Swiss Stories

Suíça

10 fatos surpreendentes sobre a Suíça

Society
Quando pensamos na Suíça, sempre vem a nossa mente um país de montanhas, de gente feliz e seus muitos tipos de queijo. No entanto, a Suíça tem muito mais a oferecer do que aquilo que vemos nos anúncios turísticos.

by Kristīne Strazdiņa

nova friburgo

Nova Friburgo, um reduto suíço no coração do Brasil, festeja seus 200 anos

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Nas alturas da Serra Fluminense, a 130 km das praias do Rio de Janeiro, reina uma cidade de 185.000 habitantes. Esta cidade assume com orgulho a sua herança helvética e se prepara para festejar com pompa e circunstância os 200 anos de sua fundação. Inúmeras iniciativas nos dois lados do Atlântico reforçarão os laços existentes.
Parc Ela

Switzerland on Instagram

Society
We have put a few questions to the charming Martina, better known as kitkat_ch, a photographer that pays tribute to Switzerland and its mountains.
Tigerfinkli

9 Nostalgic Memories of Growing up in Switzerland

Society
There was a time when Swiss children went to school on Saturdays. Yet they had enough free time to build cardboard houses, play the game of Gummitwist and amuse themselves with toys that were mostly made out of wood.
Dimitri Burkhard

by Dimitri Burkhard

Hackbrett © Verband Hackbrett Schweiz

Swiss folk music: 5 traditional instruments

Society
Yodelling, the iconic style of song that echoes through the Swiss mountains, is well known, as is the accordion and the alphorn. However, there are other original instruments in the Swiss folk tradition. Here is a non-exhaustive inventory.

by Tatiana Tissot

Swissloop gives concrete shape to the ultra-fast train of the future

Swissloop gives concrete shape to the ultra-fast train of the future

Science & Education
A team of students from the ETH Zurich is revolutionising land transport with the development of carriages for a subsonic levitation train capable of speeds of up to 1,200 km/hour, travelling through vacuum tunnels.

by Mehdi Atmani

Data provided by the pedometer attached to the halter enables the behaviour of cows to be monitored on a tablet. ©Agroscope, Gabriela Brändle

Swiss Agriculture 4.0

Economics
Smart farming: digitalisation is about to revolutionise farming in Switzerland