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Swiss wine and sport marriages continue

27/08/2014 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The latest in a string of Swiss wine groups or wineries to create partnerships with sports club is the OVV, Vaud wine office, joining forces with the Lausanne Hockey Club. The club said in a statement 27 August that it is happy to help spread the word about the canton’s wines, as […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: hockey, mountains, Patrouille des Glaciers, sports, Switzerland, wine

Paw the hoof and lock the horns: the race is on for Queen of the Cows title

23/04/2012 by Ellen Wallace

Finals are just 2 weeks away and Valais’s finest Alpine cows show their stuff in Mollens arena GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – You know spring is here when Swiss cows begin to fight (tourism office schedule) and the crowds stream in from all corners of the country to watch them. Cool weather at 900 metres in Mollens, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alpine pastures, Alps, arenas, canton Valais, elimination rounds, Furibonde, Mollens, Queen of the Cows, sports, spring, Swiss fighting cows, Val d'Herens breed

Swiss ski dream week, en route by train

08/03/2011 by Ellen Wallace

This is the second in the Swiss dream ski week, where Nick and Liam Bates, regular contributors to GenevaLunch, see how much great skiing at top Swiss resorts they can pack into one week. Be sure to check their tips at the end. Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Nick and Liam left the car at home […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: buses, skiing, sports, Swiss dream ski week, Swiss Pass, tips for train travel, trains

Lausanne Marathon to disrupt lakefront Sunday traffic

29/10/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The lake road between Lausanne and La Tour-de-Peilz will be closed to traffic (residents excepted) Sunday from 07:30 to approximately 17:00. More than 10,000 runners are registered for the Lausanne Marathon and the road will re-open depending on when the runners finish. The marathon itself is just one of several events […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: La-Tour-de-Peilz, Lake Geneva lakefront, Lausanne, Lausanne marathon, racing, road closed, running, sports, traffic

Switzerland to keep five high Alpine airfields, with restrictions

24/06/2009 by Ellen Wallace

Bern and Sion, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Southeastern Valais will continue to have five small airfields high in the Alps, the Federal Council has decided as part of the country’s sustainable development review of mountain airstrips. Landing and takeoff altitude and seasonal restrictions will be put in place as part of the approval process. The Federal […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Aeschhorn, airfields, airstrips, Alphubel, Alps, Federal Aviation Office, glaciers, heli-skiing, Monte Rosa, mountains, sports, Swiss news, Switzerland, Theodule, Trift, Zermatt

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