Anne D'Innocenzio discovers a love for river cruising on an eight-day trip on the Rhine, starting in Basel, Switzerland and ending in Amsterdam.

Simon Winter finds you don't have to spend a fortune to take in the majesty of Switzerland's mountains.

This canton in the southwest of Switzerland is home to some of the country's most famous landmarks, including the Matterhorn and the Aletsch Glacier.

New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.

Anthony Lambert takes a trip on a lovingly-restored cogwheel steam locomotive route through the Swiss Alps.

Connected by a scene-stealing Swiss rail journey and close enough to be combined in a week's skiing, these resorts offer an embarrassment of activities and diversions.

Two of the Swiss resorts that invented winter sporting pastimes are still the best, writes Leslie Woit.

Leukerbad lies in a natural amphitheatre, cocooned on three sides by vast rock walls.

Scaling the Matterhorn is something best done while you're young, says Alpine guide Rudi Steindl.

Executives in Zurich, Geneva and Sydney are the best paid in the world after taxes, according to a survey by Swiss bank UBS - but Auckland workers are not flourishing to the same extent.

Brooke Fraser hochster Neu-Einstieg in die Charts. That's right, the lovely Kiwi songstress "is the highest new entry in the German charts" and her third album, Flags, has sent the European world a-Twitter.

British anti-euthanasia campaigners accused Sir Terry Pratchett and the BBC of "cheerleading" for a change in legislation.