The 8-hour journey aboard the world's 'slowest train' that crosses stunning scenery
Dubbed the "slowest express train in the world", this journey takes you through Switzerland's alpine landscape of mountains, ...
From the Swiss Alps to the Rocky Mountains, these are the world's most incredible train journeys
Pass through awe-inspiring mountain ranges while eating delicious food on these once-in-a-lifetime train journeys.
The most beautiful European train routes to travel in 2025
Amid this uptick in interest, Lonely Planet ranked the world’s most incredible train journeys to take in 2025. There are ...
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French Alps delegation visits Utah
Government officials from the French Alps, which will host some 2030 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games events, are visiting ...
Trees ‘remember’ wetter times − never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change
Old trees may have grown through entire millennia that were wetter than the past 20 years. We are scientists who study forest ...
The incredible national park that’s a ‘mini Alps’ with hardly any tourists
Despite being a sought-after spot for hikers, the national park is "relatively unknown to tourists", compared to "other ...
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Trees ‘remember’ wetter times − never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change
Marcus Schaub receives funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research ... Valley of the Swiss Alps. At that time ...
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Secrets revealed by melting Swiss glaciers could eat plastic and cure disease
Even though 2024 was another bad year for Alpine glaciers, their melting may release microorganisms potentially useful to medicine and industry.
I've been to 3 Alpine-style towns in the US. Each was charming and made me feel like I was in Switzerland.
I visited many towns in the US that feel like Switzerland. But my favorite Alpine-style villages are in Colorado: Ouray, ...