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In Switzerland trains must be on time, and clean

Title: In Switzerland trains must be on time, and clean
Runtime: 1:04
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Swiss Federal Railways has opened a state-of-the-art washing tunnel in Brig, canton Valais, just for trains. The facility, the most modern in ...

The Swiss Federal Railways has opened a state-of-the-art washing tunnel in Brig, canton Valais, just for trains. The facility, the most modern in the country, is 90 metres long, fully automatic and will allow the washing of about 3,600 trains per year. A third of the water used - 12.5 million litres per year - can be recycled.

"Customers are not only concerned about safety or punctuality, but how clean the trains are”, Federal Railways spokesman, Stephan Wehrle, told Swiss Public Television, RTS. The CHF10 million investment in the tunnel is part of a total budget of CHF46 million that the Federal Railways will invest in external train washing facilities by 2023.

Modernisation

This new addition brings the total of train washing facilities to ten. Every 15 minutes of every day, a train ...

Title: Reversing paralysis
Runtime: 2:06
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Three paraplegic patients have been able to take their first steps after having been confined to a wheelchair for years. See their efforts for yourself!

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Title: Grapes for charity
Runtime: 2:25
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Did you know the Dalaï Lama owns a vineyard in Switzerland?

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Title: Making dementia sufferers feel at home
Runtime: 2:23
Date posted: 8 years ago
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Eight people with dementia are sharing a small house instead of living in a bigger care home. This new arrangement seems to be having a positive impact on their lives.
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Title: When survival means having less pores
Runtime: 1:52
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Scientists find a way of helping wheat resist climate change, without genetically modifying it.

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Title: Skiing on preserved snow
Runtime: 2:42
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: In Adelboden, in the Bernese Oberland, a trial is underway to enable skiing as early as the autumn. This is done using snow from the spring which ...

In Adelboden, in the Bernese Oberland, a trial is underway to enable skiing as early as the autumn. This is done using snow from the spring which has been preserved over the last few months. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Renowned comedy award for Swiss comedian Patti Basler

Title: Renowned comedy award for Swiss comedian Patti Basler
Runtime: 2:08
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Patti Basler has won the "Salzburger Stier" award. Basler considers herself a performance poet. She is known for her satirical narratives ...

Patti Basler has won the "Salzburger Stier" award. Basler considers herself a performance poet. She is known for her satirical narratives – including on the Swiss television discussion programme Arena – and for her appearances as a cabaret artist and slam poet. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Sweet chestnuts from Canton Aargau
Runtime: 2:47
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Nobody thought it was possible at first, but it’s worked. Six years ago, in Niederwil in Canton Aargau, organic farmer Andreas Gauch created the ...

Nobody thought it was possible at first, but it’s worked. Six years ago, in Niederwil in Canton Aargau, organic farmer Andreas Gauch created the first sweet chestnut plantation in German-speaking Switzerland. This autumn he has harvested 1.3 tons, more than ever before. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Churches face an uncertain future
Runtime: 1:54
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A visit to a cathedral near Basel reveals how one religious community practises its faith even as more people in Switzerland and across the West turn away from the church.

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Spending All Souls’ Day with 25,000 skulls

Title: Spending All Souls’ Day with 25,000 skulls
Runtime: 1:57
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: In late October and early November the dead seem to return and mingle among the living around Switzerland. For the more adventurous, it’s a chance to visit the ossuaries of Valais.
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Title: Swiss skiing sisters
Runtime: 1:24
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Fresh of a medal-winning season, the youngest of the Gysin siblings is back on the slopes as the ski season has officially started. And she has a unique recipe for success.
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Title: Purifying water without chemicals
Runtime: 1:40
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Lucerne's the first city to adopt a new filter that will allow to purify spring water without using chemicals. Find out how this new technology works!
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Title: A crowd favourite at the zoo
Runtime: 0:33
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Zurich zoo has four Asiatic lions: A 13-year-old male, a 15-year-old female and their two female cubs aged nine and eight.
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Title: On the trail of the weasel
Runtime: 3:29
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A team of researchers from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW in Wädenswil is working on a new camera trap. They want to use it to ...

