Spotted this sign in Langenthal, canton Bern, while looking for a place to eat. Decided this sounded more filling than a pizza! The waitress said that loosely translated,”Winn Fat” meant prosperity. We left with pleasantly full bellies plus leftovers.
Posts Tagged ‘Culture’
Funny English: a positive take on weight gain
Posted in Funny English, tagged Chinese, Culture, Food, language, restaurants, Switzerland on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The language of laughter
Posted in Culture, tagged Anglo, comedy, Culture, English, entertainment, Europe, stand-up, Switzerland, theater, theatre on September 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Over the past 100 years, English has steadily been creeping into the mouths and minds of people all over Europe. Within Switzerland, the ascension of the English-language can especially be seen in the amount of Anglo theatre and stand-up comedy on offer, and its continued popularity. Click here to read my whole story in Swiss News magazine.
Switzerland “not facing an asylum crisis”
Posted in Current affairs, tagged Arab spring, asylum, Culture, employment, expat, racism, refugee, Switzerland on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite an increase in the number of people seeking asylum in Switzerland this year, there is no crisis, say experts. So far, more than 8,000 people have come in 2011. In May there were 2,254 applications, many of them from North Africa, according to the Federal Migration Office. Click here to read the whole [...]
A chat with Krokus founder Chris von Rohr
Posted in Music, People, tagged Culture, entertainment, Krokus, music, rock, Switzerland on June 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Chris von Rohr of the rock band Krokus I recently had the chance to visit Krokus founder and bass player Chris von Rohr in Solothurn, Switzerland. We chatted about the band’s history as well as von Rohr’s plans for the next few years. You can listen to my audio feature on swissinfo.ch — but make [...]
“Call it the blues”
Posted in Music, tagged art, blues, Culture, music, Switzerland on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Musician Philipp Fankhauser talks about how he turned blues into Swiss gold in this audio feature for swissinfo. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/audios_podcast/Call_it_the_blues.html?autoPlay=y&view=podcastDetail&cid=29703234
