mines of Gondo.

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Zeughaus Kultur arts and leisure centre
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Spanning three floors, Zeughaus Kultur offers plenty of space for concerts, performances, theatre, dance, exhibitions and studios as well as for workshops, lessons, rehearsals, readings, meetings, lectures and much more.

 

Upper Valais Kellertheater cellar theatre
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As a typical small-scale performing arts stage, Kellertheater in Brig has been hosting cabaret, theatre, literature, music and children’s theatre performances for 50 years.

Located in the vaulted cellars of Stockalper Palace, it offers a unique ambience for a cultural experience.

 

Simpilär Handwerk handicrafts exhibition
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Be inspired by the crafts of our ancestors in the village of Simplon. The ‘Simpilär Handwerk’ exhibition is a chance for local residents to present old handicrafts at the Simplon Dorfplatz village square. It’s located in a convenient spot in the village square, right near the entrance to the Ecomuseum – Alter Gasthof. The craftspeople exhibiting there work on their products and are happy to answer questions from anyone who is interested.

 

Cultural trails
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On the following cultural trails, you will learn interesting facts about the region, landscape and nature in the Valais.

 

Museums
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The region is home to a wide variety of museums. Search for clues in Stockalper Palace or satisfy your desire to hunt for gold. You will find museums of nature, culture and history here.

 

Offers
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Join a guided tour and let your knowledgeable guide tell you all about the region’s culture.