Following the closure of the A13 in Misox, Swiss Transport Minister Albert Rösti wants to manage vacation traffic in the summer as well as possible. This content was published on June 25, 2024 – 14:34 Do you want to read our weekly top stories? Subscribe here. The usual night-time closures of the Gotthard tunnel are to...
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Swiss village considers daytripper tax to curb overtourism
The fee would not apply to those who arrive by public transport. ADVERTISEMENT Lauterbrunnen is a bucolic mountain village set in the natural scenic splendour of the Alps. With velvet green valleys, towering cliffs and the sublime 300m-high Staubbach Falls, the area is an Intagrammable idyll. Visitors now come in their droves, and the 2,400-resident-strong...
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Amusing travel journal reveals Switzerland of 1837
“Where is the Jungfrau?” Mylord and Mylady struggle to navigate the Swiss mountains. Deutsches Tagebucharchiv German theologian Carl August Wildenhahn documented his journey through 19th century Switzerland with humorous observations and comic strip-style pictures. This content was published on May 11, 2024 – 11:00 Gabriel Heim, Blog des Schweizerischen Nationalmuseums In the early summer of...
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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler’s remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.
The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in thin leather shoes trekked across its surface about 400 years ago. This field of ice high in the Alps, below the iconic and imposing Matterhorn, formed a treacherous pass between what is now Switzerland and Italy. It was the middle of the Little Ice Age,...