Swiss President, Alain Berset, has sent his condolences to the victims of the bridge that collapsed in the Italian city of Genoa on Tuesday. Such a disaster, say Swiss experts, is “impossible” in ...

NEAR RANDA, Switzerland --It soars, it impresses, and it terrifies. A new suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps shaves a few hours off a hike, making for one of the more spectacular shortcuts imaginable ...

Switzerland plays the role of a bridge between the world's financial institutions and the states of Central Asia, according to the finance minister, Kaspar Villiger. The country is known for its ...

Caution: Switzerland’s newest tourist attraction may make your knees go weak and your heart beat a little faster, but, oh, what a view. Behold the Titlis Cliff Walk, Europe’s highest suspension bridge ...

Until this summer, Japan's Kokonoe Yume was the longest suspension bridge in the world. The newly built Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge in Switzerland just stole that title. Measuring 1,621 feet long ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Stretching over an arm of Lake Triftsee (itself a product of the Trift ...

Part of the bridge between the twin peaks of Glacier 3000 and Scex Rouge in the canton of Vaud will have a glass floor and will be 9,700 feet up in the Swiss Alps A mock-up shows the position of the ...

It's being called the "world's scariest bridge," and now anyone who doesn't have a fear of heights or getting blown off a Swiss mountaintop, can try their hand at walking across the highest suspension ...