Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The TV cameras will be whirring away as a group of men shake hands and probably wipe away tears nearly two kilometres below ground, but the event this time is not trapped miners, it’s a celebration as the final bit of Switzerland’s Gotthard base rail tunnel is bored early Friday afternoon. […]
Swiss Classic British Car Meet draws upwards of 1,600 participants
(See our full photo album here) Morges, Switzerland – If you were lucky enough to visit or join in the 19th Swiss Classic British Car Meet in Morges, you were privy to some of the finest examples of vintage British cars and motorbikes to be assembled in Western Europe. The event, brainchild of British motoring […]
Cows come down, antique airplanes go up, cows lock horns (update)
GenevaLunch photo albums: Grimentz désalpe (cows come down from the high alps), with 40 images of this picture-book town in September and Geo Chavez centenary celebrations of first flight over the Alps (Update) Brig and Grimentz, canton Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Tourists flocked to Valais over the weekend for a series of events that had […]
Slow down days: grape harvest, road repairs, holiday traffic
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Autumn holidays and festivals beckon, the grape harvesting is getting underway and towns in the region are making pre-winter road repairs, so plan on traffic jams if you’re heading out in your car in the next two weeks. The weather is expected to turn colder and mostly rainy throughout Switzerland 24-26 […]
Russin bans booze, pulls wine crowds
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The village of Russin, on the outskirts of Geneva, pulled in a crowd of 40,000 according to organizers, for its weekend Wine Harvest Festival. Sunny weather and a holiday in other parts of Switzerland, notably in neighbouring canton Vaud, plus the reputation gained over the years, attracted crowd’s, but this year’s […]