Posts about Switzerland
Switzerland, a quadrilingual country in the middle of Europe, has been my home since 2001.
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.
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Hiking along a panoramic path above the lake at Oeschinensee and then over-doing it on a much steeper, rockier path on the way to the Blümlisalphütte.
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Bathing in public was forbidden to the women of Zurich until 1837. Once the ban had been lifted, the city constructed a bathing house on the river Limmat, alongside the Stadthausquai next to the city hall.
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A small set of photographs from Switzerland’s largest city, taken in a classically traditional square landscape format.
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I’m certainly no stranger to long-exposure photography. But during the few years that we’ve lived in a flat with a balcony and an unobstructed view of the night sky, I’ve come to realise that I’d never photographed the Milky Way properly. The first time that I can even remember seeing the Milky Way at all was…
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Whilst many travel up to the top of the Niederhorn ridge by cable car – one of the most expensive ones by distance in the whole region – there’s a much better alternative for the fitter visitor. There’s a private, tolled road leading up from Waldegg, at Beatenberg, to farm buildings on the mountain, which drivers…
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My Audi A4 suffers from a known problem with oil consumption, so I’ve had a stressful few weeks coming to an agreement with Audi Switzerland and the local dealership.
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The latest project we’ve launched at !frappant is for SBB (Swiss Railways): a microsite for the Rail Control System team, which promotes their work controlling the flow of rail traffic throughout the national network.
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It’s always nice to enjoy a time lapse sequence filmed in Swiss locations. Even more so to enjoy one filmed in places across the region I call home – Canton Bern.
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The shore of Lake Thun at Gwatt is a great place to photograph the sunrise and the sunset.
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A thousand-year-old castle on the lake shore near Thun, with wonderful gardens, terrific views, and a hideously ugly restaurant.
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A picturesque village set in a rolling landscape, whose name is perhaps more often associated with a nearby motorway tunnel.
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Searching for viewpoints, poring over maps, dodging power lines, and coming home with classic landscape images.
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When finding a great view, most photographers will raise their camera and take a picture. By finding the best viewpoint, most photos can be improved.
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Better lighting conditions can make a good landscape photograph great. Being in the right place at the right time is a skill which you can learn.
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“Hiking” the path from Grindelwald First to the Faulhorn and on to Schynige Platte using Google Street View.
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The Someiyoshino (Japanese cherry trees) on the hillside below Bern’s Rosengarten park were given as a gift by Yoshiyuki Urata in 1975, after he visited and was very taken with the city. They bloom in early April and the spectacle only lasts a few days, before the blossom falls. I was lucky enough to get time to photograph them…
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Visiting lake shore villages in the French-speaking Romandie region of Switzerland feels like a little foreign holiday.
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The picturesque and history-rich town of Laufenburg straddles the river Rhine: one half being in Switzerland, the other in Germany.
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Information and tips for photographing the large Rhine waterfalls at Neuhausen, near the northern border of Switzerland.