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Montalba Architects recently completed a modern Swiss chalet in the Vaud Alps. The three-story home has a dark facade but an ...
These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable ...
The destruction of the village served as a stark reminder to residents that dramatic collapses are becoming more frequent in ...
Authorities say a small Alpine river dammed by a landslide that largely buried the Swiss village of Blatten is now flowing ...
A cascade of events in the Swiss Alps led to the dramatic collapse of the Birch glacier, wiping out Blatten village in the ...
The glacier’s collapse and the subsequent landslide—which was so intense that it corresponded to a magnitude 3.1 earthquake ...
Switzerland’s president said evacuees from a village whose homes and businesses were destroyed by a dramatic landslide caused ...
The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has buried most of a Swiss Alps village ... that has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland. The landlocked Alpine country has the most ...
a Romance language predominantly spoken in the Swiss canton of the Grisons, with Italian spoken in the valley below. According to the Switzerland Tourism, hiking trails lead to the hotel from ...
A little ski village in the Swiss Alps, Andermatt ... the increase is significant.” In Switzerland, most property purchases are strictly regulated under the Lex Koller federal law, which ...
Andermatt Swiss Alps, 51% owned by Egyptian-Montenegrin businessman Samih Sawiris and 49% by his company Orascom, is unique in Switzerland because it has been exempted from restrictions on foreign ...