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Doll’s House Museum

This content was published on Nov 17, 2011 The Doll’s House Museum is the largest of its kind in Europe and houses the world’s largest collection of old teddy bears. Discover the fascinating world of teddy bears, beautiful dolls, toy shops and doll’s houses, old and new. From December to February, there’s a special exhibition called “Victorian Christmas”.

ART: Winter Tales

This content was published on Nov 17, 2011 The exhibition, organised in close collaboration with the Art History Museum in Vienna, features over a hundred objects and images showing four hundred years of arts and crafts with winter as the subject. See how the artists portrayed winter with their exquisite pictures, admire the full-length tapestries originally intended for palaces, the Dutch scenes of…

Kapelle Oberalp: Hudigägeler

This content was published on Nov 17, 2011 Mis Mazürkali. Mazurka. Kapelle Oberalp

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Igloo Festival – a winter adventure

This content was published on Nov 17, 2011 The igloo festival aims to break the igloo building world record. For an entry in the Guinness Book of Records, 400 people have to spend the night in 200 self-built igloos. The igloo construction will be supervised and the building materials, infrastructure, food and drink provided.

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Christmas Markets 2011

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 All over Switzerland, towns, cities and villages hold Christmas markets and fairs during the four weeks of advent. Beautifully adorned with decorations and festively lit, the Old Towns, pedestrian precincts and shopping centres are a good place to find handmade items and taste winter delights such as punch, mulled wine and other seasonal specialities. Basel…

EXHIBITION: Armour

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 An exhibition of mediaeval armour and modern protective clothing looks at how we protect our bodies from danger whether for work, for sports or life style accessories. The exhibition also thematises ethnic and religious “armour” by presenting european and foreign variations of the headscarf and the veil.

Singing Christmas Tree

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 Choirs with many children and young people will sing Christmas carols from a very special stage setting in the shape of a tree. 30 concerts are planned and will take place come rain or shine, weekdays from 4pm – 8pm.

Onion Market

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 On the fourth Monday of November, the Swiss capital hosts its annual Zibelemärit or Onion Market. Around 70 tonnes of onions will be sold in plaited strings, sculptures, tarts and soup. Take care after 4pm when the confetti battle starts!

Sun Drop diamond sells for record amount at Swiss auction

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Swiss defeat Luxembourg in football friendly

This content was published on Nov 16, 2011 Granit Xhaka scored the only goal for the Swiss in the 9th minute. Playing before a crowd of only 852 people in Luxembourg, the Swiss dominated play, but failed to create any more serious scoring chances until late in the match. It was the first meeting between the two sides since September 2008 when low-ranked…

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