In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Montreux Christmas Markets The Montreux Christmas Market, arguably Switzerland's most famous, is set in the picturesque town of Montreux along Lake Geneva. Surrounded by snow-capped peaks and adorned ...

Experience the magic of Christmas in the picturesque village of Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, nestled in the Swiss Alps. During the holiday season, Lauterbrunnen transforms into a winter wonderland ...

On Monday at 1:15 p.m., a woman later identified by the Swiss ski federation as Hediger was snowboarding with another person down a closed black diamond slope in Arosa, a mountain village in ...

Everyone here remembers White Christmas. It wasn’t just George and Andrew Ridgeley that descended on this pocket of Switzerland for the video.

A spectacular new cable car has opened in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps. At a gradient of 159.4% its makers say it’s the steepest in the world.

The world’s steepest funicular railway opened in the alpine village of Stoos in 2017, rising 743 meters (2,438 feet) along gradients as steep as 110%. If that’s not fearsome enough, there’s ...

1. Lucerne: A Fairytale Christmas By The Lake Lucerne's Christmas market is one of the most picturesque in Switzerland, with views of the snow-covered Alps and Lake Lucerne.

5. Lucerne The Lozarner Christmas market in Lucerne boasts the Franziskanerbrunnen fountain, which come Christmas is adorned with metre-high candles, twinkling lights and pine branches to become “the ...

1. Zurich Like many Swiss cities, the ancient city of Zurich doesn’t have just one Christmas market, but at least 10! Whether it’s the destination’s oldest festive market in the picturesque Old Town, ...