asking to remain anonymous.Authorities say the idea came from a 2019 World Health Organization study exploring the role of the arts in promoting health and dealing with illness.During COVID-19 lockdowns museum closures hit people's well-being head of the city's culture department."That was a real trigger and we were really convinced that culture was essential for the well-being of humanity," she said.The initiative will be tested for a year and could be expanded to other activities such as theatre."We'd love this project to take off and have enough patients to prove its worth and that one day health insurance covers culture as a form of therapy," said Courcier Delafontaine.Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Alex Richardson Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab Award winning photographer based in Switzerland with over 30 years of experience in coverage of local and international news and sports events including Olympic Games. , opens new tab Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts. , opens new tabScreen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. © 2025 Reuters. All rights reserved The Swiss town of Neuchâtel is offering its residents a novel medical option: Expose yourself to art and get a doctor’s note to do it for free local and regional authorities are covering the costs of “museum prescriptions” issued by doctors who believe their patients could benefit from visits to any of the town’s four museums as part of their treatment the cultural mediation manager in Neuchatel and town council member Julie Courcier Delafontaine chat about a new “museum prescription” program outside the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchatel in Neuchatel Switzerland (AP) — The world’s woes got you down Need a little something extra to fight illness or prep for surgery Art can help relax the mind — as a sort of preventative medicine — and visits to museums require getting up and out of the house with physical activity like walking and standing for long periods Neuchatel council member Julie Courcier Delafontaine said the COVID crisis also played a role in the program’s genesis “With the closure of cultural sites (during coronavirus lockdowns) people realized just how much we need them to feel better.” She said so far some 500 prescriptions have been distributed to doctors around town and the program costs “very little.” Ten thousand Swiss francs (about $11,300) have been budgeted for it local officials could expand the program to other artistic activities like theater or dance The Swiss national health care system doesn’t cover “culture as a means of therapy,” but she hopes it might one day the cultural mediation manager in the town of 46,000 who helped devise the program said it built on a similar idea rolled out at the Fine Arts Museum in Montreal She said many types of patients could benefit a person with a chronic illness,” she said near a display of a feather headdress from Papua New Guinea at the Ethnographic Museum of Neuchatel a converted former villa that overlooks Late Neuchatel Part of the idea is to get recalcitrant patients out of the house and walking more head of surgery at the Neuchatel Hospital Network said he had already prescribed museum visits to two patients to help them get in better shape before a planned operation He said a wider rollout is planned once a control group is set up the focus will be on patients who admit that they’ve lost the habit of going out “It’s wishful thinking to think that telling them to go walk or go for a stroll to improve their fitness level before surgery” will work “I think that these patients will fully benefit from museum prescriptions We’ll give them a chance to get physical and intellectual exercise.” it’s really nice to prescribe museum visits rather than medicines or tests that patients don’t enjoy,” he added “To tell them ’It’s a medical order that instructs you to go visit one of our nice city museums.’” “I think it’s a great idea,” said Carla Fragniere Filliger “There should be prescriptions for all the museums in the world!” The local government of Neuchâtel has inaugurated a data center in the city of Neuchâtel this will be the city of Neuchâtel’s second government data center facility Built in partnership with local insurance firm Ecap the project saw a total investment of 22.5 million francs ($24.6m) The facility spans 3,230 sqm (34,767 sq ft) with 1,250 sqm (13,455 sq ft) dedicated to data center space and the rest used for office The IT capacity of the facility is not known director of the information systems management center said the facility will be able to store several petabytes of data Plans for the data center were first mooted in 2016 with the Grand Council accepting a loan to build the new facility The canton added that the new facility allows its local IT department State councilor Crystel Graf told local press “It is important to have data centers on Neuchâtel soil in order to guarantee the flow of data The possibility of having two data centers ensures the redundancy of information and thus avoids data loss.” The local government will continue to operate its first data center in La Chaux-de-Fonds however expects all data will be transferred to the new facility by 2027 Neuchâtel is located in the north-west of Switzerland close to both the German and French borders It is widely considered the French-speaking capital of the canton Bern is home to operators such as Colobern and Swisscom Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter I grew up in LA and went to Singapore after school to learn about the worlds of luxury and watches so in 2014 I applied for a luxury programme in Lausanne and I fell in love with the country from that very first trip to the lakes – and experienced my first real winter There are many parks; everyone is either walking cycling or hiking; and you can hear the birds sing I live on Lake Neuchâtel in a flat with a private beach The only challenge has been the language; I studied German in high school I have just enough words to get by – but I’m learning Ini Archibong on the ramparts at Neuchâtel Castle © Henry DiagneWhile Geneva or Zürich would be more convenient for my work the beauty and anonymity is worth the two-hour commute to the airport My seven-year-old daughter lives in Basel: I pick her up on Fridays and we head straight to the lake so I love watching her being able to go places solo and swim with swans – it’s so unusual – and she’s