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Noteworthy Swiss

Extraordinary stories about fascinating Swiss people, Swiss organizations & their brands. Here you also find articles in German.

Swiss People – Interesting Lives in Switzerland & Abroad

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Cheeses of Switzerland

Ancient Rome LOVED the cheeses of "Helvetia"! In laborious marches across the Alps, the wheels were rolled & carried south. With skills dating back 2,000 years, little wonder that modern day Switzerland produces some of the world's best tasting & highest quality cheeses! >
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Alois Carigiet - art, graphic design & Schellen-Ursli

Best known and beloved the world over for the children's book Schellen-Ursli - translated into 14 languages (including Afrikaans) and made into several films - Alois Carigiet was a multitalented, ever-pushing-his personal-and-creative-boundaries artist. >
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Roger Federer, social entrepreneur in high profile tennis

Roger Federer needs no introduction. The champion tennis player is Switzerland's best known ambassador. Increasingly, Roger Federer is also becoming a major player in a part of the world that does not associate his name with tennis. >
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Swiss National Soup Day and other amazing community stories

The Spirit of Christmas imbued in three real-life initiatives: A group of parents buy a farm and create happy & purposeful lives for their impaired adult children. A woman re-distributes overflow food to the poor, and the indomitable spirit of sightless basket weaver Urs Schwarz who prevails over his many challenges. >
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Swiss Annina Altherr - Yukon Government Youth Climate Change Ambassador

Annina Altherr and her family moved from Switzerland to a remote place in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Canada, when she was six years old. Read her story and how she became the Youth Climate Change Ambassador for the Government of Yukon! >
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Rudy Canonica: Swiss shepherd in the Bernese highlands

Every year, between the months of November and March, Rudy Canonica walks his flock of six hundred sheep from pasture to pasture across the Bernese Highlands. With the help of a second shepherd, four donkeys and three dogs. At night, he sleeps in his caravan. >
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TOPtoTOP climate change expedition

Meet Swiss family Schwoerer: Dario and Sabine with children Salina (11), Andri (10), Noe (7), Alegra (5) & baby Mia. They travel the planet on a wind-powered boat to work with students around the globe on their UN recognized climate change project. >
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Alaska dog sledding with an Appenzell-Swiss

Born and raised in Appenzell, it's a dream-come-true for Sven Haltmann: Alaska dog sledding in the wilderness. From his Fairbanks property and remote Bettles Lodge, he takes tourists on sled dog trips, while himself has run the gruesome 1,000 mile Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome. >

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about-silvia Welcome, and Grüezi! Switzerland, my native country, is the main focus of travel for this guide. Slowly, a few other destinations are added. Whatever the country, when I write, my cat Sari supervises me.   More about Silvia, Sari & Swiss Wanderlust »

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