Rather than focus (yes, the pun is intended) on yet more snow, I thought it would be interesting to look at other photos from Switzerland. A couple of slightly more artistic shots this week, it’s a very cultural country:
Luke Stearns near Mendrisio, Ticino
vabellon Geneva before a storm
viernullvier Zürich at night, double exposure
bdebaca Lake Constance (Bodensee)
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Schiffbau means (literally) Ship building. So it’s a strange building to find in the middle of a city.
But no, they really used to build the boats that sail on lake Zürich down near Escher-Wyss Platz. The boats are fairly large too, with capacities of around 750 passengers.
But now the industrial area is steadily being converted into a trendy area with restaurants, clubs, cinemas and bars.
Schiffbau itself has two bars, a restaurant (LaSalle) and a Jazz Club (Moods) all of which I’ll be examining in detail in later posts.
The first port of call should be the bar at the top of …read more
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This week sees the start of the Zurich Film festival. Running from 27 Sep to 7 Oct, there are opportunities for attending gala premieres of (mainly European) films, childrens events and opportunites to meet and talk to directors, scriptwriters and pretty much everyone involved in film.
Keynote guest is Oliver Stone, and films relating to post 1989 Russia are being featured to give an understanding of the uphaevals and conflicts in today’s Russian soceity.
Zürich has a whole series of Arthouse cinemas, and this is the third time the festival has been used to promote and link them.
I could give you a …read more
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Next weekend sees another big party come to Zürich. Freestyle.ch is Europe’s biggest freestyle sports event. Covering snowboard, free-style skiing, skateboards and FMX (I assume that’s something to do with little bikes) the top stars from each sport will be competing for the top USD 100,000 prize.The action all takes place at Landiwiese, on the south side of the lake. I caught part of the action last year, by accident(!) and everything takes place in a relaxed party atmosphere, especially if the weather is behaving itself. Currently the forecast doesn’t look too bad, although we aren’t expecting blazing sunshine.Nightime sees …read more
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