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I booked an Airbnb in a Swiss village to save money while backpacking Europe for 2 weeks. It ended up being my favorite destination.

Fri, 07/19/2024 - 13:37

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel

A couple smiles in front of a grassy field with a path leading to homes and mountains in the background. The sky is blue with clouds — Business Insider's reporter traveled to six European cities, and her favorite destination was a small town outside of Zurich, Switzerland.
Joey Hadden/Business Insider

Travel, Lifestyle, Travel, AirBnB, Switzerland, europe-by-train-2022, hidden-gems

Photos show the mysterious ancient objects that mountaineers are finding on the Alps' melting glaciers

Tue, 07/09/2024 - 11:16

Tech Insider

archaeologist in yellow shirt holds ancient rusty horseshoe in plastic bag beside a cart with a grey bin holding a large black trashbag in a large basement storage room — Romain Andenmatten shows a horseshoe found on a melting glacier.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Science, Archaeology, Glaciers, hikers, Switzerland, ancient-artifacts, ancient-humans

I loved my first visit to Switzerland — but my trip would've been better if I hadn't made these 5 mistakes

Thu, 07/04/2024 - 11:34

Tech Insider : Travel, Travel

smiling woman in brown shirt sitting inside a train — I rode trains to visit three towns in Switzerland, and there are only a few things I would do differently.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Travel, Travel, mistakes, Switzerland, Zurich, july-4-save-2024

4 members of UK's richest family convicted of exploiting servants at Swiss mansion

Sat, 06/22/2024 - 11:59

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Indian-Swiss billionaire family members Namrata Hinduja (L) and Ajay Hinduja (2ndR) arrive at the Geneva's courthouse with their lawyers Yael Hayat (C) and Robert Assael (R) at the opening day of their trial for human trafficking on January 15, 2024.

News, news-uk, weekend-uk, Switzerland, hinduja

I traveled on a double-decker train between France and Switzerland at 199mph. See inside the TGV Lyria, which costs as little as $50.

Sun, 06/16/2024 - 06:53

Tech Insider : Travel

The author wearing a gray suit akes a selfie in front of a TGV Lyria, and the train's onboard café car. — The author, the TGV Lyria, and its café car.
Pete Syme/Business Insider

Travel, tgv, France, Switzerland, Trains, high-speed-train, Rail

Another European country is flying fighter jets off highways like NATO has been doing to protect its warplanes

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 14:29

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A Swiss F/A-18 fighter jet lands on a highway.
Swiss Government via X

Military & Defense, NATO, Switzerland, fa-18, fighter-jet, Russia, Ukraine

A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler's remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.

Thu, 05/09/2024 - 13:05

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archaeologist with grey curly hair wearing glasses black and white striped t shirt and blue medical gloves holding a tattered ancient leather shoe — Pierre-Yves Nicod holds the mystery traveler's 400-year-old shoe.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen

Science, Archaeology, Glaciers, Switzerland, Alps, climate-change

Stop thinking your expensive watch is an investment, says Rolex boss

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 07:59

Tech Insider : Economy

finance, Retail, finance, economy, rolex, watches, Stocks

Why this obsolete mechanism makes watches more expensive

Mon, 03/25/2024 - 09:44

Tech Insider

A tourbillon (French for "whirlwind") is a centuries-old mechanism built inside some of the world's most expensive watches. It was originally designed to improve the accuracy of pocket watches by rotating the escapement and balance wheel to help counter the effects of gravity.