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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Olympic Museum in Lausanne has provided the Google Art Project with 104 artworks by 33 artists, from its collection. The museum is one of 155 worldwide to share part of their collection online and it is the first in Switzerland to do so. Art Project now includes Hans Erni’s 1983 “Basketball” [...]
By Jon Ingram This is going to sound crazy coming from a gym owner, but I’m about as anti-gym as it gets. Something has gone very wrong with modern day gym culture the way that fitness is marketed to the public. Despite better awareness of the importance of being fit, the free and easy availability [...]
If you live in Pays de Gex, finding arts and crafts materials can be very challenging, especially since the only store selling a wide range of do-it-yourself products has a name not related to the field: Bureau Center in Cessy (select “Vos magasins” to access the store information). It offers scrapbooking materials, paper, canvas and paints, [...]
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Sales at Art Basel are widely expected to be good this year, with the total value of the artwork estimated at $1.75 billion by an expert interviewed by Reuters. It is the world’s largest contemporary art show, dedicated to the business of selling art, and it will attract 60,000 people in four [...]
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Your starting point should be the GenevaLunch news story on the event, with some real changes this year that promise to make it easier, more fun and a great way to learn about Switzerland’s often excellent local wines. You’ll get the most out of the visits if a) you spit out the [...]
Update 21:00 SION, SWITZERLAND - It doesn’t get much more perfect for wine-tasting weather, as Switzerland’s largest wine-producing canton opens its winery doors for three days, to present the newly bottled 2010 vintage. It was a very good year, the wines are a delight, the sun is shining and temperatures are expected to be 23-25C [...]
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Join our photographer Mr Kio at the Geneva Motor Show, with his 15 first images. More beauties, the “girls” for which the show is also famous, will follow. Enjoy! And for practical tips on visiting the show, as well as some ideas about what to see this year, read our Geneva [...]
Title: Learn how to massage a baby Location: Crassier, Vaud Link out: Click here Description: This is a how-to course for parents. Taught in French. Start Date: 2010-04-14 End Date: 2010-05-12
Red, yellow, green, and orange tomatoes now available in Lake Geneva region Tomato season is well under way, and here are a few suggestions for using them. How to choose a tomato Remember you can’t judge a tomato by its cover. By that I mean, the best tomatoes may well be the ugliest. They have [...]
Fortunately, my garden was spared the snow, but it was definitely a chilly rain that fell on my Alpine garden at 1,100 metres Saturday, 30 May. When the clouds cleared at the end of the day the peaks were covered in snow, as was a large meadow above us, near Aminona, at about 2,000 metres. [...]
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