A team of researchers from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW in Wädenswil is working on a new camera trap. They want to use it to record the weasel population – which has been very difficult up to now, as the animals are swift and barely visible. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Gruyère from Turkey
Runtime: 1:48
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Swiss cheese is well renowned, but did you know that there are cheese factories around the world that follow the same recipe? In Turkey they've been making Gruyère since the 19th century!

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Title: Where did all the water go?
Runtime: 1:49
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Rhine Falls are one of Europe's biggest waterfalls but this summer's drought has had a big impact on them... just see for yourself!

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French accident revives the hunting debate

Title: French accident revives the hunting debate
Runtime: 3:54
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The accidental shooting of a cyclist by a hunter in France has triggered fresh debate on the dangers of hunting and how to best regulate this potentially lethal activity. In neighbouring Switzerland, this drama has also evoked strong emotions and reactions.
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Title: With or without horns?
Runtime: 2:05
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Swiss will soon vote on the cow-horns initiative, which asks for money to be given to farmers that don't dehorn their cows. Not familiar with the issue? See how different people react to it.

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Title: Netflix killed the video star
Runtime: 2:06
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: en years ago, video stores were a firm fixture in a city. But with the arrival of streaming services such as Netflix, they are fighting for their ...

Ten years ago, video stores were a firm fixture in a city. But with the arrival of streaming services such as Netflix, they are fighting for their lives. Some dyed-in-the-wool high street shops still exist. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Title: Photo reports from China
Runtime: 2:34
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The new exhibition at the Swiss Foundation for Photography in Winterthur documents the works of two friends and rivals, Walter Bosshard and Robert ...

The new exhibition at the Swiss Foundation for Photography in Winterthur documents the works of two friends and rivals, Walter Bosshard and Robert Capa. Its focus is their rivalry over China. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: 555 years of green cheese
Runtime: 8:23
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The Schabziger, a green cheese from Glarus, is regarded as one of Switzerland’s oldest brand products. High above Näfels, the Fischli family is ...

The Schabziger, a green cheese from Glarus, is regarded as one of Switzerland’s oldest brand products. High above Näfels, the Fischli family is the only private undertaking left to manufacture the cheese exclusively by hand. The only Schabziger factory operates lower down in the valley. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Simon Mitchell on life in Uzwil
Runtime: 0:45
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Recently graduated Bühler US apprentice Simon Mitchell has been visiting Bühler headquarters in Uzwil in Switzerland.
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Title: Rhine Falls water level at historic low
Runtime: 2:28
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The historically hot and dry summer and autumn weather is having a dramatic impact on water levels - such as of the Rhine Falls.

The historically hot and dry summer and autumn weather is having a dramatic impact on the water levels of Swiss rivers and lakes, and natural landmarks such as the Rhine Falls.

The glorious summer weather has attracted many visitors to the Rhine Falls waterfall near Schaffhausen in northeast Switzerland. Owing to the low level of the river, tourist boats can get much closer to the spectacular waterfall than normal.

But the lower water levels are a concern. Normally, boats operating between the historic town of Stein am Rhein in and Diessenhofen further down river return to their boatyards at the end of the season, but at present they cannot sail due to the exceptionally low water levels.

In Basel, Switzerland’s key port on the Rhine that handles 10% of all goods imported into the country, the movements o...

No clearance of former munitions stockpile in sight

Title: No clearance of former munitions stockpile in sight
Runtime: 4:26
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The residents of Mitholz in canton Bern will have to wait until at least mid 2020 to hear how the army proposes to dispose of 3,500 tonnes of ...

The residents of Mitholz in canton Bern will have to wait until at least mid 2020 to hear how the army proposes to dispose of 3,500 tonnes of munitions.

In July 2018, residents of the mountain village were shocked to find out that an ammunition storage site that had exploded 70 years earlier, could still present a danger to the public. The people who live here feel that action isn't being taken quickly enough, and they're worried about the future. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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A photographer from Zurich captures the stars

Title: A photographer from Zurich captures the stars
Runtime: 3:59
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: HR Giger, Alberto Giacometti and Jean Tinguely: He’s photographed them all. Photographer Niklaus Stauss from Zurich has been out and about with ...

