From Flax to Linen
The numerous stages necessary to this process are shown in detail in the "Brächete" at the Ballenberg Open-Air Museum. In our modern world the technical terms sound quaint: the flax is carded, retted, crushed, swingled, spun and woven. In the old days these were everyday activities in the Swiss countryside. Try your hand at spinning the thread until you have made some fine linen cloth, and sample the traditional "Brächete-Brönnts" schnapps.
This event is available in
German
French
English
Museum details
Adresse
Museumsstrasse 100
3858
Hofstetten bei Brienz
+41 33 952 10 30
Price
Free entry with the Museums-PASS-Musées
Dates
Saturday - Sunday:
10:00-16:00
46.750992, 8.07807
Hofstetten bei Brienz
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