Who will be the next GP at the Madora Practice Centre? The Medaxo Group is looking for successors. PHOTO: JOCELYNE PAGE

Healthcare Providers in Saanenland are struggling

The Madora practice centre in Gstaad will soon be losing two of its family doctors, Dr Mirela Mondescu and Dr Nikolaus Hoyer. Medaxo Services AG operates the centre and is having difficulty finding a successor. The authorities are concerned as Dr Beat Michel, the third GP at the practice centre, ...
Who will be the next GP at the Madora Practice Centre? The Medaxo Group is looking for successors. PHOTO: JOCELYNE PAGE

Healthcare Providers in Saanenland are struggling

The Madora practice centre in Gstaad will soon be losing two of its family doctors, Dr Mirela Mondescu and Dr Nikolaus Hoyer. Medaxo Services AG operates the centre and is having difficulty finding a successor. The authorities are concerned as Dr Beat Michel, the third GP at the practice centre, ...

Elisabeth & Alfredo Beracasa

Fun & Fundaments of Gstaad Living

Alfredo Beracasa talks about his love for Gstaad
Elisabeth & Alfredo Beracasa

Fun & Fundaments of Gstaad Living

Alfredo Beracasa talks about his love for Gstaad

Star studded wonderwall at GreenGO

Jasmine Wheatcroft, a Gstaad-based artist, is giving the graffiti wall a new coat of paint with a hyper-realistic painted collage. Instead of street art, the wall is now adorned with stars and starlets that have been partying at GreenGo nightclub over the years.

Star studded wonderwall at GreenGO

Jasmine Wheatcroft, a Gstaad-based artist, is giving the graffiti wall a new coat of paint with a hyper-realistic painted collage. Instead of street art, the wall is now adorned with stars and starlets that have been partying at GreenGo nightclub over the years.

hertzkissen.ch – the new focus project

Join the club - Soroptimists in Saanenland

Whether local or part-time resident in Saanenland, there are many clubs you can join; one such is celebrating their 10th anniversary – the local branch of the women’s club – the Soroptimists.
hertzkissen.ch – the new focus project

Join the club - Soroptimists in Saanenland

Whether local or part-time resident in Saanenland, there are many clubs you can join; one such is celebrating their 10th anniversary – the local branch of the women’s club – the Soroptimists.

The founding members in 1998 | Photos: courtesy of GYC

25 years at the helm

A quarter of a century ago, the Gstaad Yacht Club (GYC) was founded with a unique vision: to create a global yacht club away from the waters rather than another local club by the waters. This idea captivated the ten founding members in 1998 and has since spread to over 400 members from over ...
The founding members in 1998 | Photos: courtesy of GYC

25 years at the helm

A quarter of a century ago, the Gstaad Yacht Club (GYC) was founded with a unique vision: to create a global yacht club away from the waters rather than another local club by the waters. This idea captivated the ten founding members in 1998 and has since spread to over 400 members from over ...

Lunch in the region with Peter Dolmans and Giancarlo Giammetti | Photograph: Courtesy Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti

Valentino - Brains, Beauty & Breeding

The legendary fashion designer and master couturier founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s with his long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. And has since established an illustrious career often associated with his signature colour, “Valentino Red”. In 1998, ...
Lunch in the region with Peter Dolmans and Giancarlo Giammetti | Photograph: Courtesy Valentino Garavani e Giancarlo Giammetti

Valentino - Brains, Beauty & Breeding

The legendary fashion designer and master couturier founded his eponymous fashion house in Rome in the late 1950s with his long-time business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. And has since established an illustrious career often associated with his signature colour, “Valentino Red”. In 1998, ...

perfectly prepped slopes | (c)Destination Gstaad / Melanie Uhkoetter

The trail makers in the night!

It looks like muted ballet in the dark, something from a silent movie. The lights glide effortlessly, up and down the mountain, across the white mass in the all-enveloping darkness. Every night the same performance – it is the snow groomers, creators of the pristine trails we wake up to every ...
perfectly prepped slopes | (c)Destination Gstaad / Melanie Uhkoetter

The trail makers in the night!

It looks like muted ballet in the dark, something from a silent movie. The lights glide effortlessly, up and down the mountain, across the white mass in the all-enveloping darkness. Every night the same performance – it is the snow groomers, creators of the pristine trails we wake up to every ...

Hashtag Gstaad

Did you get the Memo? The snow is back! Go get your gear, skip work and Come Up & Slow Down!

Hashtag Gstaad

Did you get the Memo? The snow is back! Go get your gear, skip work and Come Up & Slow Down!

Gallery Guide - Artwalk Saanen

In the December edition of GstaadLife we took a mini-tour of some art galleries in and around Gstaad. But that’s just the beginning of what the Saanenland art scene has to offer. So join us as we continue through the valley to explore what’s happening in Saanen.

Gallery Guide - Artwalk Saanen

In the December edition of GstaadLife we took a mini-tour of some art galleries in and around Gstaad. But that’s just the beginning of what the Saanenland art scene has to offer. So join us as we continue through the valley to explore what’s happening in Saanen.

My idea was to photograph him in an unusual situation and Hans Zingre, a local farmer and ski instructor, helped and provided the location. The cow, Meieli, also did her part and looked into the camera. The photo appeared in "Schweizer Illustrierte" No. 25, 1981.

