swiss house cuckoo clocks

Trekking Around Titlis: Snowshoeing in Central Switzerland

After a solid hour of hoofing it across the alps, we arrive at Gasthaus Gerscnialp. Shivering slightly, we enter this quintessential Swiss guest house decked out with wooden beams, checkered curtains and naturally, a cuckoo clock, who quickly alerts us ...

Germany's Black Forest: a popular holiday destination

In the past five years, Black Forest has attracted more individual tourists from all around the world, including Switzerland. Lothar Burghardt, managing director of the local tourism sector told me that nearly half the tourists are German while the ...

Waukesha clock restorer crazy about cuckoos

Whether it's the 20 cuckoo clocks in his home or the hundreds he has built or collected or is currently repairing in his workshop, cuckoo calls are the sound track to Galinsky's life. Owner of the Duplainville Clock Co. located at his Waukesha home ...

Rising Franc Upends Daily Life in Swiss Borderlands

CAMPIONE D'ITALIA, Italy—Switzerland's decision last month to lift the cap on the franc sent the currency flying 40% against the euro and roiled financial markets world-wide. But for Enrico Lironi, the decision hit painfully close to home. The teacher ...

Switzerland Dismantles Cold War Explosive Network

Switzerland planned to dismantle the remaining components of its vast network of Cold War defenses by the end of 2014, including explosives stashed away on bridges and airstrips. The Swiss army had originally hoped to complete the task by the end of ...

Swiss Stop Radical Immigration Curbs, but Confrontation With EU Still Looms

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government avoided a new headache on Sunday when voters rejected a popular initiative to impose radical immigration curbs, but the result is unlikely to lend it any leverage in talks with the European Union related to ...

Author of thrillers found no Swiss cuckoo clocks

Bourget says that the Geneva setting was more a nod to the novel's Swiss origins than a condemnation of the city's business leaders. Important scenes in the novel are also based on lakeside houses owned by friends and the ski resort of Les Paccots ...