For you cinephiles out there, don’t miss the 9 days of the Tous Ecrans film fest which specializes in all forms of moving pictures from TV series, internet films and digital works to the large screen. This year’s offering is especially rich, featuring the latest works of such renowned film makers as Jim Jarmusch, Wim […]
British comic Eddie Izzard back in Zurich after record-breaking world tour
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. Three years after performing the original show in Zurich and launching his epic circumnavigation of the globe, international celebrity Eddie Izzard – comedian, actor, and marathon runner, is about to celebrate his unofficial comedy world record of performing in more than 28 countries. From Moscow to the Hollywood […]
The biggest, craziest, oldest (547 years) fair in Switzerland is on now
Runs from 27th October to the 11th November 2018 – to the 13th November 2018 on the Petersplatz. By Bill Harby Imagine the mayor of Basel in 1471, Herr Hannsen von Berenfels, strolling his city’s first Herbstmesse (Autumn Fair). He had made the fair possible, and now here he is passing stalls and kiosks of […]
West zest – Zürich’s hippest quarter
By Bill Harby Aficionados of über urban culture, get thee to Zürich – specifically, the trendy neighbourhood locals call “Züri West”. You can get started at Im Viadukt, where the neighbourhood’s past and present meld. A railway viaduct hand-built in 1894 to transport coal for the area’s 19th-century factories, today the 36 archways are home […]
Frankenstein’s monster spotted in Geneva at his first murder site
By Bill Harby Beware: Dr. Frankenstein’s creature still lurks in Geneva. In 2014 he returned to the scene of his first murder in the Plainpalais quarter, and there he still stands near the skatepark, a fearsome hulk, an expression on his face halfway between horror and grief, oblivious to the shocked stares of passersby surprised […]
World-renowned dinosaurs move into Geneva’s Natural History Museum
From 24 September 2016 until 12 March 2017, Geneva’s natural history museum will echo with roars from the past. Dinosaurs from around the world will be exhibited over 1,000 m2 of floor space. Several world-renowned fossils have been brought together for the first time. Some come from a remarkable collection from Wyoming in the US, unearthed by a […]
When an entire town becomes an art gallery – Vevey’s photography festival
Every second year, from 10 September to 2 October, the picturesque lake-side Swiss town of Vevey, becomes an outdoor museum of photography. On display this year are 75 projects based around the theme of immersion, displayed on the facades of buildings, on the lake, in parks, and in often unusual indoor venues. The photography is […]
Traffic alert: flower-covered cows take to Swiss streets – the event’s history and where to see it
By Bill Harby What exactly is the alpine descent or désalpe / alpabzug? In Switzerland, we know the clock will soon strike autumn when processions of cows crowned with flowers and hung with huge clanging bells, descend from summer alpine pastures to their winter barns before the snows come. Led by cowherds and children dressed […]
Famous Blaue Reiter paintings are reunited in Basel for the first time since 1942
Over one hundred years ago, German artist, Franz Marc, created a painting known as the Big Blue Horses. In 1942, as the US was entering the Second World War, the painting, considered degenerate art by the Nazis, was bought by the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in the United States. It has been there ever […]
Two Swiss Corbusier buildings added to UNESCO list
Last Sunday, UNESCO added 17 buildings designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier to its world heritage list. The modernist buildings span seven countries: France, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Japan, India, and Switzerland, where there are two. The modernist architect Charles Edouard Jeanneret, who adopted the nickname Le Corbusier, was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the canton of […]
