Lausanne gets a new night watchman
Lausanne, Switzerland has one of the few remaining night watches in Europe, with the watchman calling out the hours each night from 10 pm to
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Lausanne, Switzerland has one of the few remaining night watches in Europe, with the watchman calling out the hours each night from 10 pm to
My Viking River Cruise started in Zurich. If you are geographically in the know, of course, you realize the river cruise didn’t start there, but
Nothing seems to drum up controversy and hard feelings in Switzerland like an attempt to silence the country’s cows and their traditional bells. Now it’s
It seems Switzerland can never have enough feuds over cowbells and the noise they make; lawsuits over them have appeared here before, and as usual,
In the U.S., the start of the Christmas advertising and selling season that used to start at Thanksgiving now seems to be geared for the
Mont Blanc, Europe’s tallest mountain, is shrinking as the climate around it changes. The mountain, which straddles the French-Swiss border, has lost 2.2 metres in
Two countries with reputations for precision are at odds with each other over German trains whose imprecise performance is allegedly messing up Swiss rail schedules.
Switzerland often does things a bit differently from its neighbors, and is nearly unique in Europe for having only a single national holiday. That may
Think of Swiss cows and your mind turns to Alpine meadows, perhaps with edelweiss poking up through the grass. But not on a local commuter
If the past year has seemed an unusual one for Europe’s weather, with the emphasis on extra-hot weather, it’s only confirmed by new data from
Lausanne, Switzerland has one of the few remaining night watches in Europe, with the watchman calling out the hours each
My Viking River Cruise started in Zurich. If you are geographically in the know, of course, you realize the river
Nothing seems to drum up controversy and hard feelings in Switzerland like an attempt to silence the country’s cows and
It seems Switzerland can never have enough feuds over cowbells and the noise they make; lawsuits over them have appeared
In the U.S., the start of the Christmas advertising and selling season that used to start at Thanksgiving now seems
Mont Blanc, Europe’s tallest mountain, is shrinking as the climate around it changes. The mountain, which straddles the French-Swiss border,
Two countries with reputations for precision are at odds with each other over German trains whose imprecise performance is allegedly
Switzerland often does things a bit differently from its neighbors, and is nearly unique in Europe for having only a
Think of Swiss cows and your mind turns to Alpine meadows, perhaps with edelweiss poking up through the grass. But
If the past year has seemed an unusual one for Europe’s weather, with the emphasis on extra-hot weather, it’s only