Two musical highlights

After its intensive weeks as a “tool” of the Conducting Academy, the Gstaad Festival Orchestra under the direction of Jaap van Zveden unfolded its outstanding qualities in its two performances in mid-August with the interpretation of great symphonies and again as an accompanis

Two musical highlights

After its intensive weeks as a “tool” of the Conducting Academy, the Gstaad Festival Orchestra under the direction of Jaap van Zveden unfolded its outstanding qualities in its two performances in mid-August with the interpretation of great symphonies and again as an accompanis


Digitalisation saves fawns

Fawn rescue in Switzerland with drones and thermal imaging cameras is successful: never before have so many hectares of land been flown over and so many fawns saved from death by mowers.

Digitalisation saves fawns

Fawn rescue in Switzerland with drones and thermal imaging cameras is successful: never before have so many hectares of land been flown over and so many fawns saved from death by mowers.


Issue 6 | 2021

Wait, can this be the last editorial of this summer? Must be because of the relativity thing. Relativity of time – a wonderful concept to toy around with. Not as a theoretical physicist, way too complicated. No, I mean as a layman.

Issue 6 | 2021

Wait, can this be the last editorial of this summer? Must be because of the relativity thing. Relativity of time – a wonderful concept to toy around with. Not as a theoretical physicist, way too complicated. No, I mean as a layman.


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Plaine morte lake empty

According to an announcement on the Lenk municipality website, the water level of the glacial lake on the Plaine Morte has dropped through the sub-glacial cave network. The outflow from the glacier tongue went via Trübbach and Simme without reaching alarming levels.

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Plaine morte lake empty

According to an announcement on the Lenk municipality website, the water level of the glacial lake on the Plaine Morte has dropped through the sub-glacial cave network. The outflow from the glacier tongue went via Trübbach and Simme without reaching alarming levels.


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Unexploded ordnance in the mountains

When hiking in the mountains, it is possible to come across unexploded ordnance, ammunition that has not exploded or has not exploded completely, for example because it landed in water, snow or soft ground, writes the NBC-KA-MIR Centre of Competence at the NBC Centre in Spiez.

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Unexploded ordnance in the mountains

When hiking in the mountains, it is possible to come across unexploded ordnance, ammunition that has not exploded or has not exploded completely, for example because it landed in water, snow or soft ground, writes the NBC-KA-MIR Centre of Competence at the NBC Centre in Spiez.


Expat adventures

When I was nine months old my parents entered me in a baby contest. I placed third. As more than two others were vying for the honour of top baby, I consider this a respectable result. It turns out I’m not the only member of our family with beauty show credentials, either.

Expat adventures

When I was nine months old my parents entered me in a baby contest. I placed third. As more than two others were vying for the honour of top baby, I consider this a respectable result. It turns out I’m not the only member of our family with beauty show credentials, either.


Franchesca Beau Atelier Beaux Arts

Atelier Beaux Arts is a new gallery in Rougemont featuring the work of local artist Franchesca Noelle Beau.

Franchesca Beau Atelier Beaux Arts

Atelier Beaux Arts is a new gallery in Rougemont featuring the work of local artist Franchesca Noelle Beau.


Thunderous choral in the festival tent

Under the title God Save the King, the ensemble Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet, presented Handel’s Coronation Hymns and the Dettingen Te Deum.

Thunderous choral in the festival tent

Under the title God Save the King, the ensemble Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet, presented Handel’s Coronation Hymns and the Dettingen Te Deum.


Champagne cooler à la Gstaad

There it is again, the typical combination of luxury and down-toearthness that makes Gstaad so unique, endearing and ultimately also internationally popular: interdisciplinary artist Anthony Bannwart converts cowbells into champagne bowls.

Champagne cooler à la Gstaad

There it is again, the typical combination of luxury and down-toearthness that makes Gstaad so unique, endearing and ultimately also internationally popular: interdisciplinary artist Anthony Bannwart converts cowbells into champagne bowls.


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Large kitchen in Sport Lodge

Several groups have decided against staying at the Sport Lodge in Gstaad because of the lack of a large kitchen. Therefore, both the real estate commission and the municipality of Saanen recommend installing such a kitchen.

