A lovely series of illustrations designed by Fernando Volken Togni is "24 Hours in Zurich". Conceived for Qatar Airways’ in-flight magazine, he...
Archive - September 2011
Interlaken Souvenir Buying Guide (By a Local!)
No, the cuckoo clock does not originally come from Switzerland. It’s a Bavarian Black Forest way of telling time...
Live from the Green Carpet at the Zürich Film Festival!
Last night was opening night at the Zurich Film Festival. Anyone with a name made it by my camera... But while I did recognize quite a few faces, I barely knew any of their names! See my impressions of...
Sweet Zürich Tour – How to Become a Connoisseur of Chocolate and Life
Food blogger Kerrin offers a guided sweet safari through Zürich. She has lead me to some new feeding grounds with plenty of Zürich’s finest chocolates...
Visiting the Papiliorama Butterfly Exhibit
Nestled in the foothills of the Jura mountain range is the Papiliorama, Switzerland’s largest butterfly exhibit. On a recent Sunday, we got up early to beat the crowds and we never once regretted it...
The Most Beautiful Swiss Marathon is a Virgin – Jungfrau Marathon
Humans are runners. Whether you are a runner or a hiker and are looking for the most beautiful challenge, the Jungfrau Marathon should definitely be...
The Online Museum of Obsolete Objects
Some things end up in museums because they are beautiful. But when it comes to the new Museum of Obsolete Things, we are looking at items of lesser grandeur, such as the 5.25″ floppy disk or the rotary phone...
The time we discovered Little Switzerland in Asia
Oli and Rafael are quite the globetrotters: They've taken a year off to explore the world, and they're sharing their experience with the rest of us...
Top 10 Vintage Swissair Posters
After nearly a decade has passed since the grounding, the legacy of Swissair can still be felt today. And as my selection of top 10 vintage Swissair posters reveals, the Swissair marketing department must have been...