Mollis - the people in the ESAF village (Swiss Press Local 2026, by Karin Kobler) - Swiss Press Award

Mollis - die Menschen im ESAF Dorf

Karin Kobler

Much has been said and written about the ESAF (Swiss Federal Wrestling Festival). About the wrestling, the finances, the traffic. But what do the people in the village who support this festival think? I asked them, I listened for a day – to the elderly woman on the bench, the pastor, schoolchildren, a midwife – a portrait, far removed from sensationalist headlines, but simply up close and personal.