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Hornussen - the sport of Swiss farmers Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 217 seconds Hornussen is a traditional team sport popular in the countryside of German-speaking Switzerland. swissinfo attended preparations for a match of the current champion "HG Wäseli" to get a better understanding of the unique game. (swissinfo, Michele Andina) Related: hornet, hornussen, sport, srg, ssr, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland, wäseli |
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Kromer vs Kromer Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 295 seconds Corinne and Natascha Kromer both work for Swiss International Airlines. Corinne has been a stewardess for more than 30 years, but has to follow orders from her daughter, the head of cabin crew. swissinfo joined them on a flight to Amsterdam, to find out whether this mother-daughter combo was a recipe for success or disaster. (swissinfo, Julie Hunt) Related: air, airlines, cabin, crew, fly, flying, head, hostess, international, jet, of, stewardess, swiss, switzerland, travel |
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A day in the life of a Franciscan monk Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 246 seconds 50 years ago the first group of Franciscan monks came to live on the Werd island in Stein am Rhein in northeastern Switzerland. As in the past, the friars go out on the streets, bringing hope to drug addicts and homeless people. (swissinfo) Related: am, franciscan, friars, minor, monk, of, order, rhein, stein, swissinfo, switzerland |
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New technology brings early ancestors back to life Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 244 seconds How best to reconstruct our earliest ancestors? An anthropology professor at Zurich University, Christoph Zollikofer, is providing groundbreaking insights into rare hominid fossils. (swissinfo, Michele Andina) Related: computer, evolution, fossils, human, neanderthal, paleoanthropology, reconstruction, research, swissinfo, switzerland, toumai |
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Wrestling with tradition Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 252 seconds The Swiss national sport known as "Schwingen" is a type of wrestling on a sawdust-covered floor. Participants fight wearing jeans covered by loose shorts. It's a sport that evokes intense national passion and you have to start young to get really good at it. Julie Hunt visited a wrestling club in Zürich to find out how it's done. (swissinfo, Julie Hunt) Related: schwingen, swiss, switzerland, wrestling |
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Cow doctors Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 337 seconds The operating theatre is not where you would expect to see a Swiss cow, but at the Clinic for Ruminants in Bern more than a few sick animals are undergoing treatment. (swissinfo) Related: animals, clinic, cows, doctors, healing, hospital, ruminants, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland |
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Rösti recipe Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 202 seconds The goodness of potatoes: how to make real farmers' rösti. In Switzerland the basic food staple is the potato. Related: cooking, dish, how, make, potato, rösti, rösti., swiss, to, typical |
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Moo-ving home Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 478 seconds As winter approaches, the Berger family prepare to take their herd down from the high mountain pastures near Schwarzsee to the valley below. But will the pregnant Maloya manage the 27-kilometre trek? Related: alpabzug, alphorn, alps, cow, farmer, herd, mountain, switzerland, tracht, tradition, yodelling |
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Meet the down to earth people of Europe's highest village Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 259 seconds Since the construction of a road in the 1950s, the south-eastern hamlet of Juf is the highest place in Europe that's inhabited all year round. swissinfo visits Juf, accompanied by local resident, Dorli Menn. (swissinfo, November 2006) Related: alps, avers, europe, highest, juf, southeastern, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland, village |
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The art of making string instruments Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 250 seconds The Swiss school of violin making in Brienz is the only school in Switzerland specialised in manufacturing string instruments. The style, design and construction taught here are strongly influenced by the work of the great baroque, classical and modern violinmakers. Related: brienz, builders, building, makers, making, school, swiss, switzerland, violin |
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The watch heartland Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 183 seconds La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle are the heartland of the Swiss watch industry. Both towns would like to become a Unesco Heritage site. (swissinfo, Raffaella Rossello) (swissinfo) Related: buildings, chaux-de-fonds, factories, heritage, jura, la, le, locle, mount, swiss, unesco, watch-making, watches, workshops |
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Nordic Walking in Switzerland - swissinfo Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 185 seconds Now that spring is upon us, time to shake off the winter blues and join in with a relatively new craze for all ages that has been sweeping the country - Nordic walking. (swissinfo, Michele Andina) Related: nordic, swissinfo, switzerland, walking |
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Swiss Polar Researcher: A day in the Arctic Ocean Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 174 seconds Some years ago Swiss researcher Sébastien Barrault decided to leave his home country and move to the Norwegian Islands of Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean. In the freezing temperatures and with an ever-present threat from polar bears he carries out studies on the ice.¶ (swissinfo) Related: arctic, barrault, climate, longyearbyen, ocean, polar, research, spitzberg, srg, ssr, svalbard, swissinfo, switzerland, sébastien |
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Base instinct Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 265 seconds Michi Schwery, a family man and professional salesman from Zurich, has a very dangerous hobby: base jumping. The sport has claimed many victims, but Michi's meticulous approach seems to have kept him safe. His motto is, "prepare well and if it doesn't feel right, don't do it". (swissinfo, Julie Hunt) Related: adrenalin, base, danger, death, extreme, jump, lauterbrunnen, sports |
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The resurrection of a grand hotel Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 256 seconds The Hotel National became the first grand hotel in Montreux when it opened in 1875. It closed its doors 110 years later and its fate was uncertain for 20 years. The heritage building is now being reborn. (swissinfo) Related: art, building, furniture, grand, historic, hotel, montreux, nouveau, old, srg, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland |
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Ode to a sausage Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 267 seconds The Swiss have more than 400 different sausages. One of them is the saucisse vaudoise, or saucisse aux choux, with cabbage in it. Watch it being prepared by one the few remaining artisan butchers in the French part of Switzerland. (swissinfo, Raffaella Rossello) Related: butcher, cabbage, canton, french, label, of, old, part, protected, recipe, saucisse, sausage, switzerla, vaud, vaudoise |
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Swiss weather prophets read mouse tails and cow horns Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 284 seconds There are currently six so-called "weather prophets" in canton Schwyz who base their forecasts on observations of a number of natural phenomena, keeping many of their methods secret. Founded in 1947, their club has developed a big following, with about 2,500 members nationwide. (swissinfo 2006, Michele Andina) Related: custom, muotathal, prophet, schwyz, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland, tradition, weather, wetter |
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Waste not, wood not Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 199 seconds The climate change debate has given a boost to renewable energy research. Wood is a source of energy that has a lot of potential. A team at the Paul Scherrer Institute is currently developing a new biofuel technology using what is a plentiful natural resource in Switzerland. (swissinfo) Related: animation, bio, cell, energy, fuel, gas, gasification, psi, renewable, research, swiss, swissinfo, switzerland, wood |
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Farmhouse Palaces Posted by: swissinfovideos
Video duration: 351 seconds Imagine an old barn transformed into a luxury mansion with a swimming pool in the kitchen and a golf course in the garden. Swedish/Swiss entrepreneur Thomas Bindschedler makes his clients' wildest dreams come true. And the clients themselves are also pretty wild, ranging from Hollywood movie stars to royalty. (swissinfo, Julie Hunt) Related: actor, architecture, bindschedler, champagne, hollywood, millionaire, royalty, star, vaud, willard |
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