Trekking Around Titlis: Snowshoeing in Central Switzerland
The first few minutes are most flat on predictably packed snow, but once we enter the forest, it's hard to remember you're on a multi-purpose mountain. It's up and down through Shivering slightly, we enter this quintessential Swiss guest house ...
www.snowshoemag.com
March 23, 2015
Owner of hundreds of Cuckoo clocks finishing museum
More specifically, it's the hand-carved leaves, woodland animals and mountain chalets that give Fiorentino a charge, the 19th century work of craftsmen from Germany's Black Forest, ornamenting the clocks that hang neatly throughout the warehouse....
www.kare11.com
May 4, 2014
Why I hate Christmas markets
There will be chalets and fake snow and fake greenery, really stupid-looking reindeer and literally billions of fairly lights across the entire western world. Millions of visitors will be behaving as if mulled wine - glühwein to our Teutonic chums ...
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 18, 2014
Bavaria: skiing in a winter hinterland
At times we were choking on powder as we carved our way through the dense tree line, ducking under branches, jumping over snow pillows, straining every muscle to get back to the chairlift just so that we could do it all over again. Kevin, our guide ...
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2013
Bugged cuckoo clock scandal rocks government
In it, an unnamed official expressed security concerns about the cuckoo clock – a pendulum-driven “Chalet” model with music box – which had been presented to the ambassador the previous month as part of Swiss National Day celebrations. “The latest ...
www.swissinfo.ch
April 1, 2011
Ready, steady, snow: get set for the new ski season
As the recession fades from skiers' minds, sumptuous chalets and hotels are popping up all over the Alps. Big ski areas attract the most skiers and individual resorts are creating potentially lucrative alliances. Last season saw the marriage of Alpbach ...
www.standard.co.uk
October 2, 2013
DIGITAL STAG CLOCK
Product design firm Fly-pitcher has created such a fun take on the traditional cuckoo clock, though, that you'll have to forgive us if we fall for the antlered motif just one more time (you do, however, have a choice –- the line also includes squirrel ...
inhabitat.com
August 17, 2006
Black forest in Germany
The Black Forest in Germany is one of the best places you can visit ... Many homes, for example, contain a piece of the Black Forest in the form of their cuckoo clock. According to Dr. Michael Zickerick, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany ...
www.saudigazette.com.sa
July 12, 2015
Germany's Black Forest: Dark woods and mushrooms
The region is also popular with mountain bikers. Mushrooms of all shapes ... Triberg also boasts three claims to fame: cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake and Germany's highest waterfalls. The waterfall trails were busy with visitors watching the Gutach ...
www.freep.com
May 2, 2015
Fairy tale destination
The region is also popular with mountain bikers. Mushrooms of all shapes ... Triberg also boasts three claims to fame: cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake and Germany’s highest waterfalls. The waterfall trails were busy with visitors watching the Gutach ...
www.spokesman.com
May 3, 2015
Germany’s Black Forest: Dark woods and mushrooms
The region is also popular with mountain bikers. Mushrooms of all shapes ... Triberg also boasts three claims to fame: cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake and Germany’s highest waterfalls. The waterfall trails were busy with visitors watching the Gutach ...
www.thedailynewsonline.com
May 2, 2015
Dark woods, mushrooms and the inspiration for Grimms fairytales
The region is also popular with mountain bikers. Mushrooms of all shapes ... Triberg also boasts three claims to fame: cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake and Germany's highest waterfalls. The waterfall trails were busy with visitors watching the Gutach ...
www.thestar.com
May 1, 2015
Magical place inspired fairytales
The region is also popular with mountain bikers. Mushrooms of all shapes ... Triberg also boasts three claims to fame: cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake and Germany's highest waterfalls. The waterfall trails were busy with visitors watching the Gutach ...
www.therecord.com
April 25, 2015
The Black Forest: dark woods and fungi
The region is also popular with mountain bikers. Mushrooms of all shapes ... Triberg also boasts three claims to fame: cuckoo clocks, Black Forest cake and Germany’s highest waterfalls. The waterfall trails were busy with visitors watching the Gutach ...
dailystar.com.lb
April 24, 2015
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