All posts tagged trains
Long before Switzerland had its famous mountain trains, there was one trip that was a must-do for any visitor – walk up Rigi
Is this the world’s best public transport?
Forget about the trains in Switzerland! Yes, they are super-punctual, (usually) clean and extremely well-used, but everyone expects that
The whole country in one ticket
Today my new GA started. If you’re reading this outside Switzerland you probably have no idea what that means.
Even the Swiss can get lost in translation
There was a lovely story in the newspaper last week, which proved that not all Swiss are multilingual perfectionists. Two researchers found that in t ...
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Switzerland from A to Z
October 5, 2010, 7 CommentsA is for apple. Ever since William Tell shot one off his son’s head, the humble apple has been the unofficial national fruit.
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Swiss Watching trivia, no 31: Records
August 31, 2010, 8 CommentsSwitzerland isn’t the biggest country in the world (in fact it’s number 131 on the list), but it manages to punch above its weight in some areas.
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Swiss air gets a little cleaner with today’s smoking ban
May 1, 2010, 4 CommentsWhen I first started visiting Switzerland ten years ago, every train carriage had a dividing wall a third of the way along: the smaller part was for smokers, the larger ...
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Swiss election results: xenophobia 0 commonsense 1
October 24, 2011, 31 Comments -
Dead famous in Switzerland
September 15, 2010, 26 Comments -
Meet Homo helveticus
October 3, 2011, 25 Comments -
A beginner’s guide to Swissness
June 4, 2010, 25 Comments -
A writer’s dream: giving up the day job
May 13, 2011, 24 Comments
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Switzerland at Eurovision
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When is a car not a car?
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A tale of two citizenships
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It’s rubbish in Switzerland!
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Flying Doctors of Switzerland
April 27, 2012, 1 Comment
