The MUDAC in Lausanne is one of our favourite places in the Suisse Romande and definitely one of the most child-friendly design museums in Switzerland. This time they have really outdone themselves...
Archive - January 2012
MichelaA Primer on Recycling in Switzerland
Compared to US where most things are thrown into a huge dumpster, I truly admire the way the Swiss recycle. Here's everything to know about recycling...
MamikoMt. Schilthorn – In the Footsteps of James Bond
Back in the late 1960’s, building a revolving restaurant on top of a rugged mountain top seemed very futuristic. This was the time when Mt. Schilthorn in the Bernese Alps was conquered. The problem was that the...
Dimitri BurkhardLearning to Ski in Laax
As a repatriated Swiss who grew up in Canada, there are two smudges on my character profile. The first one is that I don’t much care for hockey. The second blemish is that I don’t ski...
ChristianSo we’ve visited the oldest bathhouse in Zürich
One of Zürich's best kept secrets is a 2000 year-old Roman bathhouse underneath Thermengasse. In 1983, when a large part of Zürich's Old Town streets were dug up to lay new pipes, workers discovered the foundations of...
KatrinThese Swiss world records come with bragging rights
Switzerland may be just slightly bigger than the state of Maryland, but it has a bunch of world records worth mentioning. Sweet sweet bragging rights…
Tales from the Armoire – A Multi-Part Series on Finding Identity through Family History (Part 2)
Thunder boomed and lightning flashed. Shadows danced across suits of armor standing sentry in the darkness. I looked at my wife with a quizzical look as another thunderclap shook the room...
Jean-Francois2012: Let’s Start Running!
So here we are in 2012, and you did it: You’ve made a New Year’s resolution to be more active and start running. Like so many things in Switzerland, it was not the Swiss who invented running, but they do it very well...
