Grand Hôtel Les Trois Rois (Hotel of the Three Kings) in Basel, until 1986 usually identified by its German-language name, Hotel Drei Könige, is often cited as one of Switzerland‘s oldest hotels. It is located on the left bank of the Rhine, a few paces downstream of the city’s first bridge across the river. read more…
The Beth Yaakov Synagogue, also the Great Synagogue or the Grande Synagogue, is a Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 11 Place de la Synagogue, Geneva, in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Located in the heart of Geneva, the synagogue was completed in 1859 for the Ashkenazi Jewish community, which comprised about 200 people at the time of the synagogue’s construction. read more…
Grand Hotel is a hotel in Oslo, Norway. The hotel is best known as the annual venue of the Nobel Peace Prize awarding ceremonies and banquet, and its winners’ residence while in Oslo. read more…
Henningsvær is a fishing village in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on several small islands off the southern coast of the large island of Austvågøya in the Lofotenarchipelago. The village is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the town of Svolvær. Henningsvær is connected to the rest of Vågan via the Henningsvær Bridges. The village is mostly located on the islands of Heimøya and Hellandsøya. read more…
The Bergen Line, or the Bergen Railway (Norwegian: Bergensbanen or Nynorsk: Bergensbana), is a 371-kilometre (231 mi) long scenicstandard gauge railway line between Bergen and Hønefoss, Norway. The name is often applied to the entire route from Bergen to Oslo, including the Randsfjord and Drammen lines between Hønefoss and Oslo, covering a total distance of 496 kilometres (308 mi). It is the highest mainline railway line in Northern Europe, crossing the Hardangervidda plateau at 1,237 metres (4,058 ft) above sea level. read more…
The Hotel Waldhaus is a historic hotel in Sils-Maria in the Upper Engadine region of Grisons, Switzerland. It is one of the few five-star hotels in Switzerland that has been owned by the same family since its opening. read more…
Laugavegur is a hiking trail in South Iceland. It is the most popular trail in Iceland, with an estimated 75,000-100,000 people hiking it every year. In 2012, National Geographic listed it as one of the twenty best trails in the world. read more…
The 2025 UEFA Women’s Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 or simply Euro 2025, is the 14th edition of the UEFA Women’s Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the women’s national teams of Europe. The tournament is being played in Switzerland from 2 to 27 July 2025. It is the third edition since it was expanded to 16 teams. The tournament has returned to its usual four-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. England are the defending champions, having won the 2022 tournament. read more…
