Pocket Switzerland

Drift over Switzerland in a hot-air balloon and discover 220 landmarks in a stylised 3D world. A gentle, free journey, right in your browser.

  • Discover

    Unfold the map, follow the wind

  • Destinations

    63 destinations on the map: cities, summits, lakes and glaciers.

  • Treasures

    The 20 heritage treasures, one for each town with a stamp: a chest appears near the town once its stamp is won. The riddles and the master treasures remain to be searched for in flight.

  • Specialities

    The 26 specialities of the cantons, one per canton: each waits in a basket, always in the same place on the map, to be picked up in flight.

  • Transport

    The 9 means of transport on the map: land on one and you take its ticket.

  • Swiss dictionary

    The 20 expressions of the Swiss dictionary, one per town: a word of its language or dialect.

  • Nature guide

    The 31 species the balloon can meet, from the lowlands to the glaciers. To meet one, look for a pennant on the map: it appears at random during the flight and stays for three minutes.

  • Hiking guides

    One long-distance hike across Switzerland, stage by stage, with each stage’s official figures and its profile. On the map, the guide sits in the backpack and draws its route across the country.

  • Game guide

    Flying the balloon, discovering the country, making progress and flying with companions, without giving away what the game keeps hidden.

  • The project

    How a map for finding my way between the valleys became a paper country you fly over in a hot-air balloon.

  • Behind the scenes

    What the map can do, how it is built, where its data comes from, and the tools used to fine-tune it.

Clotilde’s tips

  • First tracks on the glaciers

    On 3 October, Saas-Fee reopened the top of its glacier, below the Allalin. Zermatt followed on 14 October on the Theodul Glacier, closed since late July because of the heatwave. The winter season starts on 31 October in Saas-Fee and on 1 November in Zermatt.