https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One worker died and six others were injured while carrying out cable car maintenance on Switzerland's Titlis mountain on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190605/several-injured-in-cable-car-accident-on-switzerlands-titlis-mountain Wed, 05 Jun 2019 12:55:19 +0200 several-injured-in-cable-car-accident-on-switzerlands-titlis-mountain Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are probably best known for projects including the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich and the Beijing National Stadium, also called the "Bird's Nest". https://www.thelocal.ch/20181105/heres-how-switzerlands-titlis-mountain-will-look-after-starchitect-revamp Mon, 05 Nov 2018 21:17:20 +0100 heres-how-switzerlands-titlis-mountain-will-look-after-starchitect-revamp Our round up of stories that you might have missed this week includes protests against begging fines, an emergency cable car rescue, continued construction strikes and more. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181102/glance-around-switzerland-construction-strikes-continue-id-card-zurich-begging-fines-lausanne-protest-hundreds-cable-car-rescue-rhine-valley-capsule-hotel-lausanne Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:33:00 +0100 glance-around-switzerland-construction-strikes-continue-id-card-zurich-begging-fines-lausanne-protest-hundreds-cable-car-rescue-rhine-valley-capsule-hotel-lausanne Four people were taken to hospital after they fell from a private cable car in the canton of Bern on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180702/four-injured-in-swiss-cable-car-accident Mon, 02 Jul 2018 14:01:17 +0200 four-injured-in-swiss-cable-car-accident Around 130 people had to be transported by helicopter from the Titlis mountain in central Switzerland on Tuesday afternoon after the Titlis Rotair cable car experienced technical problems. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180606/helicopter-airlifts-tourists-after-titlis-cable-car-breaks-down Wed, 06 Jun 2018 14:43:37 +0200 helicopter-airlifts-tourists-after-titlis-cable-car-breaks-down Zurich cantonal bank (ZKB) has determined the best location for its new cableway across Lake Zurich, a project aiming to celebrate the bank’s 150th birthday in 2020. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180131/zurich-bank-picks-location-for-cableway-over-lake Wed, 31 Jan 2018 10:23:19 +0100 zurich-bank-picks-location-for-cableway-over-lake London has one, so does Barcelona – and now Geneva is planning its very own urban cable car. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171012/geneva-considers-feasibility-of-new-urban-cable-car Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:54:13 +0200 geneva-considers-feasibility-of-new-urban-cable-car The Zurich cantonal bank (ZKB) has come up with a novel way of celebrating its 150th birthday in 2020 – it plans to build a temporary cable car across Lake Zurich. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170707/swiss-bank-plans-new-cable-car-across-lake-zurich Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:24:58 +0200 swiss-bank-plans-new-cable-car-across-lake-zurich