Trough the lens - Gstaad Glam, pre Assouline

Siegfried Kuhn was a Swiss press photographer who worked for various magazines and newspapers from 1959 to 1995. Every winter, he went “celebrity hunting” in Gstaad. Now his book about his work has been published. It is a photographer’s autobiography and a source of photo-historical information ...
My idea was to photograph him in an unusual situation and Hans Zingre, a local farmer and ski instructor, helped and provided the location. The cow, Meieli, also did her part and looked into the camera. The photo appeared in "Schweizer Illustrierte" No. 25, 1981.

Trough the lens - Gstaad Glam, pre Assouline

Siegfried Kuhn was a Swiss press photographer who worked for various magazines and newspapers from 1959 to 1995. Every winter, he went “celebrity hunting” in Gstaad. Now his book about his work has been published. It is a photographer’s autobiography and a source of photo-historical information ...

Photograph: Courtesy Phillips, Auctioneer Benoît Repellin selling lot 602

Come up, slow down & keep shining

How diamonds found new ways to shine and entertain us during and after Covid – The Excited Words and Work of a Jewellery Auctioneer
Photograph: Courtesy Phillips, Auctioneer Benoît Repellin selling lot 602

Come up, slow down & keep shining

How diamonds found new ways to shine and entertain us during and after Covid – The Excited Words and Work of a Jewellery Auctioneer

Bernard Piguet is on the cover of the New Years issue, interviewed by Alan Ipekian

Issue 8 | 2022 Editorial

Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder.
Someone recently reminded me of this quote, mainly because we disagreed on it. Not on the quote itself but on the beauty in question. How do you measure beauty?
Bernard Piguet is on the cover of the New Years issue, interviewed by Alan Ipekian

Issue 8 | 2022 Editorial

Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder.
Someone recently reminded me of this quote, mainly because we disagreed on it. Not on the quote itself but on the beauty in question. How do you measure beauty?

Two friends finally get to live out their dream

Giuseppe Colella and Romuald Bour have had a long-standing friendship. They once dreamed of being work colleagues. Now it’s a reality: the chef and the hotel director are living out their dream at the Ermitage Wellness & Spa Hotel.

Two friends finally get to live out their dream

Giuseppe Colella and Romuald Bour have had a long-standing friendship. They once dreamed of being work colleagues. Now it’s a reality: the chef and the hotel director are living out their dream at the Ermitage Wellness & Spa Hotel.

The Art of Jewellery layering

For over half a century, Graff has operated at the very pinnacle of the high jewellery industry, discovering and crafting diamonds of brilliance and rarity, transforming the hidden wonders of the earth into spectacular pieces of jewellery that move the heart and stir the soul.

The Art of Jewellery layering

For over half a century, Graff has operated at the very pinnacle of the high jewellery industry, discovering and crafting diamonds of brilliance and rarity, transforming the hidden wonders of the earth into spectacular pieces of jewellery that move the heart and stir the soul.

Going out!

If you are not really a gallery buff but are still interested in art and enjoy getting a behind-the-scenes kind of feel, the CinemArt project might be interesting for you.

Going out!

If you are not really a gallery buff but are still interested in art and enjoy getting a behind-the-scenes kind of feel, the CinemArt project might be interesting for you.

Photograph: Jürg Kaufmann

11th Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is undoubtedly the meeting place for sailors and sailing enthusiasts with the most beautiful modern or classic yachts in the running. The two-week-long event allows sailors plenty of time to calmly anchor around the port and suss out the competition. And boat-loving ...
Photograph: Jürg Kaufmann

11th Gstaad Yacht Club Centenary Trophy

Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez is undoubtedly the meeting place for sailors and sailing enthusiasts with the most beautiful modern or classic yachts in the running. The two-week-long event allows sailors plenty of time to calmly anchor around the port and suss out the competition. And boat-loving ...

Photograph: Anna Charles Camilla Leigh and Camilla Chalmers

The Queen's canopy at la Tine

On Friday, 21 October 2022, a small group met in the forests of the Parc Naturel Region Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut at La Tine to contribute to the Queen’s Green Canopy – an initiative to commemorate the life and reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. How did this come about? GstaadLife ...
Photograph: Anna Charles Camilla Leigh and Camilla Chalmers

The Queen's canopy at la Tine

On Friday, 21 October 2022, a small group met in the forests of the Parc Naturel Region Gruyère Pays-d’Enhaut at La Tine to contribute to the Queen’s Green Canopy – an initiative to commemorate the life and reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. How did this come about? GstaadLife ...

Stylish success

Antonella Curioni moved to Gstaad in 1997 and set up her own boutique ten years later. The business has grown and strengthened beyond its initial focus on cashmere, proving that independent fashion can compete against the biggest brands. GstaadLife met with Antonella to talk fashion, design ...

Stylish success

Antonella Curioni moved to Gstaad in 1997 and set up her own boutique ten years later. The business has grown and strengthened beyond its initial focus on cashmere, proving that independent fashion can compete against the biggest brands. GstaadLife met with Antonella to talk fashion, design ...

Celebrating 50 years of educational excellence

The 2021-2022 school year marks the 50th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy (JFK) International School in Saanen. Founded in 1971, this small school with a big heart has become a much-loved fixture of the Saanenland community.

Celebrating 50 years of educational excellence

The 2021-2022 school year marks the 50th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy (JFK) International School in Saanen. Founded in 1971, this small school with a big heart has become a much-loved fixture of the Saanenland community.

Rescuer in the snow - and even more snow

Ueli Grundisch led the SAC rescue station in Gstaad for 25 years, a straightforward, quiet and modest person.

Rescuer in the snow - and even more snow

Ueli Grundisch led the SAC rescue station in Gstaad for 25 years, a straightforward, quiet and modest person.

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