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Is this the world’s best public transport?

April 11, 2011, 12 Comments

Forget about the trains in Switzerland! Yes, they are super-punctual, (usually) clean and extremely well-used, but everyone expects that

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The whole country in one ticket

February 25, 2011, 11 Comments

Today my new GA started. If you’re reading this outside Switzerland you probably have no idea what that means.

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A tale of two airports

February 16, 2011, 6 Comments

Fifteen minutes. That’s all it took yesterday for me to get through Zurich airport. And that was including having to take a...

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Swiss transport isn’t always perfect

January 31, 2011, 5 Comments

It has a perfect image both at home and abroad. And to be fair, it rarely goes wrong, but the last few weeks...

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Queueing lessons in Lausanne

January 19, 2011, 9 Comments

Last weekend I went to Lausanne and discovered something rather revolutionary. Someone somewhere in the city transport department has clearly had enough...

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Three new tram lines for Bern

December 12, 2010, 2 Comments

It’s goodbye to the gay tram! Starting today there are three new tram lines in Bern – and two which have gone....

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Aletsch glacier

Seven Natural Wonders of Switzerland

November 3, 2010, 10 Comments

Switzerland has countless beautiful old towns and the world’s best chocolate, but perhaps its biggest draw is the breathtaking scenery.

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The man who gave the world a conscience

October 30, 2010, 2 Comments

Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to… just one man. That one man...

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Switzerland + Italy = Ticino

October 19, 2010, 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I ventured to Ticino, the Italian-speaking canton south of the Alps. I didn’t go for the food (every...

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Switzerland: a NEAT boring nation

October 14, 2010, 2 Comments

The dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners this week has rather overshadowed the big tunnelling event in Switzerland. This one might lack the same...

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