Escaping the heat of summer
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River Maggia in canton Ticino, 2016 Keystone -
The Limmat river in Zurich, 2016 Keystone -
River Allondon in canton Geneva, 2012 Keystone -
The Muota river in canton Schwyz, 2017 Keystone -
River Sitter in canton St Gallen, 2013 Keystone -
The Aare river that flows through the capital Bern, 2017 Keystone -
Elephants from the Knie circus take a dip in the Aare river in Olten, 1978 Keystone -
The Limmat river in Zurich, 2015 Keystone -
The Doubs river at Goumois in canton Jura, 2008 Keystone -
River Rhine in Basel, 2017 Keystone -
River Maggia at Avegno-Gordevio in canton Ticino 2017 Keystone -
River Limmat in Zurich, 2017 Keystone -
The Prehistoric Park at Réclère in canton Jura, 2013 Keystone -
Canyoning in the Cresciano valley in canton Ticino, 2017 Keystone
Dogs, dinosaurs, elephants and people - all could use a dip to cool down when the thermometer rises.
This content was published on August 26, 2017 - 11:00
- Deutsch Im Fluss
- Español En el río
- Português No rio
- 中文 瑞士人到底有多爱他们的河流
- عربي رحلة الهروب من قيظ الصيف إلى برودة النهر
- Français Un saut dans la rivière
- Pусский По рекам Швейцарии вплавь!
- 日本語 涼を求めてスイスの川へ
- Italiano Un tuffo nel fiume
Swiss rivers are a magnet in summer. Clean water and natural beauty make splashing in them a pleasure but this was not always the case. Until the 1950s Switzerland's water bodies were repositories for waste water and sewage. There is still some work to be done. By 2040 micro-impurities from medicines and other chemicals will be filtered out in water treatment plants.
The large number of recreational users pose problems of their own. A viral video describing the village Lavertezzo in the Ticino Verzasca Valley as the "Maldives of Milan" resulted in a flood of visitors from Italy. The authorities struggled to cope with the traffic and litter.
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