National Day August 1st celebration on Kronberg started before sunrise

On the national holiday, around 200 people took part in the sunrise celebration on the Kronberg in Appenzellerland. The cable car ran from four o'clock for the event.

The Appenzell artist Hannes vo Wald gave a speech on the mountain, which is 1663 meters above sea level, as announced by the Jakobsbad-Kronberg AG cable car on Thursday. The event was musically framed by an alphorn duo and a yodeller with hand organ accompaniment.

The event has been held every year since 2013, as a spokeswoman for the cable car told the Keystone-SDA news agency. At the first edition, the then President of the Swiss Confederation Ueli Maurer gave a 1 August speech before sunrise.