Klöckeln

The 2025 edition of Klöckeln in the Sarntal Valley was held on the three Thursday evenings of Advent: December 4, 11, and 18, 2025. On each evening, groups of masked and hooded Klöckler went out at dusk into the streets of Sarnthein and the other villages of the valley.

Faithful to a ritual unchanged since the 16th century, the Klöckler - with the Zussler, the masked bridal couple - knocked from house to house, making cowbells, sticks, and ram's horns resound, and singing the Klöckellied and the Danklied in exchange for schnapps and sweets. The Klöckeln evenings also accompanied the valley's Advent atmosphere in 2025, along with the Sarner Alpenadvent market.