Switzerland

As a moderately frequent flyer, I enjoy looking out for fire and emergency training locations at airports. It's fascinating because, for anybody who is even vaguely nervous about flying, the sight of a twisted and charred fuselage is probably the…

A tripoint is a geographical location where three borders meet - most notably those of different countries, but also (to a lesser extent) counties, states, provinces, etc. While many of the world's 157 national tripoints are located in the middle…

The longest staircase in the world can be found on the slopes of Mount Niesen in the Swiss Alps. The 11,674 steps run alongside the Niesenbahn funicular which travels from the side of the Kander river in Mülenen (altitude 693m)…

Completed all the way back in 1935, this is the Grande Dixence Dam which holds back the Lac des Dix, a 4 km long lake in the Val d'Hérens, Switzerland. The water mainly comes from the summer melt of glaciers,…

While we were busy scouring the brand new Australia Day images, we failed to notice that Google have also unleashed an absolute wealth of new imagery for the rest of the world! Here's what's been updated: The entire country of…

Just to the West of the Swiss town of Morges we find the biggest Swiss flag in the world (probably). It's about 80 metres square and has been painted on a roof. Out faithful reader ChrisW (who suggested this sight)…