YOU COULD listen to music, dance and watch planes take off at the same time for one day a year at a major European airport.
Each year, Zurich Airport in Switzerland hosts a huge daytime rave – just metres from the planes.
Sauvage Off is a music event that takes place on Observation Deck B in Terminal 2 at Zurich Airport.
For one day a year, a crowd of revellers dance the day away to live DJs as planes take off next to them.
Just a week ago, Sauvage Musique posted on their Instagram stating: “In five months from now, Switzerland will bring back the most iconic Airport Dayparty.
“The event will once again take place in 2026 on Observation Deck B at Zurich Airport.”
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Future Events show that this year’s party will take place at Observation Deck B in Terminal 2 of the airport on June 20 between 2pm and 10pm.
Visitors must be over the age of 20 and the line up is yet to be announced.
According to the website, Sauvage is a “Zurich-based label, known for its high-end events at venues like Halle 622, Kunsthaus, Gessnerallee, and Werft Wollishofen”.
In the case of bad weather, if the event has to be cancelled, the back-up date is July 7.
Attendees will also be able to get food and drink on site.
Tickets to the event cost 89 CHF (£83.73); however, they are already sold out for this year, and an event for next year is yet to be announced.
If you can’t make the event but enjoy plane spotting, then you can still head to Observation Deck B – which is a tourist attraction in its own right.
The observation platform is open to the public and is one of Switzerland‘s most popular destinations for a day out, according to Zurich Airport.
There is an observation walkway where visitors can watch pilots sitting in the cockpits of planes, and inside there are also flight information pillars, which share information about all the different aircraft you can see and their destinations.
For little ones, there is even a mini airport play area with a model plane with a slide at the end, trampolines in the ground, a control tower climbing frame, and swings.
There’s a shop too that sells miniature plane models in case you want to grab a souvenir.
And if you get a little hungry, there is a small cafe selling sandwiches and drinks.
You don’t need to have a flight booked or show your passport to enter the observation deck.
Though passengers who do have a valid boarding pass on the day of departure or arrival can access the observation deck for free.
Otherwise, it is 5 CHF (£4.71) per adult and 2 CHF (£1.88) per child between 10 and 15 years old – those under 10 years old can visit for free.
One recent visitor said: “A great and fancy modern observation deck with huge space, basically on an entire terminal roof!
“There is much interesting information [boards] and many interactions for the visitors, such as live radio transmission from the tower, flight info of the aircraft in front of you, different seating options, and a huge children’s playground.”
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