There are three Air Force bases still in operation in Switzerland that operate fighter jets on a weekly basis. Of the three, Meiringen Air Base near Brienz is the most well-known for offering public access and weekly events. On a Read more…
Instead of going to the Swiss Miniature in Ticino, the Ballenberg Museum is the life size version of a compressed Switzerland. The museum moved over 100 historic and original buildings from all around the country to be displayed in an Read more…
With 14 hairpin turns in the first 16 corners on the single-lane serpentine approach to the peak from the Swiss side, the Splügenpass is one of the trickiest Alpine passes in Switzerland…or is it? The pass crosses into Italy over Read more…
Singen (Hohentwiel) has the name of a nearby extinct volcano appended to the town’s full title. This name appears on official documents, train system information, and road signs. Frankfurt (Main) can get confused with Frankfurt (Oder), but Singen shares its Read more…
After the Château de Chillon, Schloss Lenzburg is the second best castle in Switzerland. Lenzburg is another one if those cities that is named after its castle. The Schloss Lenzburg is just over 500 meters above sea level and looks Read more…
Surrounded on three sides by Germany, Schaffhausen is just a 20 minute drive away from the German exclave of Weil am Rhein. Perhaps the only time a foreigner has heard of the place would be on an IWC watch, where Read more…
The Simplon Pass in Switzerland is one of the most iconic and accessible driving routes in the Swiss Alps. Being right on the highway it is easily on the way to and from many cities between the French and German Read more…
Between 2017 and 2019, the Swiss Federal Railways, SBB, managed an average of 97% of trains calling at their stations within 3 minutes of the advertised time. When compared to other European rail operators using a similar method of calculation, Read more…
The National Museums of Switzerland are located in the capital Bern, the founding canton Schwyz, and the largest city Zürich. Basel, being a large, German-speaking city in the country is known for its arts, but it does have one history Read more…
It’s no secret that I miss Germany and with so many German-speaking communes in Switzerland Basel is hard to miss. It has everything I expected from a typical mid-sized German city and more. German cities can often be boring, with Read more…