HR Giger, Alberto Giacometti and Jean Tinguely: He’s photographed them all. Photographer Niklaus Stauss from Zurich has been out and about with his camera for six decades now. His photos perfectly complement stories, but the man himself is down-to-earth. He says that a photo is only worth as much as a newspaper is willing to pay for it. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Swiss-EU relations: the key milestones
Runtime: 9:12
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Switzerland is not member of the European Union, but its relations with the 28-member bloc are founded on a series of bilateral sectoral accords, which give it many benefits of membership.
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Insurance investigators – necessary or dangerous?

Title: Insurance investigators – necessary or dangerous?
Runtime: 4:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Spying with drones, surveillance in bedrooms, an intrusion into privacy: In the upcoming public vote on social insurance investigators, a lot is ...

Spying with drones, surveillance in bedrooms, an intrusion into privacy: In the upcoming public vote on social insurance investigators, a lot is at stake, according to its opponents. Yet for the Swiss government, it’s no big deal. Who is right? A professor from Zurich has the answer. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: When rugby goes farming
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Farmers' work can be tough... the perfect fitness training for athletes! Players of the local rugby team in Biel have been helping out a farmer preparing his field a bit differently.

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Origins of life clues in glacial microbes

Title: Origins of life clues in glacial microbes
Runtime: 2:11
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Thousands of micro-organisms inhabit the Swiss glaciers. Scientists are now talking a closer look at these bacteria, which managed to adapt to ...

Thousands of micro-organisms inhabit the Swiss glaciers. Scientists are now talking a closer look at these bacteria, which managed to adapt to extreme conditions. The findings could also help us better understand the origins of life. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

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Swiss referendum against a change to gun laws

Title: Swiss referendum against a change to gun laws
Runtime: 1:40
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Following the attacks in Paris in November 2015, the EU tightened gun laws in its member states. As a Schengen country, Switzerland is also affected.

Following the attacks in Paris in November 2015, the EU tightened gun laws in its member states. As a Schengen country, Switzerland is also affected. The Swiss Shooting interest group (IGS) refuses to accept this change and announced they're campaigning to put the issue to a public vote. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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A historical cookery book for the modern age

Title: A historical cookery book for the modern age
Runtime: 1:54
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: "Ein schön Kochbuch" from the year 1559 is Switzerland’s oldest-surviving German-language cookbook. Discovered by chance, it has now ...

"Ein schön Kochbuch" from the year 1559 is Switzerland’s oldest-surviving German-language cookbook. Discovered by chance, it has now been republished in modern German. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Switzerland: a country of dual nationals?

Title: Switzerland: a country of dual nationals?
Runtime: 1:55
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Every fifth Swiss has dual nationality. In Geneva, it's almost half of the population. Swiss public television, SRF took a closer look at why residents with foreign passports are keen on becoming naturalised. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: A final resting place in Switzerland
Runtime: 2:55
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Famous rich people don’t just come to Switzerland for fancy holidays in the Alps, some of them choose it as their final destination. Yes, Swiss cemeteries host quite a few celebrities: do you know some of them?

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Title: From cable car to sauna
Runtime: 1:47
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Fancy a sauna in your back garden? What about if it was in an old cable car…?
(RTR/swissinfo.ch)

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Title: Researching tsunamis in Switzerland
Runtime: 1:44
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Researchers at the University of Bern have been drilling for core samples at three locations around Lake Lucerne. They have been investigating if ...

Researchers at the University of Bern have been drilling for core samples at three locations around Lake Lucerne. They have been investigating if a lake tsunami could occur in Switzerland, by studying the past history of these natural catastrophes. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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How do the Swiss memorise yodel melodies?

Title: How do the Swiss memorise yodel melodies?
Runtime: 3:40
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: It consists of hundreds of different similar-sounding melodies: natural yodelling. This has always been passed on from yodeller to yodeller ...

It consists of hundreds of different similar-sounding melodies: natural yodelling. This has always been passed on from yodeller to yodeller without being written down. Now, music researchers are studying the most traditional music of Switzerland. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Title: Wanted: friends for Romansh speakers
Runtime: 3:05
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Romansh is still alive and spoken everyday by 60,000 people... but this isn't widely known! To raise awareness, 4 young reporters toured Switzerland with the #Rumantschwhatelse project, giving out friendship bracelets along the way. Would you like one?

