For the second year in a row, Switzerland’s postal service came first in the Integrated Index for Postal Development. Produced by the Universal Postal Union, a UN agency, the Index covers 173 countries and measures four things: reliability, reach, relevance and resilience. Global postal networks, employing 5.32 million people around the world, are seen as a […]
Museum night – a highlight of Geneva’s entertainment calendar approaches
26 May 2018 Note: There was an error in an earlier version of this article. Museum night is only on the 26th of May 2018. One Saturday evening a year, Geneva opens its museums, workshops, and gardens until midnight. This year, the event starts on the evening of Saturday 26 May 2018, runs into the night. […]
The Swiss cantons making the most wine
In 2017, Swiss residents downed 249 million litres of wine, around 37 litres per resident over the age of 191. This equates to roughly one bottle of wine per week. Statistics from 2015 show that 13.8% of the nation don’t consume alcohol. If this is factored in average weekly wine consumption by those who do […]
Swiss living abroad – where they go depends on age
Recent statistics show there were 751,800 Swiss citizens living outside the country at the end of 2017, around 11% of the 6.3 million Swiss passport holders. Most Swiss abroad live in France (26.1%), followed by Germany (11.8%) and Italy (6.6%). The chart below shows the top 20 countries. Swiss abroad are on average younger than […]
Bern considering stiff fines for drivers blocking emergency services
Switzerland’s government is considering stiffer sanctions for drivers who fail to make room for emergency services to pass in emergencies, according to SonntagsZeitung. The government wants to better inform drivers too. At this stage all options remain open. Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has not yet decided how to sanction drivers, according to the newspaper. […]
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VIDEO: High winds at Verbier left skiers swinging in lift
It has been a stormy 24 hours in parts of Switzerland. The winds were so fierce at the ski resort of Verbier, lifts were temporarily halted, leaving some swinging in the wind. The footage above was captured at Les Ruinettes (2,200m) looking down towards the town. The gondola on the right is empty but the […]
Zürich family in Hawai’i caught out by nuclear attack scare
The morning of January 13th, just two days into their vacation in Hawai’i, Zürich family Olivia Raths, Rafael Gschwend and their young daughter, Linda, found themselves suddenly preparing for the unthinkable: a possible nuclear missile attack on the U.S. island state. Like everyone in Hawaii with a cellphone, the Swiss family received an urgent alert […]
Verbier breaks Santa record
Over the weekend, Verbier hosted its opening day, an event where the resort attempts to assemble a record number of skiers dressed as St. Nicolas, or his redder equivalent Santa. Unlike the red man himself, this year’s Claus turnout left last year’s tally of around 1,200 looking thin. An official representing the Guiness World Records […]
Heavy snow falls in parts of Switzerland
Snow has arrived in Switzerland, particularly in the west. While not as heavy as 2010 when 29 cm fell in Geneva between 30 November and 2 December, there is still a good dusting a bit above lake level, increasing in depth with altitude. Many ski resorts have received 20-30 cm of new snow with a […]
