The VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU COLLECTION comprises four top class hotels, which all are situated in well worth seeing places: Berne, Interlaken, Lucerne and Zurich.
There is only one five star Hotel Bern, it is the BELLEVUE PALACE, which is situated right next to the Swiss Parliament Building. The Swiss Houses Of Parliament were completed in 1902, but they have been renovated since then several times. Also the Bundesplatz Square, right in front of the building, has gone through change. The last renovation ended 2004. It’s not just one of the most symbolic places to see in Switzerland, it’s also one of the most beautiful with its play of water. Perfect for strolling around is the Berne Old Town, which is as one of the finest examples of medieval town planning in Europe part of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. Part of the old town are not just many Berne Hotels, part is also the famous Clock Tower, named Zytglogge. It was created in 1530. Much newer is the Paul Klee Centre. One can find there the most extensive collection worldwide of works by the eminent artist, who was born near Berne in 1979.
Part of the Bernese Oberland is the lovely little city of Interlaken, where we can find one of the best hotels existing: The VICTORIA-JUNGFRAU Grand Hotel & Spa. All Hotel Interlaken can profit from a locational advantage as they are embedded in a breathtaking nature. In the heart of the Swiss Alps, Interlaken is not just situated between the Lakes of Thun and Brienz; moreover, it is situated at the foot of the famous peaks Eiger, Mönch und Jungfrau.
Central Switzerland has also much to offer. There is a wide consensus that the capital of Central Switzerland, Lucerne, is one of the most beautiful places worldwide. Every year, thousands of tourists visit the city and enjoy their stays in the Lucerne Hotels, which are high class like the PALACE LUZERN for example illustrates. What is there to see in Lucerne? “The Dying Lion of Lucerne” for example is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It was described by the author Mark Twain as the saddest and most moving piece of rock in the world. Also very famous and traditional is the Chapel Bridge with the Water Tower. Besides many offerings for Wellness Lucerne, there is also much to see and visit for people who are interested in culture. There is the impressive Bourbaki Panorama (the circular panorama has recently been restored), the Rosengart Collection with works by Klee, Picasso, Cézanne, Monet, Matisse, Braque or Léger and there is also the Culture & Convention Centre designed by famous French star architect Jean Nouvel, which is the venue for many top class concerts and festivals year after year.
Last but not least we throw the spotlight on Zurich, the biggest city of Switzerland. For many times Zurich has been rated as the city with the highest quality of life worldwide. Quite possible that part of this reputation is because of the high quality of Zurich Hotels. A good example therefore is the EDEN AU LAC, a house with great tradition and class. Zurich Holidays are dominated by many highlights: The opera house is not just a great piece of architecture; it is also renowned throughout the world for its opera and ballet productions. The churches, above all the Fraumünster church with its stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall, are well worth seeing. Zurich is of course also a shopping paradise. The most famous shopping line is the Bahnhofstrasse, which leads from the Main Train Station to the Lake of Zurich. Many other smaller streets and alleys with much interesting shops and boutiques are waiting to be explored.
2009/05/26
Iran blocks access to Facebook
Ahead of the presidential election next month Iran has
blocked the access to the popular social network Facebook.
The site was banned because supporters of Mir Hossein
Mousavi were using Facebook to better disseminate the
candidate’s position. Facebook expressed disappointment
about the blocked site. So far there has been no
comment from the Theran authorities.
2009/05/13
YouTube assists at a birth
The engineer Marc Stephens watched an instructional
video on YouTube to help deliver his wife’s baby son.
Before the ambulance could arrive at their home, Marc’s
wife Jo started to feel some discomfort. Marc then
googled how to deliver a baby and started giving
birth with the help of the video instruction.
2009/04/22
YouTube new with Movies and TV Shows
Google has signed deals with various film companies such
as Sony, MGM and Lionsgate to showcase thousands of
movies and TV shows on the most popular video-sharing
website YouTube. The offer will be financed by advertising
and is planned to be available outside the USA in the near future.
2009/04/07
The search engine Wikia Search has been ditched
In January 2008 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales
launched another search engine called Wikia Search.
With personal ratings the users could influence the
search results. Due to the difficult economic situation
and the unsatisfactory number of users the open-source
search engine has now been stopped again.
2009/03/09
Facebook makes Twitter competition
The currently largest social network platform
Facebook is responding to the increasing popularity
of the micro-blogging service Twitter by forcing the
dissemination of texts, photos and videos in real time.
The goal is a faster information flow for companies
and larger organizations on Facebook, which is one
of the main arguments of Twitter.
2009/02/20
Web 2.0 without any boundaries
Social networking and micro blogging are present in
almost all areas of life and work. Even surgeons are
now twittering information about their surgeries by
using the social networking site Twitter. According
to a report from CNN the chief resident from the
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit (USA) was using his
laptop to inform about the removal of a cancerous
from a man’s kidney in real time.
2009/02/05
YouTube is negotiating with Sony and Panasonic
The popular video-sharing website YouTube is planning
to present its contents also on television. According to the
head of the company, Chad Hurley, YouTube is currently in
negotiations with the leading equipment manufacturers Sony
and Panasonic. With the new project the users should get the
opportunity to watch the videos on their computer, the
mobile phone as well as on television.
2009/01/15
The beta version of Windows 7 has
been released
Since 9 January members of the public got the
chance to download the successor to Windows for themselves.
The newest version of the Windows operating system will make
it easier for customers to do more with the different Microsoft
gadgets and services they use. Some of the Windows 7's features
help it work with other devices.
2008/12/22
Yahoo limits retention of search data
2008/12/10
The Computer Mouse celebrates its
40th anniversary
The primary input device for computers,
next to the keyboard, hits the 40-year milestone.
The father of the mouse is Douglas C. Engelbart,
who researched together with William English
experimental devices pointer at the Stanford Research
Institute. The first mouse was presented to the public
in December 1968 on the American Federation
of Information Processing Societies.

