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How do you choose a work of art?
Do you look for something that matches the colour of your sofa? Something “safe” that everybody knows - a poster from IKEA for example? Something edgy that nobody else will have, or even like? Or something that excites and awakens your senses everytime you see it?
In the heart […]
I must confess to liking French chateaus (chateaux?) with pointy bits on the roof. Turn one into a restaurant and I’m even happier.
Present me with such a restaurant overlooking a stunning lake and some of the most impressive mountains ever, and I’m, well, really happy.
Down on the shores of the Thunersee (Lake Thun) Schloss (Castle) […]
It’s snowing! Yippee!
Can you guess who has a ski trip planned for two weeks time? Correct, yours truly, and this weekend there was masses of snow in the mountains.
There aren’t many resorts open in the Alps at the moment, but Zermatt has a large summer ski area, and some of the winter runs are starting […]
Following on from yesterday’s Luzern piece, it seems only natural to mention the Christmas Market that takes place next weekend.
On 17 and 18 November, the 7th annual market takes place at the restaurant on top of the mountain, 2012m (7000ft) above sea level.
You won’t be alone, typically 4000 people attend the fair, perhaps attracted […]
My brother Ken and his partner Samm are over visiting for a few days, and as it’s Samm’s first time in Switzerland, Ken drove her to Luzern for the day.
Luzern is probably the most visited city in Switzerland, and is pretty much slap bang in the middle of the country.
Easy to reach by car […]
Bellinzona is known for it’s castles, three to be precise, known locally as tre Castelli.
The three were granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 2000, which presumably means they are at least the 851st most interesting historical place in the world.
And historical it certainly is. There’s been a fortress there for over 1000 years, and has […]
One of the pleasant surprises of writing The Switzerland Traveler has been looking through Flickr and discovering some fantastic photos.
So I’ve decided to run a regular, or perhaps “frequent” would be the mot juste, series of photos on this most pleasant of lands.
I’ll be featuring photos taken within a week of the post, so […]
Let’s start with an easily accessible mountain. Not one of the highest mountains in Switzerland by any means, but great for visitors, with trains running up it from both sides.
Rigi is located close to Luzern, and one of the nicest ways to see it is by catching a boat from Luzern to Vitznau and catching […]
Lake Neuchatel is the largest lake located entirely in Switzerland. Although it’s not the deepest though, so that may only be by area and not by volume.
But that’s one of the attractions - because the lake is actually warm enough to swim in!
The lakes in the sub-Jura area tend to have a different character to […]
I’m not a bag man. Not in the sense that we used to talk about bag ladies in the 80s and 90s; someone who carries their entire possessions in a bag; nor in the sense that I’m the sort of bloke that carries a man bag.
But if there is one company that could convince […]
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Written by Geoff Collins [email] for b5media.
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