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Large kitchen in Sport Lodge

Several groups have decided against staying at the Sport Lodge in Gstaad because of the lack of a large kitchen. Therefore, both the real estate commission and the municipality of Saanen recommend installing such a kitchen.


GYC firmly establishes the Saanenland in the sailing world

The Gstaad Yacht Club is firmly established in the Swiss sailing scene and keeps thriving on an international level. Its athletes carry the club’s burgee and the the region into all the corners of the World!

GYC firmly establishes the Saanenland in the sailing world

The Gstaad Yacht Club is firmly established in the Swiss sailing scene and keeps thriving on an international level. Its athletes carry the club’s burgee and the the region into all the corners of the World!


Ernst Andrea Scherz, 5 July 1939 – 13 May 2021

My parents, Silvia and Ernst Scherz-Bezzola, had been the directors of the Gstaad Palace for about a year. My mother always gave birth to her children a little too early, so this time they left timely for Bern.

Ernst Andrea Scherz, 5 July 1939 – 13 May 2021

My parents, Silvia and Ernst Scherz-Bezzola, had been the directors of the Gstaad Palace for about a year. My mother always gave birth to her children a little too early, so this time they left timely for Bern.


The picture 5 | 2021

Scuttling nightmare for bees: the warm weather at the beginning of June lured them out of their hiding places: the crab spiders, which are feared by bees and wasps. Pictured is one of the 2,155 species found worldwide.

The picture 5 | 2021

Scuttling nightmare for bees: the warm weather at the beginning of June lured them out of their hiding places: the crab spiders, which are feared by bees and wasps. Pictured is one of the 2,155 species found worldwide.


Casa Gstaad

Casa Gstaad is an interior design studio and showroom founded by Antonia Crespí that brings together an Alpine way of life with sophisticated, modern design.

Casa Gstaad

Casa Gstaad is an interior design studio and showroom founded by Antonia Crespí that brings together an Alpine way of life with sophisticated, modern design.


Switzerland’s largest breeding birds in the Saanenland, Part 2

How privileged we are to be able to observe Switzerland’s two largest breeding birds, the golden eagle and the bearded vulture, here in Saanenland.

Switzerland’s largest breeding birds in the Saanenland, Part 2

How privileged we are to be able to observe Switzerland’s two largest breeding birds, the golden eagle and the bearded vulture, here in Saanenland.


Cartoon Issue 5 | 2021

After a long period of digital learning, everybody loved outdoor camps!

Cartoon Issue 5 | 2021

After a long period of digital learning, everybody loved outdoor camps!


Chocolate Heaven: Interview with Lukas Wenger

Lukas Wenger from Gsteig loves Swiss chocolate. So much, in fact, he has plans afoot to launch Swiss Chocolate World, an adventure park focused on, you guessed it: Swiss chocolate.

Chocolate Heaven: Interview with Lukas Wenger

Lukas Wenger from Gsteig loves Swiss chocolate. So much, in fact, he has plans afoot to launch Swiss Chocolate World, an adventure park focused on, you guessed it: Swiss chocolate.


CANWALK 2021

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the CANSEARCH Foundation, which fights childhood cancer by supporting medical research in paediatric oncology and haematology, the 5th edition of the CANWALK brought together about a hundred participants on Sunday, 31 July for a friendly walk followed by
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CANWALK 2021

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the CANSEARCH Foundation, which fights childhood cancer by supporting medical research in paediatric oncology and haematology, the 5th edition of the CANWALK brought together about a hundred participants on Sunday, 31 July for a friendly walk followed by
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Traffic in the Rübeldorf

Critical traffic situations have repeatedly occurred on Rübeldorfstrasse for years. Now the municipality has reacted, but the current measures seem to be missing their mark.

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Traffic in the Rübeldorf

Critical traffic situations have repeatedly occurred on Rübeldorfstrasse for years. Now the municipality has reacted, but the current measures seem to be missing their mark.


Late haymaking

The unceasing rain in early summer significantly delayed haymaking. This may affect the quality of the forage, the quantity of milk and the health of the cows.

Late haymaking

The unceasing rain in early summer significantly delayed haymaking. This may affect the quality of the forage, the quantity of milk and the health of the cows.

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