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Weather forecast: cool, mostly sunny GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss will be on the move this weekend, with scores of city people heading to their family villages to harvest the grapes, a popular tradition. For the rest of us the weekend offers wine festivals, night-time museum adventures, visits to check out the new CFF trains [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss Alps claimed two lives, one a climber over the weekend and another a lone hiker, whose date of death is not yet clear. A 65-year-old German man died Sunday morning when he crashed into a rockface near the Sidelhorn, in the area of Obergestein in the Goms Valley, canton Valais. [...]
Fraiche Air has a great calendar of English-language events and activities for anyone who wants to get out and move, whether power-walking in Nyon, rafting in the Alps or snowshoeing in the Jura. They feature small group adventures year-round in the Jura and Alps as well as nearby trails, a good range of outdoor activities, [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Several people died or were injured in accidents in Switzerland, particularly sports accidents as fine summer weather pulled people outdoors. Young American hiker killed by train in Bern tunnel A 23-year-old American woman was hit and killed by a train in a tunnel near Daerligen, canton Bern, Sunday 8 July, at 14:40. [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Blick magazine has shed some some light on the largest-ever chunk of gold found in Switzerland, reportedly found in the Tieche river near Crans-Montana by a 34-year-old German hiker in September. But the Valais cantonal geologist says maybe it’s a nugget someone lost: there’s no gold in that river. The gold nugget [...]
Italian dies on Matterhorn late Sunday afternoon Update 11:50 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The past four days have taken a high toll in deaths and injuries in Switzerland: a well-known wine writer was murdered by her former companion who then committed suicide early Friday, three mountain climbers lost their lives in falls and four youths on [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A 15-year-old boy on a walk in the Alps with a family member and friend fell 50 metres to his death Thursday afternoon 18 August at 16:30. The trio paused for a rest and the youth walked off to a nearby waterfall to cool off. When he didn’t return after a few [...]
Ed. note: Shirley Curran, who writes the GenevaLunch book reviews, lives in the French Jura, not far from Geneva. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – We have a rather unexpected visitor in the garden this year.We call her Vincent la vipère, and we take care to warn neighbours who have dogs, cats or small children that they should [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Lake Geneva region and canton Valais can expect a bit of mixed weather late Friday and Saturday, with temperatures in the 11-23C range. Bring out the sun cream for Sunday, though, when temperatures will climb to 28C and not a cloud in sight, we’re promised. You won’t run out of things [...]
BERN, SWITZERLAND – Swiss Topo, the government mapping service, has just released the latest version of its set of online Swiss maps, which are faster and more complete, with the entire range of scales now available, from 1 :25,000 to 1 : million, in English, French, Italian and German. The maps are regularly updated, so the online [...]
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