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Youth Service | Holiday Camps 2027: Save the date now

02.10.2026 – Michel Gerber, OSA Youth Service

The holiday camps run by the OSA Youth Service are extremely popular. The lottery system introduced last year has proved its worth and will therefore be retained for the 2027 holiday camps.

“Swiss Challenge” camp participants on Monte Brè, August 2026. Photo: Lorenzo Commergnat

The system is designed to ensure that everyone has an equal chance of securing a spot at camp. Registration is therefore not dependent on who clicks the registration button the quickest or which time zone the registration is made from.

Registration and allocation of camp places

The registration window is open from 13 January 2027, 10:00am Swiss time, until 14 January 2027, 10:00am. During this 24-hour period, youth Swiss Abroad can register for one or more of the camps on offer. It is only possible to register for a particular camp once.

Once registration is complete, a confirmation email will be sent for each selected camp. Only after the registration window has closed will a draw determine who is allocated a place. Participants will then be informed which camp they have been allocated a place for, or whether they are on the waiting list.

Anyone selected in the draw for more than one camp will be given the opportunity to choose one of them. This decision must be communicated to the Youth Service within 24 hours. Participation will then be confirmed definitively.

If places are still available after the first allocation, a second registration phase will begin on 14 January 2027 at 2:00 pm. Until 15 January 2027, any remaining places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

Four camps, two weeks full of adventures

In 2027, the OSA Youth Service will once again be organising various holiday camps across Switzerland. Young people aged 15 and over can take part in sports together, explore the Swiss countryside and make new friends.

Whether in the mountains, by the lake or travelling through Switzerland: the camps combine shared experiences with the opportunity to get to know Switzerland and its culture from a new perspective.

The 2027 camp programme

•    3–16 July 2027: Sports and leisure camp in Leysin (VD)

•    17–30 July 2027: Sports and leisure camp in Leysin (VD)

•    17–30 July 2027: “Mountains and Lake”

•    31 July–13 August 2027: “Swiss Challenge” – travelling throughout Switzerland

Youth Service of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad 
Alpenstrasse 26
3006 Berne, Switzerland 
Telephone +41 31 356 61 24
youth@swisscommunity.org
www.swisscommunity.org
 

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