Locarno is one of the nicest little towns in Ticino. My heart melted as I found out how incredible this town gets during the Locarno Film Festival...
Archive - August 2014
AIR14 Payerne – Celebrating 100 Years of Swiss Air Force
2014 is a big year for the Swiss Air Force – and aviation fans can draw the benefits from various events and displays across Switzerland. AIR14 Payerne...
Marathon Gespräche: Talking to “Foreigners” in Switzerland
Switzerland has been getting more attention than usual, so we came up with the idea of Marathon Gespräche: A conversation series...
A Primer on Swiss Gin
Craft beers, organic-fair-trade coffee and specialty gins have all benefited from the hipster trend. But now, there are hundreds of gins you may...
Live at the LongLake Festival in Lugano
Packed bars along Lugano's lakeshore and crowds of people promenading leave us fretting about making it to the much-anticipated Longlake Festival...
Speakers Worth Watching at TEDxZurich 2014
TEDxZurich has become a staple event: It is synonymous with inspiring talks, memorable acts and live music. Now in its fifth year...
Greif on Lake Greifensee – The Little Steamboat That Could
If it wasn't for James Watt, we would be missing out on Greif, the steamboat on Greifensee. When we keep our windows open, a charming „choo!“...
Ticino’s Tremola Road is a passage to heaven
I recently had the wonderful opportunity to go on a drive to the southern part of Switzerland to the cantons of Ticino and Uri. The Tremola pass...
Inside Letzigrund at the European Athletics Championships 2014
The message came through Twitter: Would you like to be a VIP at the opening day of the European Athletics Championships in Zurich? I didn't have to think...