Between-Years Week Fills Alpine Beds as Plateau Offices Stay Shut
The working year is over. The ski year is not. That overlap is the most profitable week some houses will see.
December 2025
13 posts in the December 2025 file.
Monday, 29 December 2025
Wednesday, 24 December 2025
Village Churches Fill on Christmas Eve as Cities Go Quiet Early
The country still divides on the 24th: a city that closes at 16:00 and a village that opens at 23:00.
Monday, 22 December 2025
SBB Adds Christmas Carriages and Warns About the 24 December Peak
If you need to be in Ticino on the 24th, the reservation is the present that matters.
Friday, 19 December 2025
Winter Session Rises With a Budget Done and Health Still Untidy
Christmas is the whip that works. It does not make a health compromise appear in a week.
Saturday, 13 December 2025
Geneva Marks Escalade Weekend With Chocolate Pots and a March
A night attack that failed in 1602 still works as a weekend. The chocolate pots help.
Friday, 12 December 2025
Christmas Markets Fill Basel, Zurich and Montreux on Cold Nights
Mulled wine is not an economic indicator, but the queues are a kind of confidence survey.
Thursday, 11 December 2025
SNB Holds at Zero and Nudges the 2026 Growth View Lower
The rate did not move. The growth sentence got a little more cautious.
Monday, 8 December 2025
Zermatt Opens More High Pistes as the Matterhorn Watches a Thin Village
The mountain is white where it matters for skis. The village is not yet a brochure.
Sunday, 7 December 2025
Bern Advent Market Holds a Cold Sunday on the Waisenhausplatz
The capital's market is smaller than Basel's and closer to the people who write the budget.
Saturday, 6 December 2025
Samichlaus Fills Zurich Old Town Streets on 6 December
The bishop's mitre and a sack of peanuts still beat a shopping-centre Santa in this city, just.
Thursday, 4 December 2025
Winter Session Turns to the Budget After Sunday's Double No
Losing a vote on Sunday does not cancel a line in the budget. It only changes the tone of the speech before the line.
Wednesday, 3 December 2025
Davos Lifts Open a Cautious Winter After an Early Cold Snap
The season starts when the cable moves, not when the postcard turns white.
Monday, 1 December 2025
Winter Session Opens the Day After a Double No at the Ballot
Losing a vote on Sunday does not cancel the budget on Monday. It does change the speeches.