Songs of Summer

The idyllic landscapes of Germanic Switzerland evoke Hoffmann von Fallersleben’s famous poem of 1872: “Wie freu’ ich mich der Sommerwonne | Des frischen Grüns in Feld und Wald | Wenn's lebt und webt im Glanz der Sonne | Und wenn’s von allen Zweigen schallt!” Here, in the Canton of Zug, the songs of summer sound from the lone trees on the moraine hills as wispy clouds and mist catch colour in the last light of the day. The poem captures the rejuvenating, dizzying qualities of summer, but the landscape is the panacea.