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“I’m driving home for Christmas, oh I can’t wait to see those faces… top to toe in tailbacks, oh I got red lights all around…”
The cross-country skier Nathalie von Siebenthal from Lauenen has announced a break from top-class sports following her last season. On Tuesday, the U23 2015 World Champion announced the end of her sporting career.
As part of this immense construction project, the Eggli cable cars, the valley and mountain stations and the Berghaus are all being rebuilt.
The Gstaad New Year Music Festival presents a variety of genres and introduces several young, upcoming artists. All the performers are aware of the special ambience of the festival and they are happy to share in its warm and familial atmosphere.
Jenny Holzer has been working on graphic texts for around 40 years: These are printed on T-shirts, carved in stone, painted on canvas, running on LED displays or projected onto buildings and landscapes.
In September 2019, the honorary citizen of Saanen Julie Andrews published her memoirs.
This year the Gstaad-Lenk Association of Mountain Guides celebrated its centenary. A magnificent milestone, which the Association marked in a typically selfless and generous manner by offering free mountain tours throughout the year.
With his Saanen Gatherings J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) left his mark on many minds. Nevertheless, the traces of this remarkable personality have been fading away in the Saanenland over the decades.
In the latest gourmet guide GaultMillau for 2020, Gstaad and the region have once again scored points, confirming the usual high quality standards.
Thanks to the collaboration of a range of partners, public transport is included in the winter sport tickets.
The Ultima Collection group has been given two major awards.
The Jetfly Group companies are an ideal solution for all of your European flying needs.
Rosmarie and Christian Dubi changed their perspective in autumn: from the sales counter to the customer side. With Andrea Wehren as the new managing director, however, the Chnusper-Becke Gstaad remains in the tradition of the family-owned company.
Are shop windows in the Saanenland displaying festive holiday calendars with numbered boxes scattered throughout? Have you seen candles being solemnly lit on wreaths of evergreen during reverent family gatherings? If so, the Advent season must be upon us.
For many years, Saanenmöser has longed for a cash machine. Now, the Saanen Bank has made their wish come true: since October, people have been able to draw cash from the machine at the train station in Saanenmöser.
Lest we forget
Winter has arrived! After a night of heavy snowfall, everything was covered in white this morning. According to the weather forecast, temperatures should remain low and the second half of the week may bring more of the white gold.
The latest agricultural report shows that consumers are looking for products of Swiss origin, especially animal products. Three quarters of the respondents prefer eggs from Switzerland and more than half of the respondents prefer meat and milk and dairy products from local sources.