Anyone who has only ever been surrounded by mountains surely sometimes dreams of taking a shortcut through the hard rock face. The Swiss will have had a similar experience.
Ig Nobel Prize-winning research shows that painful placebos may be the best kind of all.
There's a town in Switzerland with an 11-hour clock. In a country known for its precision, why are the people of Solothurn obsessed with this odd number?
The birth of the Swiss Confederation, conventionally dating back to a distant 1291, is celebrated in Switzerland every 1 August....
In the northern part of Ticino and a mere 80 km from Lugano, time seems to stand still.
For 40 years, Madame Tricot was better known as Dr Dominique Kähler-Schweizer, working as a doctor and naturopath near St....
Three of the best trails for different kinds of adventurers.
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The world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first Americans on the moon, but did you know that the Swiss were there as well?
Three Swiss cities make the Smart Cities Index 2024 top ten.
What were they really up to on Monte Verità?
As Switzerland joins much of Europe in the annual confusion of moving the clocks back this 27th October, it’s good to know there’s one clock that’s always running on time: the iconic Swiss Railway Clock.