Tagged With "Zurich"

Roger T makes an excellent case why Zurich (especially during its short but beautiful summer) should be on your travel list!

Zurich throws a "Techno Street Parade" every year near the end of August, and it's become an incredibly big draw, with an estimated million participants from all over Europe dancing through the streets to the electronic beat, despite temperatures in...

Scarred by scandals in FIFA's administration in recent years, the elaborate recently-opened football museum isn't drawing enough visitors.

Been to Zurich one time in the Spring and enjoyed the pedestrian zone and eating at an outdoor table with no traffic or fumes. Switzerland was my favorite country destination, especially Lucerne and Grindelwald. My wife Diane liked the Alpine region of Austria the best.

Zurich, Switzerland. No - not the greatest supporter of Football in the World. Not even close to a great sporting city. If all the decision makers at FIFA put their heads together - they could make a log hut !

To be fair, from our side of the Atlantic, Zurich doesn't look like such a bad location, since it's the home of FIFA, and has good rail and air connections to everywhere else. That seems to work for our Football Hall of Fame (Canton, Ohio), the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Well, Cleveland's a real city...but not near any of the 'capitals' of rock! I think what really killed this one is that it was so overbuilt, overplanned...

Given its location is outside the European Union - its beyond the scrutiny of others. Deals made in Switzerland often have so many crumbs falling off the table that others can live on the proceeds. With costs of $142 million that's a lot of room for wastage - and Sepp Blatter.

Downtown Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan—cheapest city for ex-pats       Photo: Intergelpo   If you've ever thought of living or working in Europe (and which of us hasn't at some point, even those who live in a different part of Europe)...