The International Hot-Air Balloon Festival in Château d'Oex is held yearly at the end of January. The first edition was in 1979.
Photo gallery of the 42nd festival in 2020
January 25 - February 2, 2020
![Captive Flight - balloon by Nicolas Le Franc & Sylvie Grué-Meillarec](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/411c69de-d767-4bc3-8408-3b3377cc2933_rw_1920.jpg?h=21d0ba259fc9ab1e99c0b8eee3ca47d8)
Captive Flight - balloon by Nicolas Le Franc & Sylvie Grué-Meillarec
![Captive Flight - balloon by Nicolas Le Franc & Sylvie Grué-Meillarec](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/0de1be3b-52ca-4409-9f6f-face8edc293a_rw_1920.jpg?h=2012d329dda3205b39e885bb5fd33bb1)
Captive Flight - balloon by Nicolas Le Franc & Sylvie Grué-Meillarec
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/92654b78-d8a6-4bbe-85ea-ddffa6abc5c4_rw_1920.jpg?h=e861db63c358b1d63dd9f57947db49e2)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/c979cc56-7ad1-46bf-b95a-9ba3f8206cc3_rw_1920.jpg?h=d2d7784056d8c18b4f3de44ad5176464)
![balloon by Marie Elisabeth Rosseneu & Anulfo Gonzalez](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/0a3a33a0-0c4f-49cf-863a-d8b04eb88bd1_rw_1920.jpg?h=90069e11c9da65c9a625c32591d5a64e)
balloon by Marie Elisabeth Rosseneu & Anulfo Gonzalez
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/49504ab7-6ee3-4a71-9521-664d31df7bee_rw_1920.jpg?h=50b74303dbbe88db416944ce67ce6c8e)
![balloon by Hervé Maucci](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/ddb31fff-09ab-4e57-8c4c-1655cd4748fc_rw_1920.jpg?h=e7208c1e5944a7dea414507cfb862c4a)
balloon by Hervé Maucci
![balloon by Bart & Guy Geeraerts](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/f577c49a-fcb9-4af3-8e1f-e0150cb939aa_rw_1920.jpg?h=6ca39c7041114d7e62491b1f3ac65c13)
balloon by Bart & Guy Geeraerts
![balloon by Olivier & Paul Cuenot](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/6a0bc2e0-8c6e-45f6-b0e6-d2331009dbe3_rw_1920.jpg?h=fba6452aff30fef519b41046d2e5f26d)
balloon by Olivier & Paul Cuenot
![balloon by Olivier & Paul Cuenot](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/182fed6f-38f7-4cdc-806c-d4f9d3e0c145_rw_1920.jpg?h=2609338f235b993cbcdecbb116f74fa9)
balloon by Olivier & Paul Cuenot
![view over the Swiss mountains during a flight](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/f7fb91aa-0ca5-43da-8db6-08cc27342ac6_rw_1920.jpg?h=18a12edf81cefb223412eaf7e6c977df)
view over the Swiss mountains during a flight
![view over the Swiss mountains during a flight](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/601a4945-3a0e-48d1-bcfc-ab2706f05e3c_rw_1920.jpg?h=b3166bc51751a7306a8f6ecf4587397e)