In 1939 Hans Erni painted the mural "Die Schweiz, das Ferienland der Völker", which was designed to showcase Switzerland to the world. A year later – during the Second World War – he helped conceal alpine military installations from the enemy. Two commissions, one artistic eye.
https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2026/08/hans-erni-and-the-art-of-camouflage/
In 1456, a pot of millet porridge was transported by boat from Zurich to Strasbourg in a single day. It was still warm on arrival. The trip was repeated in 1576 and feted as a great achievement, but it mainly served to solidify the alliance between the two cities in a politically and religiously charged period. Read more
Hello, I'm a French journalist for ENTR, the youth media from France 24 and Deutsche Welle.
For a social media video report, I'm looking for skilled swimmers who plan to swim in the Aar in Bern or in the Rhine in Bâle on Friday afternoon (I saw that it will be hot there), who know the place very well, who have all the equipment, who can give advices to newbies and even better who have surprising stories to tell.
Let me know if some of you are interested and please share my request if you know people that could be interested.
The goal of the video is to show that In Switzerland, the relationship with urban rivers is not the same at all as in France and that we should maybe get inspired from you!
I will travel from Paris to Switzerland to make the report so interested people should be okay to be filmed and should speak French or English fluently (I don't speak German unfortunately)
Looking forward to reading you!
Tiffany from ENTR France