Davos

*Welcome to Davos!

Davos is the highest town in Europe and is famous for the variety of sporting, leisure and cultural activities on offer, its healing climate, HC Davos, the Spengler Cup, the Kirchner Museum, the World Economic Forum and the partying freestyle scene on the Jakobshorn.

Davos originally owes its importance to its healing climate, which has been known for around 150 years. The first Davos guesthouse opened in 1860 to accommodate spa guests.

Davos was at the forefront of the development of modern winter sports. The history of the world-famous Davos sledge began in the 19th century. The sledge got its name at the first historic sledge race in Davos in 1883. In 1921, the Davos Hockey Club was founded in Davos, which today is both a myth and a living legend. The Spengler Cup, first held in 1923, is the oldest and most prestigious international ice hockey tournament in the world. In 1934, the first ever T-bar ski lift was put into operation on the Bolgen. In modern times, Davos made headlines when it founded the freestyle scene in the 1980s. At that time, the Jakobshorn was the only mountain on which snowboarders were allowed to use the lifts.

Davos is the highest town in Europe (1,560 m above sea level). Its offer is unique in terms of quality and variety: first-class leisure opportunities in summer and winter in an intact, imposing mountain world, excellent meeting infrastructure, internationally acclaimed sporting and cultural events, well-known museums, galleries and music festivals. With its characteristic alpine flat roof, Davos has developed its own unique architectural style. The Davos ice stadium (1981) is one of the most architecturally interesting of its kind in Europe. Excellent hotels, restaurants and shopping facilities are further important advantages of the Alpine metropolis and party town of Davos.

The development of an attractive leisure offer beyond the urbanized centers made Davos an early trendsetter for leisure stays in the mountains. More than 100 years ago, Davos was already entertaining guests with coffee houses, theaters, concerts and even six cinemas. This trendsetting role, which in the tuberculosis years in Europe already meant a kind of “spirit of optimism”, is still held by the highest town in the Alps today. It also has the most varied nightlife offer in the Alps. And there are also numerous ski huts and snow bars to tempt you with lively après-ski fun. After all, the Funmountain Jakobshorn is the cradle of après-ski, so to speak.

Meeting, knowledge and research town - trendsetter for vacations in the mountains

The healthy mountain air in combination with the healthy mountain world were two important building blocks for the rise of Davos to become a world-famous health resort - the development of an attractive leisure offer beyond the urbanized centers made Davos an early trendsetter for leisure stays in the mountains. This trendsetting role, which in the tuberculosis years represented a kind of “spirit of optimism”, is still held by the highest town in the Alps today.