2024

Forum Aua Forta – Water Days Scuol

Trinkhalle Büvetta Tarasp am Inn in Nairs
The global issue of water has also reached the moated castle of the Alps. How are tourism providers in Graubünden dealing with the challenges of increasingly scarce water resources as a result of climate change? Does this even open up new opportunities to develop water offers and turn them into new «river stories»?

Retrospect Forum Aua Forta

Brief presentations

  • Sabina Streiter (water sommelier/ XIN LI - health training): Mineral water including mineral water tasting
  • Anita Mazzetta (WWF Graubünden): ‘Water pearls’ - a project of WWF Graubünden
    Stephan Kaufmann (Bündner Wanderwege): Hiking offers along bodies of water in Graubünden
  • David Spinnler (Biosfera Val Müstair Nature Park): River history of the Rombach stream in Val Müstair, ‘A la riva dal Rom’ programme 
  • Fabienne Barras (Design on the Rhine): Design on the Rhine project
Forum Aua Forta im Scuol Palace 2024

Living river stories

At the Carola spring, historian Paul Eugen Grimm talked about the time when the Inn formed the border between Switzerland and Austria and the heyday of spa tourism. Brigit Kohl showed the impressive flora and fauna in the Panas-ch floodplain and the dynamic changes in the floodplain landscape. Geologist Jan Sedlacek presented the Engadin Window and the international water management of the Inn. George Hein from Engadin Adventure aroused enthusiasm for river rafting at the wooden bridge in Scuol, and Cla Mosca gave exciting insights into fly fishing. A herbal footbath in Scuol rounded off the excursion.

Gewässerperle Inn
Panas-ch Sur En Wassertiere und Wasserwelt am Inn
Everything flows! Graubünden rediscovers its rivers as lifelines

Cla Mosca erzählt alles über das Fliegenfischen am Inn beim Forum Aua Forta

«The Inn – river stories between Zernez and Martina»

«Everything flows! Graubünden rediscovers its rivers as lifelines» – this is the new motto for Friday, 20 September at 6.00 pm. The project from the last forum «The Inn – river stories between Zernez and Martina» will be presented at the Forum Aua Forta. The En/Inn example should serve as inspiration and motivation to encourage other river regions to become part of the «river story community» in Graubünden.

Exkursion am Inn mit Brigit Kohl in der Aue Panas-ch Sur En
Aue Panas-ch Sur En
Alpenfluss im Unterengadin

A vision with water at the centre

GraubündenWASSER

The GraubündenWASSER association has the goal of "developing Graubünden into a holistic water region". Projects are pursued in the areas of "water and education" - such as the Forum Aua Forta, "water and tourism" and "water and culture".

Website GraubündenWASSER 

Ausblick auf Büvetta in Tarasp

Mineral springs

Origin of water tourism in Scuol

Over 20 mineral springs bubble up in the area around Scuol, which were first mentioned in documents in 1369. The towns of Scuol, Tarasp and Vulpera became world-famous 100 years ago as health resorts thanks to their mineral waters and still attract visitors from all over the world today. The Büvetta Tarasp drinking hall in particular attracted a great deal of attention thanks to spa and water tourism. Today you can marvel at the historic drinking hall from the outside, bathe in the Bogn Engiadina mineral baths, walk along the mineral water paths along the Inn, book experiences and explore village fountains to get closer to the history of water in Scuol.