For decades, historians were fairly confident a Roman bridge once crossed the Aare River at Solothurn, Switzerland, but ...

A concrete bridge gently arches over the Aare River in Aare, Switzerland, a valley town between Bern and Zurich. Designed by Swiss practice Christ & Gantenbein, alongside engineering studio WMM ...

On hot summer afternoons in the Swiss capital of Bern, an unusual scene unfolds along the turquoise waters of the Aare River. Office workers, students and locals gather by the riverbanks carrying ...

The 1,700-year-old wooden supports tell the story.

Hischier’s actions were described as “heroic” by an onlooker ...

As a country that ranks ninth in the 2024 World Happiness Rankings, Switzerland residents have come up with a fun way to get home after a hard day of labour, especially during the summer months.

It's quiet this time of morning on the Aare River – a little too quiet. The summer sun is just beginning to warm the air around me. The streets of Bern are filling with people. Soon the river, too, ...

When NHL players head home for the offseason, the spotlight usually fades. But for one of the league’s most respected ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I am standing on a pebble river beach in the late afternoon sun. Traffic buzzes on the bridge above me. Every so ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 1. More than 80 million people use the Danube River for drinking water, irrigation, industry and other activities as it winds its way east through Europe.