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Sport

High tides

There’s a swell time to be had in the Swiss Alps. Visitors are ditching crampons and taking to the waves at a pool hundreds of metres above sea level. Surf’s up!

  • Issue #144
  • 4 min read
Surfer riding a wave in an inland surf pool with mountains behind.
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

The EU’s ambassador to Switzerland on tough talks, Germany and Morocco don’t see eye to eye and the UN’s former climate chief on global co-operation.

  • Issue #143
  • 7 min read
Diplomacy
Hospitality

Here to stay

Refined stays hewn with bags of original charm from the centre of Kyoto to the shores of California, by way of an upscale Alpine lodge and a Danish island retreat.

  • Issue #141
  • 1 min read
Here to stay
Affairs

Order of merit?

From Zürich's pricey bin bags to Japan's anti-splash driving laws, these municipal regulations prove that thoughtful governance can nudge citizens toward better behaviour without heavy-handed enforcement.

  • Issue #141
  • 4 min read
Classical statue figure reaching toward a woman in green dress holding what appears to be a shoe
Society

Live together

We recommend reverting back to a housing model devised by Jews at the turn of the 20th century.

  • Issue #140
  • 5 min read
Live together
Design

In the frame

Swiss poster design might have a storied past but it's also the ideal media for today, with its simple, stirring calls to action.

  • Issue #139
  • 12 min read
Museum für Gestaltung building exterior with poster displays showing exhibition advertisements
Craft

Stitch in time

We size up the family-run Swiss fabric producer putting a new spin on age-old traditions.

  • Issue #139
  • 7 min read
man in a patterned jacket and bucket hat working on a painting.
Food & Drink

In good taste

Regional produce, a passion for perfection and a rejection of the latest fads shows how a country can have an enviable culinary culture. We take a tour of the quietly pioneering Swiss food landscape.

  • Issue #139
  • 7 min read
illustrated ice cream with an umbrella decoration
Architecture

Safe haven

The modernist Swiss embassy in Canberra is a paean to the possibilities that concrete offered its gifted architects.

  • Issue #139
  • 6 min read
Low modernist building with a red flag at sunset.

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