Switzerland BnB

12/04/2023

03/11/2021

This roundabout in Switzerland is a giant vinyl turntable.
It doesn’t actually spin or produce any sounds. Heck, it is missing a tonearm! Even though, the traffic circle in Lyss is quite an eye-catcher...

Credits go to the Bern civil engineering department which had commissioned the roundabout.

The KUFA Kreisel is located at a freeway entrance near a popular cultural venue called Kulturfabrik. Its club is host to frequent parties, but the KUFA also offers flea markets, pub quizzes and cultural events.

It made sense for the creative folks at KUFA to be in charge of designing their roundabout. And after years of planning, the traffic circle was completed in May 2019.

Personally, I love the idea of a turntable with a branded vinyl record.
The roundabout has a total diameter of 12 meters, with the record alone being 10 meters. Attached to its side are 800 silver metal washers. According to a person involved, the initial idea was to install a cargo container featuring graffiti art. Another idea was to place an oversized microphone in the center.

From there, the idea of a record player was not too far. But given the roundabout’s circular shape, it made more sense to design a gigantic turntable.

So there you have it: a great reason to swing by the town of Lyss between Biel and Bern. Give this traffic circle a spin before leaving the roundabout for a concert at the KUFA...

18/01/2021

14/10/2020

SEYECHELLES MORE REACHABLE WITH DIRECT EUROPEAN FLIGHTS....

The Seychelles Islands is now more accessible to European visitors since Sunday, September 27, 2020, with the return of direct flights from Europe to Seychelles.

The Swiss airline, Edelweiss Air, the first European direct commercial flight to land at the Seychelles International airport of Pointe Larue since the destination has reopened for tourism in August 2020.

Edelweiss Air, only European airline serving the destination currently departing from Zurich and scheduled for a weekly Sunday flight, has so far disembarked some 367 visitors in the last 2 weeks.

In the spirit of keeping the destination closer to its European market, Seychelles has made since October 1, 2020, special provision to remain accessible for visitors from seven markets, amongst which six are its European markets.

Which means that should the COVID 19 pandemic deteriorate in those markets, instead of not being permitted to travel to Seychelles, these countries will move to a category 2 of being permitted and additional measures will be applied.

The additional measure includes a 48-hour or less negative PCR COVID-19 test and staying at a hotel permitted for category two countries for the first five days of the stay, whereby movement will be restricted to the hotel property during that period.

For countries part of the seven markets, which still appear on the category 1 permitted list, the standard travel procedures in the new normal will apply.

The Seychelles Tourism Board Chief Executive, Mrs. Sherin Francis emphasized how the destination is striving to remain safe and accessible for visitors.

“This quarter has started fairly well for the destination. Although with a bit of restriction, Seychelles will be able to receive visitors from its prime market as of October 1, 2020, and the weekly flight from Zurich is one great advantage for European visitors planning to visit our islands as well. Not mentioning that two of our prime market countries namely Germany and UK, has exempted Seychelles from their non-essential travel lists,” said Mrs. Francis.

The STB Chief Executive further mentioned the STB digital campaign ‘Experience Seychelles; our home, your sanctuary’, which aims to encourage people to travel to the destination combined with the publicity efforts made by the various offices across the world to remain visible to our audience.

Since its reopening to commercial flights in August 2020, Seychelles has been welcoming regular flights from three airlines including Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways and Ethiopian Airlines.

The local authorities and the local tourism business owners are operating with extreme caution to ensure that the destination remains a safe place for visitors.

05/10/2020

29/09/2020

Zurich ~ Switzerland.

04/09/2020

Europe pushed the limit of how far to reopen. Now it may be too late to prevent a second virus wave

29/08/2020

Lavertezzo is a must see hidden gem in Switzerland

26/08/2020

Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland

24/08/2020

Swiss trains aren’t like any other😍📍 Lungern🇨🇭

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24/08/2020

Wonderful Lavertezzo🇨🇭 in Ticino🤩😍😊

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24/08/2020

Switzerland
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24/08/2020

Grindelwald, Jungfrau Region 🇨🇭🏡

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16/08/2020

Europe lockdown: New coronavirus rules country by country


https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-53640249

What are European countries doing to control new coronavirus outbreaks?

11/08/2020

LISTED: TRAVEL ALERTS FOR SPAIN FROM 22 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2020/08/10/listed-travel-alerts-for-spain-from-22-european-countries/

The numerous outbreaks in the country have led to many of its European neighbours adopting control measures or restrictions on those arriving from the Spanish territory

03/08/2020

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