This year the world’s most livable city was Vienna, which knocked Melbourne, the leader for seven years, off its top spot. The annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit looks at 140 cities around the world. Zurich and Geneva both rose in the 2018 global ranking. Zurich from 15th to 11th place, and Geneva from 18th […]
Aerial photos of Zurich 100 years apart
The first photograph was taken by Eduard Spelterini between 1893 and 1924. Swiss-born Spelterini was an early aviator who took to the air with his camera in a balloon well before flying as we know it became a reality – the Wright brothers made their first powered flight in 1903. The photograph below was taken […]
Zurich and Geneva in top 10 most expensive cities
According to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2018 survey published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Singapore is the most expensive city in the world. Zurich and Geneva however are hot on its tail ranking 2rd and 6th respectively. Zurich is the most expensive in Europe in second position alongside Paris. The survey compares more than 400 individual […]
Home bag collection and check in now available for passengers flying on Swiss
Passengers travelling internationally from Geneva and Zurich airports on Swiss and Edelweiss can wave goodbye to their bags at home and collect them at their destination. The service, run in partnership with Swiss Rail, must be ordered the day before departure. Each bag costs CHF 22 on top of a base collection fee of CHF […]
A high-speed pod that could one day get you from Zurich to Geneva in 15 minutes
A bunch of brainy students at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (Einstein was a student there) designed a prototype of a passenger pod that might one day carry commuters through a vacuum tube in magnetically levitating cars at more than 1,000 km/h. At this speed a trip between Zürich and Geneva could take 15 […]
World’s biggest space cake lands in Zurich train station
On Sunday, the company Zuya unveiled a 15-metre cake at Zurich’s main train station, described by the company as the world’s biggest space cake. The company said more than 2,000 people turned out to see and eat their cake. According to 20 minuten, there were only 1,850 slices, so some might have missed out on […]
Standard German works at work but Swiss German rules among friends
A recent study of Swiss German, the largest ever on the subject, was published this week. It offers insights into when and where the language is spoken. Switzerland has three (full) official languages: German, French and Italian, which are used more universally by federal government, and a fourth, Romansh, which is used when communicating with […]
Swiss cities score well in stress ranking
If you have moved from London to Zurich, from Paris to Geneva, or from Brussels to Bern, then you now live in a much less stressful place according to a city stress ranking done by Zipjet, a home delivered laundry service. If you have moved to Lausanne or Basel, you’ll have to endure the stress […]
Geneva lags well behind Zurich in airport ranking
A recent airport ranking by Handelszeitung ranks airports around the world. 65 aviation experts looked at airport architecture, atmosphere, passenger flow, staff friendliness, relaxation, recreation, restaurant and shopping areas. Geneva airport at rank 50 is far behind third-placed Zurich. Two asian airports, Singapore (first) and Hong Kong (second) take the top spots. Changi Airport in Singapore offers free-to-access […]
Zurich allows Quran distribution on streets against advice of canton
At the beginning of May this year, on the basis of a legal opinion, the canton of Zurich’s head of security advised all municipalities in the canton to ban Quran distribution by the controversial organisation “Lies!”, which translates to “Read!” in English. The organisation has been accused of using Quran distribution as a pretext for recruiting people […]
