The Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland boasts an amazing variety of artists every year. Held in fields just above Nyon, it is the annual rock festival of the region. What started as a small and eclectic get-together by the lake in 1976, has become one of Europe’s leading open-air music festivals. Over 230,000 music lovers attended last […]
Planes, trains, drones and automobiles – Zurich by night
This short film by helvetiabynight.com starts with a cockpit view from an aircraft landing in Zurich at nightfall, before taking the viewer on an accelerated tour of the city. Cockpit footage was taken from a SWISS-Airbus, and drones were used to get aerial views of the city. The film, called Züri by night, was created […]
Snow returns to Switzerland
This morning many in Switzerland awoke to snow. Here are some photos taken near Vevey this morning. This snow is unlikely to remain in many places with temperatures set to climb tomorrow according to Swiss Meteo. Temperatures are forecast to rise as high as 8C in parts of the country tomorrow. For more stories like […]
A roundup of the four national referenda on 28 February 2016
The pros and cons of a new Alpine road tunnel Swiss vote to automatically expel foreign criminals. Sensible or perverse? Swiss vote to ban food speculation. Clever or cuckoo? Helping a few at the expense of many – Swiss vote against penalising marriage For more stories like this on Switzerland follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Facebook gets all emotional with 5 new ways to express yourself
Facebook has launched Like’s five new siblings: Love; Haha; Wow; Sad; Angry. Together they are known as Reactions. The global launch took place on 24 February 2016. Facebook Product Manager Sammi Krug, said “We have been testing Reactions in a few markets since last year, and have received positive feedback so far. Today, we’re excited […]
Two Syrians arrested by Geneva police
Tribune de Genève. Geneva police arrested two individuals of Syrian origin on Friday afternoon. Traces of explosives were found in their car according to the newspaper’s sources. At this stage there has been no official confirmation and it is not yet known if this arrest is linked to the terrorism threat. Full Tribune de Genève […]
The Holy Quran experiment and its surprising twist
Two young men in the Netherlands conducted an experiment and made a short video about it that has now been viewed over 6 million times. They took a Bible, disguised it as a Holy Quran, and read passages of it to passersby in the street. The passages They chose passages from the old testament including: […]
Is there life beyond earth? Geneva’s natural history museum offers clues and tours in English.
Could other life exist in the universe? Switzerland’s largest natural history museum currently houses an exhibition on exoplanets looking at this question. Spread over 1,000 m2 on four floors, it is the largest exhibition of its kind. The museum also offers guided tours in English at 15:30 on Sunday 6 and 20 December 2015 and […]
Switzerland turns away hundreds of Afghan refugees
Tribune de Genève. Around 1,800 refugees have been intercepted trying to cross into Switzerland over the last four weeks, and almost a quarter have been sent back to Germany, which has a policy of favouring Syrians. Swiss border guards have stopped around 1,800 refugees along Switzerland’s northern border over the last four weeks. 444 have been […]
English language comedy comes to the shores of Lake Geneva
Brought to you by the Montreux Comedy Festival. Because laughter is a universal language, the Montreux Comedy Festival decided to pull together standup comedians from all corners of the globe. Among the Russian, German, Croatian, Korean and French speakers is a fine line up of English language comedians from the UK, Australia, South Africa, Dubai, Russia, […]
