SLOW FOOD AUTUMN DELIGHTS - ENJOY AUTUMN IN SCHNALSTAL VALLEY

from 6th to 28th of September 2025

The return of the sheep from the summer pastures of the Ötztal Valley to the Schnalstal Valley has a long traditional story. The restaurants invite to the popular speciality weeks around the local sheep. From the local farmer, finest meat of sheep ends up on the plates of the guests. Rustic, traditional, refined, modern or re-created – there is the right enjoyment experience for every palate.

Sustainability, nature and locality are not a trend in the Schnalstal Valley, but a way of life.
The Schnalstal Valley has been since 2021 a Slow Food Presidium. Slow Food is a project that brings together more than 5000 unique food products from all over the world.

Kick-off of the Slow Food Specialty Weeks

at Campus Transhumanza

This year's opening event for the Specialty Weeks of the Schnalstal Sheep Slow Food Presidio will take place in an unusual yet harmonious setting. The newly opened “Campus Transhumanza”, launched in June, is a place where curious minds can thrive and where history and tradition are brought to life through all the senses.
As part of the inauguration of the permanent exhibition “Transhumanz” in the barn of the Campus Transhumanza, the unveiling of the sound sculpture by Harald Rainer and Elias Wallnöfer, and the premiere of the Schnalstal composition by Pier Paolo Polcari and Dietmar Rainer, the symbolic kick-off for this year’s Specialty Weeks will also take place.
The celebrations will be held on September 6, 2025, starting at 11:00 AM at the Campus Transhumanza in Unser Frau. Following the festivities, a traditional dish featuring Schnalstal sheep will be served—an intimate prelude to the 10th anniversary of the Specialty Weeks held in conjunction with the Transhumance.

Opening of the permanent exhibition Transhumance – “In Search of the Pastures” by Sebastian Marseiler, Stefano Saverioni, and Gianfranco Spitilli
Unveiling of the sculpture with sound installation “Transhumance” by Elias Wallnöfer and Harald Rainer
Inauguration of the “Zone Silenti”
Presentation of the Schnalstal composition by Dietmar Rainer and Pierpaolo Polcari
Opening of the Slow Food Specialty Weeks as part of the transhumance

Intangible cultural heritage of UNESCO

On the 11th of December in Bogota/Colombia, the trans-national tradition of hiking pasture management “Transhumance” was added to the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage. The transhumance receives world heritage status. This is a great success for the Schnalstal Valley, where this tradition is maintained and lived to this day.

Slow Food pleasure mile in the cloister of Certosa

Kickk-off event for the Schnals sheep speciality weeks becomes a biennial. After the successful events in 2022 and 2024, we are already looking forward to 2026.