2008/11/04
Online network for solar research
The Harvard University and IBM started a
joint project to discover new solar and energy
storage materials. The Clean Energy Project
uses for this purpose distributed computing to
number-crunch molecular equations and a grid
server assigning tasks. The project is part of
IBM's World Community Grid, which assists
research projects that benefit humanity.

2008/07/03
Flash Indexing
Adobe has given Google and Yahoo the possibility
to index their proprietary flash format. Google has
already started with integrating the new technical
solution in their index. This could boost the importance
of flash content because it gets more accessible with
search engines.

2008/06/05
Tobacco Exports From Switzerland
Almost nobody knows that Swiss farmers are exporting
tobacco. The temperatures in Switzerland are high
enough to grow tobacco plants in Switzerland.
The biggest part of this tobacco is worked into cigarettes,
and as the Swiss are smoking less and less, the tobacco
can be exported more and more.

2008/05/20
Support for Swiss Filmers
Most movies that are produced in Switzerland have a
big problem: the cannot be shown in cinemas. They are
not technically compatible to the equipment of cinemas.
The Federal Office for Culture has started a new pilot
project: Filmers who want to bring their movies into
cinema can get support from the Confederation if
the film is convenient to the criteria.

2008/04/28
Security at Euro 2008
Security is one of the main phrases that can be heard in
combination with Euro 2008. Switzerland and Austria
have incubated security plans for every situation that
could take place at Euro 2008. It is important that sport
fans can find together without any severe dangers be it
hooligans or other security dangers. The championship
should become a party for everyone, who wants to take
part in.

2008/04/23
Panini Stickers Fever
The fever of Panini stickers has started again! For the
European Championship, Panini produces the officially
licensed stickers collection. These stickers can be stuck
into an album that holds the whole collection. This year
it is even possible to produce one’s own sticker from
a
picture. Many children from Switzerland are collecting
Panini stickers — an understandable fact, as Switzerland
is the place, where the championship takes place.
2008/04/02
Adolf Wölfli Exhibition in Bern
These days an exhibition has its doors open:
the Adolf Wölfli exhibition in the Museum of Fine Arts in
Bern.
The exhibition shows some parts of his monumental works
that include 25,000 pages of illustrated narratives.
The artist became as productive when he was in the
psychiatric hospital of Waldau.
2008/04/02
UBS: No re-election of Marcel Ospel
Marcel Ospel announced that he is not willing to be re-elected
into the Board of Directors of UBS, the United Banks of
Switzerland. This after a long and difficult period in the history
of the Swiss Bank. The prospects for the first quarter of the
year will be a loss of 12 billions in Swiss Francs.The Board
of Directors proposes to elect Peter Kurer for the job of
Marcel Ospel. The events on finance markets since the
summer
of 2007 have led the bank to big problems.
2008/02/01
More and More Students at Swiss Universities
The new statistics show the trend: at Swiss universities,
more and more students are enrolled.
These statistics also
show a big loss in primary schools: The years with many
born children are out of school now. The times, when in
Switzerland had to be more and more new schools could
be over by now.
2008/01/07
Climate Conference in Bali
The talks in Bali for another time just stay talks.
Even if there is big interests in reducing climate change,
the big – and therefore – important nations, such as China
or the United States don’t participate in the programs
of reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
In Greenland, ice keeps melting and politicians need to talk
one more time to find a solution.