Category: Switzerland

  • Foroglio Waterfall

    Foroglio Waterfall

    A roughly 40 minutes drive north-west from Locarno, close to the little village Foroglio, the river Calnegia falls about 100 meter: first from an 80 meter cliff and then cascading further through steep rocks with lots of spray and bluster – pretty spectacular!

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  • Bye-bye Winter!

    Bye-bye Winter!

    Now that the winter is gone, I’d like to post this sunset from the frozen lake Sils. Bye-bye Winter.

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  • Piz Bernina – Panoramic Views in Switzerland

    Piz Bernina – Panoramic Views in Switzerland

    Today I’d like to extend my little series about “Panoramic Views in Switzerland” with this shot from a region called Upper Engadine in the Canton Graubünden. On the very left one can see Piz Palü (3’901 m) with its characteristic three peaks, in the middle Piz Bernina with its famous Biancograt (4’049 m, the highest…

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  • Golden Fall

    Golden Fall

    In addition to the summer version and the winter version of the Giessen Waterfall which is located in the Swiss Kanton Basel-Landschaft, I ‘d like to share now the fall version of it!

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  • “Hi there!” …

    “Hi there!” …

    … seems this young red damselfly calling out to the photographer. Damselflies are a great motif for photographers and “structures and shapes created by nature” at its best. But as they are pretty shy and fast moving they are diffucult to catch. So patience and a lot of time is needed to get a couple…

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  • Swiss National Holiday

    Swiss National Holiday

    On the occasion of today’s Swiss national holiday I once again like to publish a shot from a beautiful and iconic spot in Switzerland. This pyramid-shaped mountain, called “Niesen” ist definitely one of them. Famous painters such as Paul Klee and Alfred Hodler were inspired by this mountain which is located close to lake Thun…

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