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LUZERN – Grand CasinoThe magnificent Grand Casino Luzern, built in 1882, lies on Europe's largest lakeside promenade and is one of the city's major tourist attractions. This casino truly matches the image of the grand casino's as one may know from the James Bond m [...]
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GRACHEN – SANKT NIKLAUS – PanoramaGrächen and St.Niklaus are municipalities in the canton of Wallis, Switzerland. The villages are situated at an altitude of about 1600 meters. Picturesque footways along 400 years old water pipelines, black-burned 'Walliserhauser' and colorful [...]
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GRÄCHEN / ST. NIKLAUS – SchneevogelGrächen and St.Niklaus are municipalities in the canton of Wallis, Switzerland. The villages are situated at an altitude of about 1600 meters. Picturesque footways along 400 years old water pipelines, black-burned 'Walliserhauser' and colorful [...]
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BRAUNWALD – HighlightsBraunwald offers every essential ingredient for an eventful outing or an unforgettable holiday. Far away from the stresses and strains of hectic everyday life, the car-free and family-friendly plateau in the sunny southern part of Glarnerland [...]
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BRAUNWALD – Hotel AlpenblickBraunwald offers every essential ingredient for an eventful outing or an unforgettable holiday. Far away from the stresses and strains of hectic everyday life, the car-free and family-friendly plateau in the sunny southern part of Glarnerland [...]
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GOLDAU – Alt-GoldauGoldau is a town in the canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. It lies between two mountains, the Rigi and the Rossberg. It belongs to the community of Arth.On September 2, 1806 a huge landslide from Rossberg destroyed the old town of Goldau. The town [...]
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GOLDAU – Bergsturz von GoldauOn 2 September 1806 the largest disaster in the past history of Switzerland occurred. At the south flank of the Rossberg in the canton Schwyz an enormous rock mass (almost 40 million m³) separated and thundered down in the valley. The landslid [...]
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ZERMATT – Air ZermattZermatt possesses its own well-equipped heliport and its own helicopter company AIR ZERMATT Ltd., which is famous far beyond the borders of Switzerland for its pioneering work in alpine air-rescue. The heliport is situated at the entrance to Z [...]
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BASEL – MünsterSixteenth-century Rittergasse leads from the Kunstmuseum to Basel's cathedral, the impressive Münster, built of red sandstonewith a patterned roof in the thirteenth century and rebuilt following an earthquake in 1356. The tower of St George, o [...]
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BASEL – SpalentorThe Spalentor is the most imposing of the three surviving city gates that formed part of the fortifications of 1400. When the gate was constructed, it was very important that it had a good overall appearance because it closed off the entrance [...]
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BASEL – RheinpanoramaWith 1.320 km, the Rhine is one of the longest rivers in Europe. The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, and since those days the Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods de [...]
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BASEL – RathausA prestigious public building became necessary when Basel joined the Swiss Confederation in 1501. The Town Hall, dominating the Market Square in the town centre, was built from 1504 to 1514 to the design of Ruman Faesch. The façade of its olde [...]
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VITZNAU – RigibahnenAware of the scenic location of the Rigi mountain, and driven by his pioneering spirit, Swiss engineer Niklaus Riggenbach masterminded the construction of the Vitznau-Rigi Railway in the mid-19th century. Riggenbach's invention, which would gu [...]
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VITZNAU – Rigibahnen – RIGI LOK 7The story of Swiss mountain trains began in 1871 when engineer Niklaus Riggenbach constructed the first cogwheel railway going up the 1. 800 meters high Rigi. This hissing and spitting monster with a vertical steam boiler was a European sensat [...]
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VITZNAU – Niklaus RiggenbachNiklaus Riggenbach was the inventor of the Riggenbach rack system and the counter-pressure brake. He was also an engineer and locomotive builder. Niklaus Riggenbach, from Rünenberg, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, was born in Guebwiller, Alsace [...]
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VITZNAU – RigiOnly one peak in Switzerland is known as the 'Queen of the Mountains' - the Rigi. Situated between the lakes of Lucerne and Zug and the Lauerzersee, the Rigi stands like a bastion on the approaches to the Gotthard. It is a fairly long ridge li [...]
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SCHWARZSEE – KaisereggThe Bernese Alps is a group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland. Although the name suggests they are in the Bernese Oberland region of the canton of Bern, portions of the Bernese Alps are located in the adjacent [...]
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SCHWARZSEE – Hotel GypseraThe hotel is located in front of a stunning mountain lake view very close to the Riggisalp station.Unfortunately the hotel was destroyed because of a fire on November 16th 2003, but was rebuild in 2007 to a new modern building.
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