I included Schynige Platte, a small mountain ridge with three peaks, in my hiking itinerary because of its accessibility from ...

The Swiss Rabies Centre has detected rabies in a bat in eastern Switzerland, a rare occurrence in the country.

A base jumper plummeted to the ground in the popular Swiss base-jumping valley of Lauterbrunnen on Friday. He died at the ...

Noticed recently: a collection of jewelry-like hardware from Canadian industrial designer Maha Alavi whose practice is based ...

The IMF counts “general government debt” as a country’s national debt. By that organization’s standards, at the end of 2020, the gross national debt of Switzerland was 48.7% as a proportion of the ...

Trekking and hiking in Switzerland is an offer one cannot resist, for it is an alpine odyssey. You can visit the well-known ...

When Goethe visited the Lauterbrunnen Valley in 1779, he was so fascinated by the Staubbach Falls that he penned the poem “Song of the Spirits over the Water”. This brought worldwide fame for the ...

Investing.com - The U.S. dollar edged lower Thursday, consolidating after a sharp rebound overnight ahead of more speeches from key Federal Reserve policymakers. At 04:40 ET (08:40 GMT), the ...

The hiking tour on mainly flat land leads from Lauterbrunnen to Stechelberg, past water gushing from vertical rock faces that are several hundred metres high. Beyond tasting the wine, your clients ...

Modern skiing in Europe evolved largely in Switzerland in the late 19th century ... railway that also gives access to the village from Lauterbrunnen down in the valley. The other main lift is ...

Modern skiing in Europe evolved largely in Switzerland in the late 19th century thanks to pioneering British visitors in ...

Sarco was unveiled for the first time in summer of 2024 — and has stirred controversy ever since. Photo by ARND WIEGMANN / AFP Choosing to end one’s life with the help of one of Switzerland’s right-to ...