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Bells in the fog

This content was published on Oct 7, 2010 From the sound – and later the sight of numerous steeples – I couldn’t tell whether they were Catholic or Protestant. That may not mean much to us now, but hundreds of people were burned and tens of thousands were massacred over the choice between sects throughout Switzerland. Cantons just to my left are split…

Jungfraujoch plans new attractions

This content was published on Oct 7, 2010 The company which runs the railway going up to Europe’s highest station – 3,454 metres above sea level – announced on Thursday that it has been given permission by cantons Bern and Valais to excavate a 250 metre long tunnel offering a circuit from the Sphinx Terrace to the Ice Palace. The idea is to…

Culture

More on Webber

This content was published on Oct 7, 2010 More on Webber Jakob Messerli, the director of Bern’s historical museum, shares some more information about painter John Webber.

Gotthard singer dies in motorcycle accident

This content was published on Oct 6, 2010 Lee, who had a British father and Swiss mother, co-founded the band in 1990 which went on to become one of the most successful Swiss acts ever. Their last 11 albums all charted at number one. The musician had arrived in the States at the weekend and had begun a biking tour of the country…

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Into the lowlands

This content was published on Oct 6, 2010 The sun came out today, catching us on the point where the River Ill joins the Rhine. It was likely the wildest camping we’ll have along the Rhine, even though the point and indeed the entire mouth of the Ill are entirely artificial, having been rebuilt recently to direct the Ill in a more suitable…

Don’t write off Federer yet, says Nadal

This content was published on Oct 6, 2010 “[This year] he won the Australian Open and the Cincinnati Open – he also reached the final in Madrid and Toronto. It’s been a good year for him,” said Nadal, currently playing in the Japan Open in Tokyo for the first time. “His level of play is still very high. It’s difficult to always be…

Demographics

Opposition grows to mountain peak “piercing”

This content was published on Oct 6, 2010 The operators of the cable car on the Stockhorn near Thun want to spend SFr500,000 ($518,000) to build the platform, which would enable visitors to exit a tunnel near the summit and look straight down the near vertical north face. But Pro Natura and the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Protection (SL), along with several individuals,…

Education

Treasures from Ancient Greece go on show

This content was published on Oct 6, 2010 Swiss archaeologists have been in Eretria since 1946, when the co-founder of the Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig was first involved in the excavations at the Ancient Greek city on the island of Euboea.. The exhibition Cité sous terre (Underground city) presents stunning objects in a setting composed of real-size images allowing you, for instance,…

Culture

A Swiss goes global with Marilyn Monroe book

This content was published on Oct 5, 2010 The collection of writings is being published simultaneously in a number of European countries before they appear in the United States. The man behind the book is Bernard Comment, who has been granted the world rights to Monroe’s writings by Anna Strasberg, who controls the star’s estate. Monroe studied acting under Strasberg’s husband Lee, and…

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NBA’s Tony Parker drives it home to Vaud

This content was published on Oct 5, 2010 The French national and starting point guard bought a luxury holiday flat in Mont Pèlerin, canton Vaud, above Vevey, sponsors behind the apartment complex announced on Tuesday. The residence, which sits in the UNESCO vineyards of Lavaux and overlooks Lake Geneva, “has the most beautiful view that I’ve ever had the opportunity to see,” Parker…

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