Ida Heiniger and Verena Zürcher both hail from the Emmental region. The former has spent her entire life there, rooted to her homeland, while the latter returned home after 30 years away. Both women ...

Stefan Ansermet is a mineralogist. He roams mountains and countryside in search of rare minerals, sometimes brand new to science. For him, knowledge of minerals is the bedrock of everything humanity ...

The Baie de Somme is one of the most beautiful bays in the world. This outstanding protected natural area, recovered twice a day by the tide, is the largest migratory crossroads of Europe. Portrait ...

You can recognize Denis Junod from afar, with his broad moustache and cap. At almost 70, he still pulls in his fishing nets every day off the coast of Auvernier. Denis's verve is legendary, a ...

From the Himalayas to the Andes, from the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, plants from the Thomasia botanical garden offer a miniature tour of the world of alpine plants. From May to October, gardener ...

This is the second and last part of Raymond Jaunin’s portrait. It took 78-year-old Raymond almost 40 years to build his own boat. Director Séverin Bolle followed him for 4 years until the hull of ...

Chestnut trees, sometimes monumental giants standing the test of time for centuries, bear witness to rural life of paramount importance in Ticino, Switzerland. The chestnut was the bread and butter ...

Men and women hungering for a life reboot have six months to learn the ways of mushing in the Swedish wild. Their intensive training will push them to their limits, finding inner strength to brave ...

Discover a fascinating journey through space and time to the outer limits of Canada, in this portrait of a young experimental archaeologist with a passion for primitive life. In order to ...

Can stones tell stories? Travel with a group of young university researchers – archeologists, restorers, workers, divers from France, Switzerland and Spain – as they endeavour to reconstruct the ...