GenevaLunch » fireworks http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:00:30 +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 Geneva Festival pulls in half million for fireworks; damages, theft on risehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/geneva-festival-pulls-in-half-million-for-fireworks-damages-theft-on-rise/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/geneva-festival-pulls-in-half-million-for-fireworks-damages-theft-on-rise/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:46:02 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60654 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Geneva Festival was a great success in 2011, pulling in more than 500,000 visitors for the Saturday night fireworks alone, says the city’s tourism office, but the downside was that the number of thefts and amount of vandalism rose. Overall, some 1.8 million visitors took part in the 10 days of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/08/15/geneva-festival-pulls-in-half-million-for-fireworks-damages-theft-on-rise/feed/ 0 August 1 holiday in Switzerland: weekend weather, traffic, highlightshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/29/august-1-holiday-in-switzerland-weekend-weather-traffic-highlights/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/29/august-1-holiday-in-switzerland-weekend-weather-traffic-highlights/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:25:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=60279 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The sun is struggling to come out across Switzerland after two weeks of cold and soggy weather, but the forecast promises it will be here for Monday 1 August. The weekend weather forecast is mixed, sun alternating with rain in most regions. Early weekend traffic is not expected to be a major [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/07/29/august-1-holiday-in-switzerland-weekend-weather-traffic-highlights/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/2010/07/28/head-for-the-lake-for-august-first-fireworks/feed/ 0 Pause before you buy your 1 August fireworkshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/26/pause-before-you-buy-your-1-august-fireworks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/26/pause-before-you-buy-your-1-august-fireworks/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:47:11 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=45211 GenevaLunch.com Dry weather: Jura bans fireworks except official ones, other cantons to review Jura, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Canton Jura is the latest Swiss state to ban forest fires because of continuing dry weather, but it has banned private fireworks for the national day, 1 August, it announced Monday 26 July. Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud and Valais also [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/07/26/pause-before-you-buy-your-1-august-fireworks/feed/ 0 Lausanne cathedral Christmas concerthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/20/lausanne-cathedral-christmas-concert-2/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/20/lausanne-cathedral-christmas-concert-2/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:47:07 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34069 GenevaLunch.com Title: Lausanne cathedral Christmas concert Location: Lausanne Link out: Click here Description: JC Geiser, the Lausanne cathedral’s noted organist, presenting a surprise programme with “Fireworks” for the annual New Year’s organ concert. Arrive early to ensure a place as this is always packed and no one is admitted after 22:45 for the midnight concert. Free, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/20/lausanne-cathedral-christmas-concert-2/feed/ 0 Lausanne cathedral Christmas concerthttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/20/lausanne-cathedral-christmas-concert/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/20/lausanne-cathedral-christmas-concert/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:38:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=34066 GenevaLunch.com Title: Lausanne cathedral Christmas concert Location: Lausanne Link out: Click here Description: JC Geiser, the Lausanne cathedral’s noted organist, presenting Bach, Daquin and Dupré for the annual Christmas organ concert. Arrive early to ensure a seat. Free, but a collection will be taken (suggested: CHF10, 15). Start Time: 17:00 Date: 2009-12-25

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/20/lausanne-cathedral-christmas-concert/feed/ 0 Russians day of mourning, 112 dead in club firehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/russians-day-of-mourning-112-dead-in-club-fire/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/russians-day-of-mourning-112-dead-in-club-fire/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:50:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=33165 GenevaLunch.com Russia is holding a day of mourning for the 112 people, now all identified, who died when a club caught fire Friday night 4 December in the city of Perm in the Urals. The fire appears to have been started by fireworks inside the club, officials say. Some deaths were  caused by inhaling deadly plastic [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/12/07/russians-day-of-mourning-112-dead-in-club-fire/feed/ 0 Weekend weather in Lake Geneva region, Zurich, Locarno, for fêteshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/07/weekend-weather-in-lake-geneva-region-zurich-locarno-for-fetes/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/07/weekend-weather-in-lake-geneva-region-zurich-locarno-for-fetes/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:43:28 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=24424 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Locarno, Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Storms are building up and showers are promised for all areas on Saturday, not the best news for the Street Parade in Zurich or those who like to stroll around Geneve during the Fêtes de Geneve. The good news is that skies should clear, particularly in the west, late [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/07/weekend-weather-in-lake-geneva-region-zurich-locarno-for-fetes/feed/ 0 Two ways to celebrate Swiss national holidayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/01/two-ways-to-celebrate-swiss-national-holiday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/01/two-ways-to-celebrate-swiss-national-holiday/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:09:09 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=23790 GenevaLunch.com Sierre, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The population of mainly rural Swiss cantons such as Valais, where over the years people have migrated to urban areas to find work, swells during the 1 August holiday period. Two popular ways of celebrating are the local fireworks and bonfires the night of the 31st or 1st (communes choose [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/08/01/two-ways-to-celebrate-swiss-national-holiday/feed/ 0 Swiss national holiday: travel alerts, last-minute planninghttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/31/swiss-national-holiday-travel-alerts-last-minute-planning/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/31/swiss-national-holiday-travel-alerts-last-minute-planning/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:52:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=23736 GenevaLunch.com If you’re looking for something special to do for the First of August holiday, check our GenevaLunch events page.

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