Blues musician Philipp Fankhauser
Musician Philipp Fankhauser talks about how he turned blues into Swiss gold in this audio feature for swissinfo.
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“Call it the blues”
Posted in Music, tagged art, blues, Culture, music, Switzerland on May 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »
One in four shuns religion in Switzerland
Posted in Current affairs, tagged charity, Christianity, church, Culture, religion, Switzerland on April 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Saint Jost's Chapel in Dottenberg near Lucerne
The role of organized religion in Switzerland is an increasingly small one, according to a publically funded study.
Through hundreds of questionnaires as well as dozens of in-depth interviews with individuals across the country, researchers have found that the Swiss population has distanced itself from organized Christianity as well as traditional spirituality in recent decades.
Read the whole story here:
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/One_in_four_shuns_religion_in_Switzerland.html?cid=29877728
Bridging the gaps in Zurich
Posted in Culture, Food, Shopping, tagged Culture, design, Food, shopping, Switzerland, Zurich on December 1, 2010| 2 Comments »
All sorts of tasty treats are for sale in the IM VIADUKT Markthalle.
The viaduct across Zurich’s industrial neighbourhood has been a landmark for more than century. Today, its arches shelter a variety of small businesses, making it a gourmet temple, funky shopping strip and cultural meeting point. It is also home to the city’s first covered market hall.
Click here to read the whole story, published in the December 2010 issue of Swiss News magazine:
http://www.swissnews.ch/art-culture-travel/bridging-the-gaps-in-kreis-5.html
Zurich hosts its first “fashion days”
Posted in Fashion, tagged Culture, design, Fashion, Switzerland, Zurich on November 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »
A look by Greek-born designer Mary Katrantzou, winner of the 2010 Swiss Textiles Award
While other cities have fashion weeks, Zurich has been making do with a single night. That changed this year when the city hosted its first Fashion Days. The four-day event has expanded to include a business forum, award presentations and seven blocks of fashion shows at the Puls 5 cultural center.
“Switzerland is quite known for design – in particular textiles and architecture. But it’s not like Italy or France, where you’re born with fashion in your blood,” said Erhard Schwendimann, Bally Shoe Factories’ area director for southern and western Europe.
Read the whole story here: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Zurich_hosts_its_first_fashion_days.html?cid=28693590
Festival considers future of the small screen
Posted in Culture, tagged Culture, entertainment, film, Lucerne, television, TV on September 26, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The "Golden Rose" celebrated its golden jubilee in Lucerne.
This year marked the 50th Rose d’Or global television festival, held in Lucerne last week. Yet in the age of mobile phone video cameras and YouTube, the industry is having a serious think about the future of the small screen.
Read the whole story here: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Festival_considers_future_of_the_small_screen.html?cid=28371028
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