Thursday 1st August 2024 is Swiss National Day – an official National Holiday since 1994. It celebrates the day in 1291 that the three cantons of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden signed the Letter of Confederation, pledging to help each other in the case of an attack. There are many ways of celebrating this day throughout […]
1st August Nyon – Skipper of PlanetSolar to give speech
The 1st August is date of the Swiss National Holiday (the Fête Nationale) and this year as in every year, there will be a ceremony in Nyon followed by a parade in the town finishing with a firework display across the lakeside. This year 2013 Raphaël Domjan, Swiss eco-explorer, founder and skipper of PlanetSolar (completion of […]
