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An innovative restaurant owner in Switzerland has found a way to combine dining with enjoying close-up views of the beautiful Swiss Alps. At Stuckli Sky Dining you can experience dinner while riding in a four person ski gondola. The gondola is probably the only one of its kind in the world. Gondola riders enjoy three courses and dessert while indulging in [...]Source : Special News (subscribe)Explore : Dining, Leisure

I’ve just read ‘Heidi’ in German for the first time ever, which is odd, considering my bilingual state! As a child, I had a delightfully-illustrated English translation, long gone, alas, how I’d like to see some of those pictures again. However, this blog is not about the pleasures of reading it in the original – I’d been hoping for Swiss dialect, and was disappointed. It did engage me, though. I...Source : An Awfully Big Blog Adventure (subscribe)

I’ve written previously about the upcoming referendum in Switzerland which will decide whether there will be a constitutional ban on the building of minarets. The Swiss People’s Party has now injected a little fun into the debate with an online whack-a-minaret game.I saw this game yesterday, but there was no information about it in English. Now, thanks to our Flemish correspondent VH, we can tellSource : Gates of Vienna (subscribe)

Feelings toward Jews: GSS respondents (Americans) were asked how warmly and favorably do they feel toward Jews on a scale from 0 to 100, 100 being the warmest. Here are the means by ethnic group (with Jews removed): Mean warmth toward Jews (N =3,499) Czech 66.6 Italian 64.5 Irish 63.7 Polish 63.6 English/Welsh 63.4 Scottish 62.9 Dutch 62.5 German 62.3 Danish 61.9 All Americans 61.6 Norwegian 60.5...Source : Inductivist (subscribe)Explore : Science blogs, Sciences

I had the pleasure to taste a flight of Villa Tolnay wines with a representative of Villa Tolnay at the Wine Bar at the Bazilika in Budapest earlier this year. Villa Tolnay is owned by Swiss Philipp Oser, who started to make wine in Csobánc (Balaton region) in 2005 and currently has about 15 hectares of which about half is planted with white varietals. It is a small winery that is interested to...Source : Schiller Wine (subscribe)

Hello All, I am here to seek advice for an acquaintance of mine. He is from Pakistan and she is Swiss but they reside outside of Switzerland. They.

The Swiss Foreign ministry was victim of a cyber attack aimed at obtaining information from its computer network. The hack was apparently designed not.

Swisster, Switzerland in English. ... Swiss foundation launches new literature prize. by Jeremy Allen. Geneva - October 26, 2009 | 11:58. The Swiss Jan Michalski foundation launches an annual prize for literature, aimed at helping ...

Swisster, Switzerland in English. ... Expat explores humorous side of Swiss culture · Expat sells California wines from Lavaux vineyards · Zurich study assesses fear of being laughed at · Runners count down to the Lausanne Marathon ...

Does anybody know of any cheap Airlines that fly between Switzerland and Ireland apart from Air Lingus, Swiss etc.? Any tips would be much appreciated!

Not sure where to put this so will try here. Other than Raclette, Fondue, this does not seem to be a very common practice in Swiss (german culture)? I.

Hello, Quick question. I have a UK eBay account which I'd like to change into a Swiss eBay account. I tried changing my address but this didn't make.

My wife and I are both non-Swiss and have been living in Switzerland about 8 years now. Our 7 year old son was born here, speaks fluent.