Fondue

29 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© flickr.com – Juliano Mendes/cc-by-2.0

Fondues are a group of distinct dishes that can be either savoury or sweet. Cheese fondue, originating in Switzerland, is the original fondue, hence the French term fondue for “melted”. Since the 1950s, however, the term fondue has been generalized to a number of other dishes in which a food is dipped or cooked into a communal pot kept hot. Fondue eaten as a communal meal is referred to as a fondue party.   read more…

Grindelwald in Switzerland

28 December 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Alphorn Festival © Cristo Vlahos/cc-by-sa-3.0

Alphorn Festival © Cristo Vlahos/cc-by-sa-3.0

Grindelwald is a village and municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Berne. In addition to the village of Grindelwald, the municipality also includes the settlements of Alpiglen, Burglauenen, Grund, Itramen, Mühlebach, Schwendi, Tschingelberg and Wargistal.   read more…

Raclette

17 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Superbass/cc-by-sa-4.0

Raclette is a dish of Swiss origin, also popular in the other Alpine countries (France, Germany, Austria), based on heating cheese and scraping off the melted part, then typically served with boiled potatoes. Raclette cheese is historically a dish originating from the canton of Valais in Switzerland. This cheese from Valais benefits from an AOP. Raclette cheese is also a Swiss-type cheese marketed specifically to be used for this dish. Raclette is also served as street food, but often with bread instead of potatoes.   read more…

Saint-Maire Castle in Lausanne

11 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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Château Saint-Maire (Saint-Maire Castle) is a castle in Lausanne, Switzerland, that serves as the seat of the cantonal government, the Council of State of Vaud. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.   read more…

Swiss chalet style

14 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture Reading Time:  6 minutes

Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Lakes, Canada © flickr.com - Greg Willis/cc-by-sa-2.0

Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton Lakes, Canada © flickr.com – Greg Willis/cc-by-sa-2.0

Swiss chalet style (German: Schweizerstil, Norwegian: Sveitserstil) is an architectural style of Late Historicism, originally inspired by rural chalets in Switzerland and the Alpine (mountainous) regions of Central Europe. The style refers to traditional building designs characterised by widely projecting roofs and facades richly decorated with wooden balconies and carved ornaments. It spread over Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, France and Scandinavia during the Belle Époque era.   read more…

Locarno on Lake Maggiore

8 July 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© panoramio.com – Ozonski/cc-by-3.0

Locarno is a southern Swiss town and municipality in the district Locarno (of which it is the capital), located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at its northeastern tip in the canton of Ticino at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps. It has a population of about 16,000 (proper), and about 56,000 for the agglomeration of the same name including Ascona besides other municipalities.   read more…

University of Lausanne

28 May 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Universities, Colleges, Academies Reading Time:  5 minutes

Unithèque building © Odrade123/cc-by-sa-3.0

Unithèque building © Odrade123/cc-by-sa-3.0

The University of Lausanne (UNIL; French: Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzerland, and one of the oldest universities in the world to be in continuous operation. As of fall 2017, about 15,000 students and 3,300 employees studied and worked at the university. Approximately 1,500 international students attend the university (120 nationalities), which has a wide curriculum including exchange programs with other universities.   read more…

European Broadcasting Union

13 May 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

European Broadcasting Union Logo The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; French: Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe. As of 2023, it is made up of 113 member organisations from 56 countries, and 31 associate members from a further 20 countries. It was established in 1950, and has its administrative headquarters in Geneva.   read more…

Vaud Riviera on Lake Geneva

30 April 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

Chillon Castle © Giles Laurent/cc-by-sa-4.0

Chillon Castle © Giles Laurent/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Vaud Riviera (French: Riviera vaudoise) forms the eastern part of the northern shore of Lake Geneva in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It includes in particular the towns of Vevey, La Tour-de-Peilz, Montreux and Villeneuve. To the west of it lies Lavaux. The settlements belong to the Geneva-Lausanne metropolitan region, the second largest metropolitan area in Switzerland.   read more…

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