“Street views” of high Alps and huts beckon trekkers ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – The first images are now online from a joint project by the Swiss Alpine Club, Google, My Switzerland (Swiss tourism office) and the Rhaetian Railways, showing magnificent views of the high Alps taken by the Google View Trekker. The Trekker is part of […]
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Geneva to get blinking night stoplights
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Geneva drivers will soon find it’s quicker and easier to drive through much of the city at night, with 42 of the 456 traffic lights shifting to blinking orange lights at night. Of these, 15 will change once buses and trams stop running while the other 27 will move to orange from […]
A9 around Chillon: 2 lanes until Oct 2015
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Prepare for another full year of roadworks above the Chateau de Chillon, with lower speed limits for the duration. The new state of the art fiber optics concrete is being poured on the Chillon viaduct on the A9 autoroute this week. But the complexity of the work has added a year to […]
Zurich airport profits up sharply
Year-on-year turnover down ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Zurich airport saw an eight-fold increase in profits for the first half of 2014, compared to a year earlier, the company said 27 August: CHF88.13 million compared to CHF10.1m. The airport’s turnover was down, however, by 3.4 percent to CHF453.58m. Passenger traffic continued to grow, by 0.5 percent, with […]
Driver stopped near Sion: 3.38 alcohol level
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A driver was found to have an alcohol level of 3.38 when he was stopped during a routine traffic control in Grimisuat, above Sion in canton Valais, at 17:00 Monday. The legal limit for drinking and driving in Switzerland is 0.05%. The driver showed clear signs of inebriation, say Valais police, and […]