Switzerland

Last (but not least) about Switzerland trip

Allied bombing raids, Freddie Mercury, United Nations, broken chair, ‘thieves’ in Geneva, Chaplin, Swiss chard, art, Starbucks prices, fur, huge fork, ode for the transport cards, World Trade Organization, cows And this concludes the Switzerland ‘report’ trip. Previous posts were: Swiss Banks Rochers-de-Naye, Switzerland 2 The Chocolate Factory, Switzerland 3 Chateau de Chillon, “Switzerland’s most visited historic monument”…

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Hotel Cornavin (Geneva) and the Biggest Mechanical Clock in the World

The Hotel Cornavin has the biggest mechanical clock in the world, with a total length of 30 meters; we are in Switzerland so somehow expected ๐Ÿ™‚ but surprised it is still a world record, I would have thought the record would be somewhere in Asia or in the oil countries from the Middle East. However, this wasn’t the…

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Chateau de Chillon, “Switzerland’s most visited historic monument” and Byron

Chateau de Chillon is a must see place; no surprise it is ranked #2 of 16 attractions in Montreux on tripadvisor. Tip: With the Riviera Card the admission fee is CHF6 instead of the adult price CHF12. I did not know about this as this rate is not displayed at the castle’s entrance, I found out only…

Swiss Banks

I was in Switzerland and I was curious whether I would come across the famous Swiss banks. And I did, accidentally of course, just a door with a sign there was a bank there. 1. PKB Privatebank I was curious whether they have a website and they do, and the site is in English,  French, Italian…