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What saving face means to one Graubuenden village

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:41:31 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Fame has suddenly hit the Graubuenden hamlet of Obermutten and so far, it’s just what the townfolk wanted. Mayor M Wyss and G Flatscher, who owns the single restaurant, decided last year that the village, with all its typical Swiss mountain charm, should create a Facebook page that would increase visitors. He [...]

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Google Maps unveils first train rides, in Switzerland, land of trains!

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:16:30 +0000

GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – What better country than Switzerland to start showing train lines on Google Maps Street View, and what better line than the Unesco World Heritage site Albula/Bernina line on the Rhaetian Railways! The new views were unveiled Thursday at the Transport Museum in Lucerne. The rail company and Google worked together in October [...]

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Weekend ski and winter sports report: 9-11 March 2011

Ellen Wallace — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:12:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Visitors to the Geneva area for the car show get a real bonus this year, with excellent skiing lined up for this weekend in the Jura, with ski lifts 3 minutes from the centre of the city. The snow is superb, reports our Jura correspondent, with fresh powder. Tip for iPhone, iPad [...]

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Climber dies shortly after unroped on descent in Graubuenden

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:53:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 55-year-old man from Solothurn died Saturday 10 September after climbing the Taeschhorn in canton Graubuenden, in the company of a guide. The small group of climbers was coming down from the peak and heading towards Taeschalp at 12:15. They had just removed their ropes five minutes before, according to the guide, [...]

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Dry spell continues: bush and forest fires dot Switzerland

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 08:04:52 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A dozen bush fires have been sparked in canton Vaud in the past week, mostly started by negligence, from cigarette butts and cooking fires not put out properly, police warn. The canton has had a ban since 15 April on lighting fires closer than 10 metres from forests, woods, hedges, grasslands [...]

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Gotthard’s second tunnel pierced completely

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:23:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The second of the twin Gotthard rail tunnels was completely pierced Wednesday 23 March near Sedrun in canton Graubuenden, inching the mega-project to build the world’s longest train tunnel closer to completion. When the Gotthard opens in December 2016 the 57 km tunnel will cut travel time between Zurich and Milan [...]

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Landslide derails N. Italy train, 11 dead (update)

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:14:02 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 14:30 Merano, Italy (GenevaLunch) – An Italian regional train came off the rails near Merano, in northern Italy, not far from Switzerland’s canton Graubuenden and the border with Austria, 09:00 Monday morning 12 April. Seven people died and 25 people are injured, five of them seriously. Another train had passed just moments before, going [...]

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Davos security boss commits suicide day before World Economic Forum

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:03:16 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Davos, Graubuenden, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Graubuenden cantonal police chief Markus Reinhardt appears to have committed suicide, one day before the World Economic Forum opens in the Swiss resort of Davos. Reinhardt was also head of security for the WEF, which pulls in business and political leaders from around the world. The news was announced by [...]

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Giacometti, a retrospective

Sean Ecker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:22:12 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Title: Giacometti, a retrospective Location: Musée Rath, Place Neuve, Geneva Link out: Click here Description: A retrospective of a major sculptor of the 20th century. Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), was born in Grisons, and spent most of his professional life in Paris, except for 1942-1945, when he lived in Geneva. Open every day except Monday. Weds [...]

Graubuenden chef Caminada named Swiss chef of the year 2010 – second time

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:03:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – GaultMillau has awarded its coveted title of Swiss chef of the year 2010 to Andreas Caminada, the second time the chef has been given this distinction. Caminada tends the stoves at Schloss Schauenstein in Fuerstenau, Graubuenden, which has 19 points. He won the title in 2008 as well. GaultMillau includes 816 [...]

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