Lavaux, Vaud, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The word in from New Zealand this morning was good news for Lavaux: the Unesco World Heritage sites committee has voted to include the collection of 14 villages and their terraced vineyards as one of the Unesco proteccted sites. The group also announced that it has agreed to extend the […]
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Lavaux holds breath on Unesco World Heritage decision
Lavaux, Vaud (Le Temps, Fre) – If all goes well and the Unesco World Heritage sites committee votes in its favour, the 14 villages near Lausanne that make up Lavaux will be ringing their church bells Thursday at 10:00. It has taken Lavaux’s population 1,000 years to carve out the impressive 800 ha of terraced […]
Switzerland opens Loetschberg, world’s third longest train tunnel
Rarogne, Valais, Switzerland (Le Temps, Fre) – The world’s third longest train tunnel officially opened Friday. The 34.6km stretch between Rarogne in canton Valais and Frutigen, Bern, took eight years to complete. Le Temps recalls the history of its construction in a photo gallery. Longer tunnels: Sai-kan in Japan and the Eurotunnel. The new Gotthard […]
Loetschberg Tunnel opens Friday after 8 years work
Loetschberg, Valais, Switzerland (TSR, Fre) – The Loetschberg train tunnel opens officially Friday after eight years of work. The new tunnel creates an opening between the north and south sides of the Alps to the north of the Rhone River. The official ceremonies Friday are followed Saturday by the public opening and seven months of […]
Swiss keep moving without changing the distance traveled
Bern, Switzerland (Le Matin, Fre) – The Swiss in 2005 traveled 19,000 kilometres on average, the same distance they traveled in 2000, when the government last checked. The distance covers travel inside and outside the country and amounts to a trip around the world. The good news, reports the government, is that the use of […]