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
Blog
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 […]
Thomson issues statement for Geneva air passengers who lost bags
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The UK-based travel company Thomson, has issued the following statement for passengers who lost their luggage when a small group of baggage handlers went on strike in Geneva 2 January. Thousands of bags were misplaced 2-3 January and many are still being returned, to Thomson customers but also those of some […]
Geneva’s Cornavin train station: 3-year facelift begins
Update with artist’s drawings, video link Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s Cornavin station begins a major renovation programme next Tuesday, 18 January. Work will begin on the west entry hall and the ground floor of the station. Access from the west end of the station to tracks 1 and 2 will be changed and new […]
Water, water, but no longer everywhere
Free drinking water starting to disappear in Switzerland I went to the renowned Sprüngli pastry shop in Zurich a few months ago with my chocolate-lover soul-mate, Tina Daub. Not having been there since our college days, we were excited and our taste buds were tingling at full speed before we even sat down. We ordered […]