If you’re looking for greener pastures, this weekend is the time. Swiss’expo, the “largest farm” in Switzerland, opened 14 January 2010 and will continue until the 17th. It is being held at Beaulieu in Lausanne. The agricultural show includes more than 1,000 show animals, including calves, cows, horses, ponies, and goats, as well as local […]
Archives for January 2010
Oh, sweet! Icy Swiss highways get sugared
Update 21:20 Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The proverbial sweet tooth could soon be replaced by sweet wheels in Switzerland, the kind that roll along sugar-covered highways. Authorities in canton Bern have confirmed that they have been using a liquid sugar-based product instead of salt on the A6 autoroute between Rubigen and Spiez, in a two-year […]
Public transport prices to rise 6% at year-end
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Switzerland’s CFF rail company will raise prices by 6.4 percent overall 10 December 2010. The recently voted increase in value added tax (TVA) of 0.4 percent is included. The Public Transport Union announced the hikes Thursday 14 January. The amounts of some of the changes come as a surprise, but higher […]
Swiss Expo
Title: Swiss Expo Location: Lausanne, Beaulieu Link out: Click here Description: Free entry for foreigners! Largest agricultural fair in the region, hugely popular, with regional products including wines, on offer to sample. This year’s feature: parade of cows. Start Date: 2010-01-14 End Date: 2010-01-17
Finn is bearing up well
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Winter may not appear to be the ideal time to visit bears at parks, given their reputation for hibernating, but this is not stopping tourists from streaming to see the new bear park in Bern, which opened in late October 2009. Finn, a young male bear recovering after he was shot […]