Food · Ticino
Eating slowly in Ticino
A weekend of grotti, markets and the small, stubborn kitchens of the Italian-speaking south.
Marco Bernasconi · 8 min
Stories
Slow reads from a small country.
City · Zürich
A morning on the Limmat
Before the coffee queues and the tram bells, the old town belongs to the swimmers.
Priya Menon · 6 min read
Wellness · Graubünden
Learning to slow down at Vals
What a stone bath house teaches you about time, water and doing very little on purpose.
Alina Weber · 5 min
Nature · Valais
The slow side of Valais
Everyone drives up to Zermatt. There's a whole other Valais off the main line.
Léa Rossier · 7 min
City · Neuchâtel
A French-Swiss Sunday
Neuchâtel, the yellow city, on a day when almost nothing is open — on purpose.
Camille Devaud · 6 min
Nature · Jura
The Jura you haven't been to
A quiet high plateau, a native horse breed, and a canton most people can't place on a map.
Yannick Kohler · 5 min
City · Solothurn
A city that runs on eleven
Every fountain, every altar, every clock — the number that quietly runs Solothurn.
Nora Fischer · 4 min
Newcomer · Basel
Learning to live in Basel
First year notes from an American in the Rhine city — the kindness, the codes, and the swim.
Jordan Hale · 7 min
Scenic transit · Ticino
An hour on the Monte Generoso
A rack railway, a Mario Botta ridge, and one of the best late-day views in the country.
Elisa Marchetti · 5 min
Season · Zug
Cherry blossoms in Zug
Ten days a year the hillside above Zug turns pink. It is not a metaphor.
Renate Vogel · 4 min
Culture · St. Gallen
A library, in felt slippers
The Abbey Library of St. Gallen is one of the oldest in Europe. You visit it wearing socks.
Isolde Frei · 5 min
Scenic transit · Zürich
Swiss night trains are back — quietly
Sleeping through the Alps and waking up somewhere else in Europe, again.
Tom Aebi · 6 min