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Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Zurich’s football fans who fancy watching the matches at their favourite cafes will now be able to do so sitting outdoors on the sidewalk or terraces, reports Le Matin.
The city doesn’t allow cafes and restaurants to broadcast with sound outside, for noise pollution reasons. An exception is being made for the World Cup after locals cried foul over the city ordinance. But – no exceptions allowed – cafes have a maximum of 15 minutes to turn off the sound after a match ends.
No more of this in Vaud's restaurants
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Canton Vaud’s no-smoking law comes into effect today 15 September, and smokers will not be allowed to smoke in public places like restaurants, bars and cafés. Restaurants may install a smoking area, but patrons cannot be served there by staff. GastroVaud, which represents 1,650 of the canton’s eating establishments has said it will analyze the effect of the ban on its members in a year’s time.
Related: 24heures
Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Valais becomes a no-smoking, at least in public, canton Wednesday 1 July. Cafe and rstaurant owners, who vehemently opposed the move, are coming around to the idea, says their representative association. Gastrovalais says that 60 percent of restaurant and cafe owners now support the change in the law but more out of resignation than conviction. Eighty percent of the group, which fought to keep the law from being passed, was originally opposed to the change.
Background on smoking bans in Switzerland: “No smoke without fire in Neuchatel”, 16 June 2009, GenevaLunch
Related: Le Nouvelliste, Fre
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Neuchatel, Switzerland (24 heures, Fre) – Smokers have invaded the streets outside bars and restaurants since the canton of Neuchatel banned smoking in all public places 1 April 2009. Smokers are unhappy. Some restaurant-owners too, reports 24 heures, although owners the newspaper spoke to say their complaints are tempered by the realization that some clients now stay longer after their meal, or come with the family. Bars and discotheques generally have nothing nice to say about the new law, reports 24 heures, and their neighbours complain that customers go onto the street to smoke, leave cigarette butts lying around and annoy the neighbours at night.
Geneva, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve, Fre) – The Geneva medical doctors association, unhappy with the federal court ruling that struck down a Geneva no-smoking law, has decided to actively promote cafes and restaurants that remain smoke free.
Geneva, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – Residents in Paquis in Geneva are following the lead of those in Carouge, signing petitions to have outdoor cafes close at midnight during the week. The noise level is too high, say neighbours. Carouge bars were forced at the start of the 2007 summer to close earlier during the week after the Federal Court in Lausanne ruled in favour of the residents with petitions.
