Art and the Unexpected

Davos is a large mountain town known for its ski resort, champion ice hockey team, sporting facilities, and scientific and medical research centres.

It also has art programs such as 'skulpturesommer' where international sculptors converge on Davos during the summer creating art in public places.

These wooden figures were placed in the man made lake near Davos Dorf

A bizarre 'Angel' along the Promenade, the main shopping street in Davos

This unusual and imaginative architecture that stands out from all the mountain tops is the Hotel Intercontinental. Its design is based on a pine cone from the conifer trees in the area.

Apparently, the design of the hotel was considered impossible to build - sounds like the story of the Sydney Opera House.

Nestled in the trees next to Lake Davos or Davosersee