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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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Spring is here and so is Expat Expo

April 7, 2011, 4 Comments

Swiss Watching at Expat Expo Zurich 2010 The little snow we had is melting, the birds are singing and the sun is...

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April 1 in Switzerland

April 1, 2011, 4 Comments

The Swiss spaghetti harvest. A classic clip from the BBC Panorama programme that was broadcast in April 1957

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Thirty years of Swiss summer time

March 28, 2011, 2 Comments

Summer time! At the end of March the clocks in Switzerland (and across the European Union) all leap forward one hour.

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Is Bern the haircut capital of the world?

March 23, 2011, 7 Comments

  When the weather plays along, and I’m not running late, I walk to work. It’s uphill most of the way...

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Basel, Bern & Lucerne carnivals in pictures

March 18, 2011, 11 Comments

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Swiss Watching is back on tour!

March 15, 2011, No comments

Spring has sprung, the bears are out and the chocolate fest (aka Easter) is on its way. All that means one thing:...

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Confetti + costumes + cakes = Carnival

March 11, 2011, 1 Comment

In the tram back from town today, I sat next to a pirate and opposite Pippi Longstocking – and that was just the...

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Swiss kids at The King’s Speech

March 8, 2011, 3 Comments

Where do the cleverest children in Switzerland live? In Romandie, of course. I have come to that conclusion not from looking at...

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Richard Gere wins – but only just

March 6, 2011, No comments

Three weeks ago he had a clear lead. Today that was cut to just a few thousand but it was still enough...

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