Tag Archive: Lifestyle

Electric car sales pass ‘tipping point’ in Switzerland

2022-01-19

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2022-01-19

The number of new electric cars sold in Switzerland continues to accelerate – even faster than predicted, according to the Touring Club Switzerland (TCS) car association.

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Shared e-bikes and e-scooters ‘do climate more harm than good’

2022-01-07

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2022-01-07

Shared e-scooters and e-bikes can have a negative effect on the climate, a Swiss study has found. This is because such services generally replace trips with normal bicycles, rather than cars.

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Lifestyle wollen, aber nichts dafür machen? #FauleNüsse ?

2021-08-09

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2021-08-09

Kürzlich habe ich ein Video von dem lieben Aron gesehen, wo er über seinen Lebensstil spricht und wie sich auch viele wünschen, seinen Lebensstil zu leben.

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Aviation industry demands action to get planes back in the air

2021-04-18

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2021-04-18

Business, tourism and trade union leaders have put forward an action plan to get Swiss air transport back in action as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.

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Covid changes Swiss holiday and transport habits

2021-02-12

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2021-02-12

A third of Swiss people chose not to travel on holiday last year as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world, according to automobile association Touring Club Switzerland (TCS).

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Europe’s ski market crushed by Covid-19

2020-12-24

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2020-12-24

Gérard Brudi, who rents two apartments to winter workers in the popular French ski resort of Val Thorens, has not had a single booking this year.

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The slow but steady progress of driverless buses in Switzerland

2020-09-27

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2020-09-27

Over the past five years, various kinds of autonomous vehicles, including buses, have popped up on Swiss roads. But though testing continues, a driverless future might yet be some years away.

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Pandemic crashed demand for hotels and trains

2020-08-05

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2020-08-05

The number of overnight stays in Swiss hotels practically halved in the first six months of the year. Covid-19 also hit demand for public transport, with passengers notching up a third of their normal distances by train in the past three months.

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Travel destinations seek tourists, but not the crowds

2020-07-08

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2020-07-08

Some popular travel destinations have enjoyed the break – however temporary – from tourist crowds following Covid-19 restrictions. Others hope the hordes will return soon. Switzerland had not yet opened its border with Italy when its southern neighbour unexpectedly announced that Swiss citizens could enter the country starting on June 3.

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Study spotlights niche market for solo Chinese tourists

2020-02-05

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2020-02-05

The tourism industry in central Switzerland could benefit from increased efforts to focus on individual holidaymakers from China, according to a study. A report by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Artsexternal link found that guests from China travelling individually in Europe take a special interest in culinary events and that they are likely to receive information about new offers via their mobile phones. 

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Steep Increase in Swiss Housing Prices in Last Decade

2018-10-20

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2018-10-20

Apartment prices have risen in every district in Switzerland in the last eleven years except for one. Zurich tops the list with a median price of CHF 13,000 ($1313) per square metre – a 97% increase since 2007. This is according to a study by the Zurich Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) in partnership with comparison website comparis.ch.

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