ZURICH - Guilds spent Sunday rehearsing routes for Sechseläuten, the third-Monday festival that closes Zurich's official winter. The Boogg, the explosive snowman, stood on Sechseläutenplatz. City police published tram diversions that regulars already know by heart.
Hotels along the lake reported a mix of business guests who had not checked the calendar and families who had. Restaurants in the old town printed extra lunch sittings for Monday.
A clock with a fire at the end
How fast the Boogg's head explodes is the joke the city tells about summer's arrival. The weather does not always agree. The guilds march anyway.