Most Americans relate Switzerland to clever knives, Heidi, and secret bank vaults, but there’s a lot more the Swiss can teach us about how they achieve such a high quality of life...
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DJ Forza
Starbucks on Rails
It is no secret that the Swiss love coffee. And with some 5’000 km of rails, Switzerland has one of the most dense public transportation systems in the world. Hence, the collaboration among the Starbucks coffee chain...
Dimitri Burkhard
Counting the Cows of Switzerland
Which Swiss canton has the most cows? Or maybe you’ve wondered if any canton has more cows than people?
Diccon Bewes
Discovering Roots: Youth Programs for the Swiss Abroad
Several hundred students flock to Switzerland each year to get a taste of their second home country. Coming from all corners of the world, these youth with Swiss roots will spend two weeks with a Swiss host family while...
A Lesson in Family Politics
Swiss voters in the Canton of Geneva will be casting their votes on the issues concerning lack of nurseries places...
Michela
Flims: Where Canada Meets Tibet
More than a hundred years ago, people discovered one of Switzerland’s most beautifully situated towns. Located in the canton of Graubünden, Flims is not your typical mountain village...
Christian
Visiting Ballenberg in Brienz – Switzerland’s Outdoor Museum
Hands up who thinks of Heidi when thinking of Switzerland! Trouble is, when you move here and become an expat in Geneva, Zurich or any other modern Swiss city, you lose sight of the country’s most evocative and...
More Facts You Didn’t Know About Switzerland
Many of our most loyal readers have almost reached expert level in Swiss trivia thanks to these 13 interesting facts. In order to get you all...
Tales from the Armoire – A Multi-Part Series on Finding Identity through Family History (Part 4)
I drove down the Avenue d’Aïre on a gray Autumn day. I walked towards the large building which had been a beautiful home many years before and tried to imagine the former splendor of La Châtelaine...
Jean-Francois