Nature in Switzerland.
1 July 2024
The film The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), directed by Wes Anderson, depicts the decline of a hotel from the Belle Époque era, spanning from 1900 to the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918). The Hotel Belvédère The story of Hotel Belvédère on the Furka Pass serves as a model for this film, in a sense. … Read more » “The Furka Pass, Rhone Glacier and Grand Hotels”
23 May 2024
The source of the Emme, at 2197m between the Hohgant and Augstmatthorn mountains, is the border area of the Bernese Oberland and the Canton of Lucerne. The river flows into the Aare at the border of Canton Solothurn near Luterbach. Between lies the Emmental, with Langenthal as the regional centre of the Obere Emmental and … Read more » “Two villages, two inns, a medieval bell and nature in Emmental”
27 April 2024
Lake Schiffenen (Lac de Schiffenen in French, Schiffenensee in German) is a reservoir near the city of Fribourg/Freiburg. It is located in the Sarine Valley (Vallée de la Sarine), named after the river Sarine (Saane in German). Kleinbösingen, St. Jakobskirche and ancient Roman columns The dam near the villages of Kleinbösingen and Gurmels was completed … Read more » “Lake Schiffenen, its Nature, Castles, Magdalene Einsiedelei and History”
14 April 2024
Collisions and the drifting apart of continental plates have repeatedly reshaped the crust of the Earth. They created mountains that eroded and disappeared, including those on the Eurasian continent. Once, there were higher mountains than today’s Alps on the continent. Millions of years later, there were oceans. They all disappeared over time. When the African … Read more » “Surselva and the Geology of the Alps”
10 April 2024
In 2016, the city of Morges (canton Vaud) started the process of becoming Switzerland’s first slow tourist destination. Slow Tourism is a movement that counters the stress of daily life and hectic tourism, offering a way to travel quietly and connect with local populations while enjoying nature and adopting eco-responsible behaviours. The city, the region, … Read more » “The tulip and slow tourism in Morges”
20 March 2024
Nowadays, many doctors prescribe walking in nature instead of medication or recommend a hike. The beneficial effects may be even more significant if a hike begins unexpectedly in a philosophically designed environment. This is even more true if mythical mountains, waterfalls, streams, and wooded hills form the snowy landscape. The Eigenthal Even mythical mountains are … Read more » “Philosophy and an arbitration case in the Eigenthal at the foot of Pilatus”
7 March 2024
The stream Ergolz in the canton of Basel-Landschaft has a length of about 30 Kilometres. It originates at an altitude of 830 metres at the Geissflue on the cantonal border of Basel-Landschaft and Solothurn. It then flows through, among others, the villages of Anwil, Oltingen, Rothenfluh and Ormalingen on its way to the Rhine. Anwil The … Read more » “The Cave Bear of Wenslingen, Grossholz near Ormalingen and the Ergolz in Oltingen”
14 February 2024
At first glance, the Arve and Rhone rivers have little in common. The source of the Arve is near the village of Le Tour on the French-Swiss border at the Col de Balme, which is part of the Mont Blanc Massif. The Arve in Chamonix The river first flows west and is fed by the … Read more » “The Arve, Rhone, Mont Blanc en Geneva”
25 January 2024
The former monastery of Beinwil and the Benedictine monastery of Mariastein (canton of Solothurn) are as inseparably linked to each other as the river Lüssel is to the Jura mountain range of Passwang with Vogelberg (1204 m) in canton Basel-Landschaft as its highest point. View from the top of the Vogelberg. The source of the … Read more » “Beinwil, Passwang, Mills, Iron, Hohe Winde and Kamms”
4 January 2024
The ViaBerna is a long-distance hiking trail in the Canton of Bern. With its 20 panoramic stages, the ViaBerna runs from Bellelay in the Bernese Jura through the Mittelland to the Susten Pass in the Bernese Oberland. Bellelay Abbey. Photo: TES Lake Thune. Photo: TES The Aare. Photo: TES The Susten Pass. Photo: TES The … Read more » “The ViaBerna”
