The buttery Mailänderli treats are possibly the most popular Swiss Christmas cookies. Here's my family's Mailänderli recipe.
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2020 Swiss Christmas market guide (Corona edition)
It's possible to visit a Swiss Christmas market or a holiday event this year. Here's our up-to-date list of all the events taking place.
Enjoy 700 Stars and a Christmas Market (St. Gallen)
This advent season, St.Gallen is once again turning into the City of Stars. Some 700 giant stars...
Our 2019 guide of hand-picked Swiss Christmas markets
Mulled wine, cinnamon and roasted chestnuts: This is the season when the locals cannot resist the draw of the various Swiss Christmas markets...
It’s here! The 2017 Holiday Gift Guide for Switzerland
The season of giving is here and some of your stockings or gift boxes might still be empty. This year's holiday gift guide for Switzerland contains many...
NOËL BABA is Santa’s pop-up cocktail bar in Zürich
Imagine ceilings made of gold and walls covered in wrapping paper. Now add designer furniture and hipster beverages, et voilà: It's NOËL BABA.
These Swiss Christmas traditions surprised me
I grew up in a religious home with the original story of Christmas. When I moved halfway across the world, I realized that Swiss Christmas traditions are...
How Montreux rocks the Holiday Season
During a time of year when most Christmas fans head north to markets in Basel, Strasbourg or Nürnberg, we headed south to Montreux.
“Spitzbuebe” are my favorite Swiss Christmas cookies, and here’s the recipe
I took up baking while living abroad. Call it an act of desperation, but I was really missing those typical Swiss Christmas cookies. Tin cans filled with...