“On a small ledge in the Swiss mountains, 200 people were enjoying a summer football tournament. As night fell, they had no idea what was coming.”
Switzerland
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Trekking Across Switzerland, Guided by Locals’ Hand-Drawn Maps
“Nostalgic for a time before ubiquitous connectivity, a writer ditched his phone and relied instead on serendipity — and maps made by people he met along the way.”
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The Switzerland Schedule
“In one of the many conversations I had with my mother after her attempt, I asked her whether it would be appropriate, desirable, or ethical for her to try again.”
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Chasing My Father’s Ghost Through the Swiss Alps
James Jung thought he rode the winding narrow roads of the Alps to memorialize his dad. He was wrong.
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Tina Turner is Having the Time of Her Life
A month before “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” comes to Broadway, Amanda Hess pays Turner a visit at “Chateau Algonquin,” as Swiss castle she rents with her husband, to profile the 79-year-old in all her retired glory.
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The Ghosts of the Glacier
As Alpine glaciers recede in alarming speed, they reveal more and more bodies of people who’d died tragically on the ice, some of them considered missing for decades.
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The Swiss Invasion
You don’t shop on Saturday if you live in Konstanz, Germany. Why? The Swiss.