The cows stay at the alps for about 100 days. The farmers hire a team of cheesemakers to work at each alp -- mostly hippies, students and city slickers eager to spend a summer in the mountains.

With the Romantic era, the Alps – and especially Switzerland – were regarded as a marvel, a place to experience the sublime in the form of landscape. And they still are.

When it comes to a grand European summer holiday, a popular pick is almost always Switzerland. It's been the epitome of hill stations; picture perfect with its snow capped mountains, clear blue ...

No one has been a better ambassador for the European Championship in Switzerland than Lia Walti. A key part of Arsenal’s ...

Del Mar’s Scout Troop 713 recently took a two-week European adventure, exploring the natural beauty of Switzerland, France ...

In Switzerland, elevated areas like St. Moritz, experienced snow, while lower-elevation cities like Geneva, suffered through a Thursday with light rain and drizzle and temperatures mostly in the 50s.

Completing the top 10 best European countries for hiking this summer are Latvia (88.6), Wales (88.1), Poland (87.8), the ...

In Switzerland's Graubunder canton, a tribe of people living high in the mountains -- retain the German dialect and customs of their ancestors. Grilled local mushrooms on bread, village of Tenna ...