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Dead famous in Switzerland

September 15, 2010, 42 Comments

When it comes to Switzerland, foreign celebrities are like elephants – they come here to die. 

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Three easy walks in the Oberland

September 12, 2010, 4 Comments

It’s perfect autumn weather for walking, and the Swiss love walking. A lot. Most Swiss take their walking very seriously

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Flying high above Grindelwald First

September 6, 2010, 1 Comment

Switzerland doesn’t really do roller-coasters but it has a much more exciting alternative: the First Flyer. You are tightly strapped into...

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Swiss Watching trivia, No 16: Rhine Falls

August 16, 2010, 6 Comments

Jumping into the basin of Europe’s largest waterfalls may seem a very foolish – and therefore very unSwiss – thing to...

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Glacier Express crashes near Brig

July 23, 2010, 3 Comments

Just last week, after my trip to the Aletsch glacier, I was standing in Mörel station watching the sleek panorama cars of the...

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A trip to the ice edge

July 20, 2010, 5 Comments

It’s hard to imagine what 27 billion tonnes of ice looks like; even harder to imagine that mass moving, albeit at the...

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Great Swiss train trips: Schynige Platte

May 23, 2010, 2 Comments

It’s not the highest, steepest, longest or steamiest mountain train trip in Switzerland, but the ride up to Schynige Platte is one...

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Stranded in Switzerland

April 16, 2010, 4 Comments

A Vulcan in Ireland. That’s how a Swiss person explained the current flight problem to me. It took me a couple of...

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