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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Atelier Beaux Arts is a new gallery in Rougemont featuring the work of local artist Franchesca Noelle Beau.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 is an interior design studio and showroom founded by Antonia Crespí that brings together an Alpine way of life with sophisticated, modern design.
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.
After a long period of digital learning, everybody loved outdoor camps!
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.
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.
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.