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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more
Bern is the capital of Switzerland and is a little bit of a special potato. It feels like a city, looks like a city, and has the infrastructure of a city, but is not the largest city in the country. Read more
Some cities like Neuchâtel have a castle, but the Stockalper Schloss has a city. Most well known for its quadrilateral castle, Brig is actually an urban agglomeration of Naters and Glis. The Stockalper Schloss can be visited for free, but Read more
