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 41st edition in 2019
January 26 - February 3, 2019
![balloon by Nicolas Le Franc & Sylvie Grué](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/1c3b6b0e-f27c-47a6-ab04-0d112f11005c_rw_1920.jpg?h=a3f301f43a8f0725d65c9efc39add32c)
balloon by Nicolas Le Franc & Sylvie Grué
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/9ccfd440-aed8-4904-9dd3-8dfd8df3ed18_rw_1920.jpg?h=c07f9250e0fa0ed18c6db3cdab12f9f5)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/861f77a7-e89e-4c01-ad5d-7900370b9403_rw_1920.jpg?h=743accb35e7f66ee87800748a197ccc2)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/af634537-519a-4a2e-94d1-1378fc7e1686_rw_1920.jpg?h=ee40d79857b666a2f42cfcd1dafe29d3)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/95484b54-72e0-4d7e-b884-8905937c518b_rw_1920.jpg?h=b7799be915a8eab0dd959487cadfa43f)
![balloon by Hervé Maucci](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/318168d8-b1e4-40b6-8c69-5ff4988d767c_rw_1920.jpg?h=470ed1f53fec0b2aa4ce5264440580cf)
balloon by Hervé Maucci
![balloon by Gaël Cardon](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/d8119176-5b8e-4788-9d0e-a82c137a2ed2_rw_1920.jpg?h=5ed5d3fe0f055de8ea4a735c290f9201)
balloon by Gaël Cardon
![balloon by Jonathan Wolfe](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/99877923-4e02-4ee0-8cd4-bddc5379baf9_rw_1920.jpg?h=c6b3fe297bfeda5f7ad8466f40b8c5e6)
balloon by Jonathan Wolfe
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/9eb4651a-524f-4867-aea1-44ca01d189fb_rw_1920.jpg?h=8aa03d6f90919efd8cad0ff457d1a373)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/6c646999-c645-4999-87c6-bd1044f95948_rw_1920.jpg?h=8555b311c681cc53bac36748ab43864f)
![view over the Alps](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/d7f58eaf-d0ef-4465-a190-44ffba0428cf_rw_1920.jpg?h=64babf85816288b403167ef75a092ca9)
view over the Alps
![in flight view over Château d'Oex](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/d37d7d9c-5b94-4d5f-8657-473681306cca_rw_1920.jpg?h=833e7762534c0b934aaa141d081f87ec)
in flight view over Château d'Oex
![balloon by Simon Drake](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/645ef5b2f82fdeaf819364ecd9d55d6c/f5cba60b-3538-47af-8955-68d5140bd57e_rw_1920.jpg?h=21ed29f298c8e3729f884a00ba06e208)
balloon by Simon Drake
My photo gallery of the 2020 edition is here.