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As of September 2009, the IMAX Theatre in Lucerne will thrill audiences with a fascinating 3D safari through the Okavango River Delta in Botswana, a nature paradise with a maze of lagoons, channels and islands: «AFRICAN ADVENTURE 3D».
Lucerne: New 3D Digital IMAX-Film: «AFRICAN ADVENTURE 3D»
 
 
The Lake Zurich Trail opened with ten departure points along the route.
Zurich: Lake Zürich Trail
 
 
Bern’s landmark, the "Bear Pit" is changing into a large Bear Park.
Bern: New Facility for the Bears
 
 
The Saas Valley has yet another attraction since the autumn of 2009: Interesting information in the new Info-Cinema of the Restaurant Mattmark brings you closer to the construction of the reservoir dam.
Saastal: New exhibition Mattmark
 
 
From 12 November 2009, the IMAX Theatre will be offering a unique film and sound experience on Switzerland's largest silver screen with the concert film "U2 3D".
Lucerne: “U2 3D” at the IMAX Theatre – only live is better!
 
 
 
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Another area in Switzerland to be added to the UNESCO's World Heritage List.
 
 
Zurich ranks as one of the trendiest cities to visit in Lonely Planet’s just released “Best in Travel” guide book for 2009
 
 
Swiss universities are constantly developing new methods of reducing energy consumption.
 
 
A 500-year-old tradition is getting a new lease of life.
 
 
The mention of Swiss music typically evokes images of yodelling as well as the supposed signature instrument, i.e. the alphorn.
 
 
Preserving Switzerland’s Cultural Heritage
 
 
Here are some suggestions for experiences that will yield exciting stories to tell your grandchildren.
 
 
Five things you alway wanted to know about cheese, but didn't dare to ask.
 
 
Swiss entrepreneurs portrayed
 
 
The fourteenth edition of THE AMAZING RACE got off to a rousing start as teams traveled to Locarno, Switzerland
 
 
From May 18 to September 19 2009, Zürich will be transformed into a huge Garden of Eden. Three hundred plants will flourish and grow in an area stretching from the city center to the airport.
 
 
The 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival rocks out.
 
 
The most important European art event in 2009: Kunstmuseum Basel stages unique Van Gogh exhibition, April 26 – September 27.
 
 
Switzerland gets awarded for the third year in a row.
 
 
Put your video on YouTube for a chance to spend 8 days in Switzerland as a cast member of a Swiss Travel System promotional video.
 
 
This is the second time that a program in the U.S. featuring Switzerland as a travel destination receives the coveted TV Oscar!
 
 
Mount Rigi becomes part of National Geographic Traveler's "50 Places of a Lifetime."
 
 
Switzerland Tourism is Official Partner of House of Switzerland Canada 2010 at the Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler.