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High flyer

22 February 2017

Zürich Airport is a veteran of international airport rankings, with a resident spot in Skytrax’s Top 10. Yet as prospects of expansion are limited, its operator Flughafen Zürich AG (FZAG) has had to find alternative ways…

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Winter cheer

5 November 2016

Unless you’re a skier, winter might not seem like the ideal season to enjoy Zürich’s outdoor offerings but the city is worth a visit for its annual wine-tasting festival, the Expovina, on now. The action takes place on…

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Playing the long grain

12 September 2016

Zürich’s Sihlquai riverbank has been the site of a mill since 1843; today it’s home to the world’s tallest granary tower. This month will finally see Swissmill’s 118-metre Kornhaus repository go into operation, after having…

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Workers on the move

6 March 2017

It’s not necessarily high unemployment that makes a population inclined to relocate. According to a survey by human capital management firm ADP, 88 per cent of Italians would forgo la dolce vita to chase work. It may have…

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Double vision

21 May 2016

Akram Zaatari makes video art, longer films, installations and photographs. In fact, the Lebanon-born multidisciplinary artist makes mincemeat of the claims of many others who ever wielded a camera as well as a brush.…

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Joint enterprises

9 March 2016

A new exhibition that opens in Munich a week today will explore the role played by co-operatives in the creation of housing across Europe. The Museum of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich will present 12…

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Green zone

2 September 2016

There’s a haze over Singapore – but not the usual kind. This week Credit Suisse released a gloomy forecast for the trade-dependent island in the shape of its 2016 report on Asian export leaders. Rising wages, stagnant…

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Timely addition

6 February 2016

Despite eyebrow-raising growth since starting in 2010, 25hours hotel group hasn’t strayed far from its Hamburg flagship for its latest property, which opens in March. The tasteful 49-room stopover is located in a former…

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Good connection

30 September 2016

Twenty-six years after completing Zürich’s central Stadelhofen Station, Spanish-Swiss architect Santiago Calatrava – who recently completed New York’s long-awaited World Trade Center Transportation Hub – will return to the…

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Delicately penned

18 March 2016

Swiss stationery brand and shop Hieronymus wants to bring back the lost art of letter-writing in a very smart and direct manner by offering to write the letters itself. Hieronymus offers the services of its in-house call…