Tag: switzerland
Sunday Brunch on the banks of Le Doubs
When we got to Les Brenets and then the banks of Le Doubs, it was already lunch time. After we bought tickets for the river cruise, we decided to try the restaurant at this dull-looking hotel next to the pier – Les Rives du Doubs. It was a surprisingly pleasant restaurant which had a modern glass-covered…
Cruising on the border: Le Doubs
Le Doubs is a small river that separates France from this corner of Switzerland. It is about 45 minutes from where we live. We crossed over the Jura mountains, went through La Chaux de Fonds and Le Locle, and pass through this gap in the mountain (Le Col des Roches) to reach Les Brenets. There…
Weekend in Murten / Morat
Murten (or Morat in French) is a small town on the shore of Murtensee (Lac Morat) – one of the three lakes in the area. The other two are Lac de Neuchâtel (the largest) and Lac Biel-Bienne. All three lakes are connected by canals and cruise boats take tourist to all of them. Murten is…
Swiss demographics
We have become a part of a statistic. According to the latest figures: Neuchatel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Foreigners made up 21.98 percent of the Swiss resident population in 2009, figures released by the Federal Statistics Office show, a relatively stable percentage. Overall, the resident population of Switzerland continued to grow at a steady pace, to…