Fribourg, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – A Swedish driver was arrested and his Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG impounded after pushing the 570-horsepower engine to 290 kilometers per hour on a Swiss highway. The 37-year-old Swede traveling on A12 from Bern to Lausanne, was spotted by Vaud cantonal police at around 13:00, arrested and turned over to the police […]
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Public transport hike lower than expected in 2011
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – Public transport costs for consumers will rise by 2.4 percent rather than 3.4 percent in 2011, “Mr Price”, Switzerland’s consumer watchdog, announced Wednesday 4 August. Lengthy negotiations between the office of Stefan Meierhans and public transport unions succeeded in getting price hikes down. Another bit of good news for consumers is […]
Bad drivers: on the phone, tailgating, say Swiss
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – The worst drivers in Switzerland are talking on their cell phones or messaging via SMS, according to a survey of 1,000 people in Switzerland, carried out for Comparis.ch, the consumer price comparison group. Second worst: tailgaters, who hang onto the car in front of them. Men are considered worse drivers than […]
Awash in Swiss wines again!
Lausanne, Switzerland – A short note to explain my near-silence: it’s been a very busy summer in terms of wine, and the results of this will soon start to surface here, but right now I’m tied up with the new Swiss Wine Guide, second edition of the English version (it also comes out in French […]
Topping and tailing gooseberries the easy way
Here’s a shortcut a wine grape grower’s wife shared with me, for topping and tailing gooseberries. We use them in jam and pies, both of which I love, but it’s always seemed unfair to me that you first get pricked by the thorns and then you have the tedious job of topping and tailing them. […]