Known for having the same name as Homer Simpson’s town, Springfield is also famous for being the place where Abraham Lincoln spent much of his adult life before he became president. Being proud of this esteemed former resident, Springfield proudly invites you to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Library and Museum Read more…
Bellinzona has a sort of Italian charm not found in Lugano or Locarno, the locals will volunteer to help you out with their confusing bus system that never arrives or departs on time and shopkeepers will gladly offer a discount if you negotiate in Italian. Of the 22 cantons that Read more…
Pontiac is a beautiful little town that has dozens of wall murals all over the place. You can take a picture of their deceptively realistic murals to trick your friends, pose in front of them, or even drive your car right up to it! The whole town is in for Read more…
Located between Montreux and Lausanne, Vevey is famous for two things and two things only: Nestlé’s Alimentarium food museum with its giant fork in the lake and as the last place Charlie Chaplin lived before he died on Christmas Day in 1977. The Alimentarium is a museum by food giant Read more…
Lake Konstanz is named after the German city of Konstanz. It sits comfortably on the border with Switzerland just an hour away from Zürich making it the idea cross-border shopping destination for low tax items. The old town centre itself is quite charming with safe pedestrianised streets and street performers Read more…
At just over an hour away from Geneva or about a half-hour away from Lausanne, Montreux is just close enough to admire sunset with dinner after work in the summer and just far enough to miss sunset with dinner after work in the winter. Being near the easternmost point of Read more…
If you take the hourly direct express train from Geneva to Lausanne, you’ll get there in just 36 minutes. I probably find myself in Lausanne at least once a fortnight to share a drink with a colleague or go window shopping in the old town. Lausanne to Geneva is what Read more…
Like the Matterhorn, the Pilatus is a famous mountain in Switzerland reaching over 2,100m above sea level. It has two cable cars and the world’s steepest cogwheel railway to bring you up and down without breaking a sweat. Though if you want to reach the summit at 2,128m you’ll have Read more…
Located just outside Luzern, the Hergiswil Glassworks is the only glass factory in Switzerland. Originally producing household goods such as glass jars, vases, and medicine bottles, it fell into financial trouble as soon as mechanisation came around as its craftsmen could no longer keep up with automated production. Luckily for Read more…
Four times a year, or once every 12 weeks, the national parliament in Bern is open to the public on a Saturday. One such Saturday, I roamed into the halls of legislation in both the upper and lower houses of parliament. While the Nationalrat is something of a House of Read more…