2026 | Pint of Science Switzerland

Pint of Science 2026

It's a wrap for Pint of Science’s fifth swiss edition! With 50 events held across 9 cities on the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th of May, the festival was a big success, bringing even more scientists to your local bars to share their research!

This year, it is 141 researchers from academia, industry and public services that came to share science with more than 2200 attendees, on topics ranging from robotics to environmental sciences, medical advances and societal issues!

Official Art:

The design of this year is brought to you by the talented Marina Parras ,co-founder of VivoGraphic and expert in brand development, strategic communication, and social media content creation. She leads the execution of marketing and branding activities, with experience in both scientific and business projects.

VivoGraphic is a creative studio based in Seville that collaborates with scientific institutions and companies across Europe. We combine visual design and scientific rigour to create clear and effective graphics for science communication, including infographics, videos, and graphical abstracts.

Program:

Find more about the different events of the festival by looking at the cities’ programs:

Gallery:

Volunteers at the "Your Body, Your Brain, Your Bugs - Life Explained" event held on Monday 18 at Didi Offensiv' in Basel
Testing out virtual reality to help language re-learning after brain damage at the "Comprendre l’invisible – du magma au cerveau" event on May 18 at Floky La Loutre
St Gallen volunteers on the first night of Pint of Science.
During the event "Sex on your mind (but not how you think)" on May 118 at Diiff,attendees tested period pain simulators to bring awareness to gender discrimination.
Volunteers and bar owners at Comme à la maison in Neuchâtel
Julia Mueller presenting during the "Small Molecules, Big Consequences: From Virus Purification to Forever Chemicals" event held in Volta Brau, Basel on the 19th of May.
Taking a look at your muscles during the "Your Body, Your Brain, Your Bugs - Life Explained" event held on Monday 18 at Didi Offensiv' in Basel
"A Jellyfish walk into a bar" talk during the "Glow, Brew, Connect: Tools that Change Biology " event at MrPickwick, Geneva on the 19th of May
Volunteers at Minimum, Zurich getting ready for the first night of Pint of Science 2026.
Yvan Norotte presenting "Les dark patterns au service de l'hyper influence des plateformes numériques sur le consommateur" at Moonshiner, Neuchâtel on Monday 18.
Alessandro Matera during the talk "Cancer and the Nervous System: An Unexpected Alliance" at the Base Bar, Lausanne on the 19th of May
Ferran García and Miguel Quero's talk on the Keys to Success for Robotic Deployments, at Sein, Zurich on Monday 18.
Lausanne volunteers at Cylure for the event "The bright side of matter" on Monday 18
Attendees in St. Gallen looked at fluorescent mushrooms by microscopy during the "Von Zähnen zum Gedächtnis: Technologie in der Versorgung" event on the 19th of May.
Ronja Schmoll speaks about industrialisation’s impact on human biology to understand our species’ evolution and health at SEIN, Zurich on the 19th of May

A big thank you to our partners for the 2026 edition!