Why does a windswept ridge in the Swiss Alps matter now? Because a newly identified Roman camp high above the valleys of Graubünden turns a dramatic mountain landscape into something more precise: a ...

The Swiss Alps are a natural wonder and a key part of the national identity, but life in the mountains is under threat from ...

Perched high above a frozen lake, Grimsel Hospiz in the Bernese Oberland offers an unusual winter escape, with gourmet food, a hot tub, star-filled skies and no distractions ...

Almost all architecture is enhanced by the landscape that it is set in. For proof, one only needs to look to the strickbau (log cabins) and contemporary holiday homes of Alpine Switzerland. Savvy ...

Almost all architecture is enhanced by the landscape that it is set in. For proof, one only needs to look to the strickbau (log cabins) and contemporary holiday homes of Alpine Switzerland.

The Alps are a majestic arc of mountains in the south-central part of Europe stretching from the Mediterranean coast near Nice, France to the edge of the Pannonian Plain in Slovenia. Officially ...

The Glacier Express calls itself the world's slowest express train, and it earns that description by spending eight hours crossing the Swiss Alps between Zermatt and St. Moritz through 291 bridges and ...

Swiss Forests Have Too Few Young Trees Or The Wrong Species. Swiss forests have a regeneration problem. In many places, too few young trees are growing back, or when they do they are species that are ...