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Title: Love thy (froggy) neighbour
Runtime: 1:32
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: On the outskirts of Basel a new neighbourhood has been conceived to create space for amphibians to live between the buildings. All fun and games until the frog love-making season starts?

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Title: Drones can pose a risk to traffic
Runtime: 1:57
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The urban mobility of the future is silent and fast: is it also dangerous? The problems drones can pose has just been demonstrated by the ...

The urban mobility of the future is silent and fast: is it also dangerous? The problems drones can pose has just been demonstrated by the insurance company AXA with crash tests. Drones are becoming ever more popular but their use can also entail risks, as the test shows. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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The internet cafe for people facing poverty

Title: The internet cafe for people facing poverty
Runtime: 2:00
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A very real problem for people in poverty in Switzerland is the lack of internet access. Without this, they can’t search for a job or accommodation.

A very real problem for people in poverty in Switzerland is the lack of internet access. Without this, they can’t search for a job or accommodation. Ten years ago, an internet cafe was opened in Basel by people who are themselves affected by poverty. Today this is much more than just a cafe with a free internet connection. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Swiss German rap: prize-winning
Runtime: 3:49
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Rapper Baze won the Swiss Music Prize 2018, and is the very first rapper who performs in Swiss German. Basil Anliker – that's his real name – has ...

Rapper Baze won the Swiss Music Prize 2018, and is the very first rapper who performs in Swiss German. Basil Anliker – that's his real name – has been in the business for quite a while. Now 38 years old, it’s not only his appearance that has changed over the years. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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New centre adds computational thinking to school curricula

Title: New centre adds computational thinking to school curricula
Runtime: 1:03
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A new centre promoting innovation in teaching has been opened at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). The LEARN Center for Learning Sciences provides services, research labs and entrepreneurial programmes in the field of education.
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Title: Zurich start-up makes driving smarter
Runtime: 1:37
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A Swiss start-up is developing a holographic navigation system that is creating a global buzz. Porsche, Hyundai and Alibaba are investing in these Zurich-based entrepreneurs. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Title: Switzerland warms to ‘tiny houses’
Runtime: 4:29
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The small house movement, an American concept that’s gaining momentum in Switzerland, offers housing that is more affordable and ecologically friendly. But in the highly regulated alpine country, getting a long-term parking permit for tiny homes can be a problem.
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Title: Zurich start-up makes driving smarter
Runtime: 5:04
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A Swiss start-up is developing a holographic navigation system that is creating a global buzz. Porsche, Hyunda

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Title: Organ donation in a click
Runtime: 1:30
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: A new online platform wants to make it easier to register as an organ donor. Would you sign up to donate your organs online?

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Title: Barbershops growing in popularity
Runtime: 2:41
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: The trend hit the big cities a while ago, but now it's even reached small towns in Switzerland: Murten's very first barbershop opened 18 months ago.

The trend hit the big cities a while ago, but now it's even reached small towns in Switzerland: Murten's very first barbershop opened 18 months ago. The "Game of Thrones" series brought long hair and bushy beards back into fashion, but if you can't grow one, don't panic: beard implants are even possible. Aside from getting a trim, barber shops can also be a place for male bonding. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

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Airbnb goes high-end with luxury Swiss chalets

Title: Airbnb goes high-end with luxury Swiss chalets
Runtime: 4:01
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: Book an apartment and live like the locals – authentic and cheap – that's Airbnb's business model. The booking platform was launched ten years ...

Book an apartment and live like the locals – authentic and cheap – that's Airbnb's business model. The booking platform was launched ten years ago, and now it wants to compete with luxury hotels. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Title: Saving good food
Runtime: 1:59
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: To preserve healthy eating habits, top Swiss chefs have signed an appeal to enshrine a few principles in the constitution. This is what Marie Robert, chef of the year 2019, has to say about it.

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Title: What is a flag of convenience?
Runtime: 2:10
Date posted: 8 years ago
Description: What does it mean to 'sail under a flag', and which countries are happy to lend their flags to boats which don't come from their country?

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