GenevaLunch » August 1 http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Accidents, storms mark Swiss holidayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/02/accidents-storms-mark-swiss-holiday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/02/accidents-storms-mark-swiss-holiday/#comments Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:11:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=45380 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - The First of August national holiday in Switzerland was not a quiet one for emergency services. The east of the country was swept by high winds and rain late in the day and during the night from Sunday to Monday, causing flooding in Schwytz and St Gallen. A man drowned in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/02/accidents-storms-mark-swiss-holiday/feed/ 0 August 1: Swiss national dayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/01/august-1-swiss-national-day-what-does-it-mean-where-to-celebrate/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/01/august-1-swiss-national-day-what-does-it-mean-where-to-celebrate/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:08:32 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=45343 GenevaLunch.com The meaning of 1 August, Switzerland’s national day, and where people celebrate Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) Go back to 1291 for the source of this holiday that recalls a day in early August, over 700 years ago, when three independent republics signed a pact to protect each other. The Letter of Alliance was signed by Uri, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/01/august-1-swiss-national-day-what-does-it-mean-where-to-celebrate/feed/ 0 Head for the lake for August First fireworkshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/28/head-for-the-lake-for-august-first-fireworks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/28/head-for-the-lake-for-august-first-fireworks/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:24:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=45251 GenevaLunch.com Weather forecast for holiday weekend: little rain, relatively cool Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - The best place to watch firework 1 August 2010 might be Lake Geneva, about the only place in the region not suffering from dryness and fireworks bans. Canton Vaud announced Wednesday 28 July that fireworks are banned, effective immediately, although communes will [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/26/pause-before-you-buy-your-1-august-fireworks/feed/ 0 First of August: Swiss National Day celebrates 15th birthdayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/first-of-august-swiss-national-day-celebrates-15th-birthday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/first-of-august-swiss-national-day-celebrates-15th-birthday/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:56:26 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=23505 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland celebrates its National Day 1 August, a time when families tend to get together and the Swiss return to their “home” towns, which is not necessarily where they grew up, but the town where their family is registered. Watch those fireworks Expect bonfires and fireworks: some 1,700 tons of pyrotechnics [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/29/first-of-august-swiss-national-day-celebrates-15th-birthday/feed/ 4 One party ends, another begins: First of August in Switzerlandhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2007/07/31/one-party-ends-another-begins-first-of-august-in-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2007/07/31/one-party-ends-another-begins-first-of-august-in-switzerland/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:37:49 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://b-spirit.ch/2007/07/31/one-party-ends-another-begins-first-of-august-in-switzerland/ GenevaLunch.com

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