been skiing since she was three years old Some areas have more of a French Riviera feel Jardin du Palais DuPeyrou © Henry DiagneI prefer solitude The “pavilions” were built in 2002 as part of the Swiss national exhibition Expo and 24 of these are on stilts that jut out into the lake Archibong at O’terroirs restaurant at the Beau-Rivage Hotel © Henry DiagneThe Beau-Rivage Hotel in Neuchâtel © Henry DiagneMy daughter loves to run around Neuchâtel Castle – a beautiful Gothic building high on the hill – and visit the surrounding Old Town. There are so many galleries and art spaces here: Palais Galerie and WhiteSpaceBlackBox are two of the best The latter is a modern home on the lake where they have an artists’ residency; it’s a real hub of creative experimentation an old-world maison with a beautiful French garden it’s all about fish from the lake – fried pike or perch – which is the opposite of fancy restaurants put tables on terraces and you just eat fish and chips and swim Many are in remote nooks that are primarily accessible by boat inspecting a Patek Philippe annual calendar with a loupe from Michaud © Henry DiagneThe beauty of this place is that it’s never going to change People don’t leave from one generation to the next Most people think of it as a train stop on the way to Geneva or Lausanne your new go-to podcast to spice up your weekday mornings with relevant news and behind-the-scenes from Brussels and beyond From the economy to the climate and the EU's role in world affairs this talk show sheds light on European affairs and the issues that impact on our daily lives as Europeans Tune in to understand the ins and outs of European politics Dare to imagine the future with business and tech visionaries Deep dive conversations with business leaders Euronews Tech Talks goes beyond discussions to explore the impact of new technologies on our lives the podcast provides valuable insights into the intersection of technology and society Europe's water is under increasing pressure floods are taking their toll on our drinking water Join us on a journey around Europe to see why protecting ecosystems matters and to discover some of the best water solutions an animated explainer series and live debate - find out why Water Matters We give you the latest climate facts from the world’s leading source analyse the trends and explain how our planet is changing We meet the experts on the front line of climate change who explore new strategies to mitigate and adapt Stressed? Feeling run down? In need of a little pick-me-up? Well, if you're in the Swiss town of Neuchâtel, you might just get a doctor’s note to visit a museum - for free In a novel pilot project launched by local and regional authorities doctors can now prescribe "museum visits" as part of a treatment plan which covers the cost of entry to any of the town’s four museums aims to boost mental health and provide some cultural respite for patients The idea isn’t just about enjoying art; it’s backed by science A 2019 World Health Organization report highlighted the numerous mental health benefits of engaging with the arts From reducing the impact of trauma to slowing cognitive decline art therapy has been shown to have a positive impact on overall well-being "Art can help relax the mind, almost like preventative medicine," said Julie Courcier Delafontaine, a Neuchâtel council member. "People realised during the Covid crisis just how much we need these spaces to feel better" the programme has distributed around 500 prescriptions with only a modest budget of 10,000 Swiss francs (roughly €10,460) If successful, local officials are considering expanding it to include other cultural activities like theatre or dance. Though the Swiss national health system currently doesn’t cover "culture as therapy," Courcier Delafontaine hopes it might in the future Marianne de Reynier Nevsky, the cultural mediation manager in Neuchâtel, was instrumental in creating the programme, drawing inspiration from a similar initiative launched in Montreal in 2019 She believes a wide range of patients could benefit from those suffering depression to those with chronic illnesses or mobility issues a person with a chronic illness," Nevsky explained The key is encouraging patients to get out of the house and engage with their surroundings - even if it’s just for an hour in a museum head of surgery at the Neuchâtel Hospital Network has already prescribed museum visits to patients it’s an opportunity to get fit and active before going under the knife He believes a more widespread rollout will help get more patients moving "I think these patients will fully benefit from museum prescriptions," Sauvain said "It’s a chance to get both physical and intellectual exercise" And it's not just the doctors who are excited was all for the idea during a recent visit to the Ethnographic Museum "There should be prescriptions for all the museums in the world!" 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Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience Swiss module manufacturer Freesuns has installed 33,300 of its solar roof tiles on three historical buildings in the Swiss town of Neuchâtel completing a growing number of interesting heritage The latest example is a project with 33,300 Freesuns solar roof tiles installed on three Swiss protected buildings located in Neuchâtel has 188 kW of Freesuns Solaris Premium Black tiles have 130 kW and 95 kW installed capacity respectively Each is fitted with Solaris Heritage tiles The roof renovation is expected to be completed by November 2024 “We hope that these pioneering renovation projects will serve as an inspiring model for other cantons and municipalities This perfectly illustrates the balance between balance heritage and sustainable development made possible by our tiles,” said Deborah Learoyd The Freesuns’ Solaris Premium Black modules have a glossy black finish with no visible lines generating up to 144 W/m2 and weighing 46.69 kg/m2 The product line is suitable for renovations and new buildings The Solaris Heritage product has a matte grey finish and is suitable for new or for replacing slate-tile roofs Both tile types contain 4 monocrystalline PERC cells and are made in a glass-glass configuration using tempered glass with anti-reflection coatings The company’s PV technology was developed in a long-standing collaboration with CSEM “These projects demonstrate that through innovation and the preservation of architectural heritage,” said Matthieu Despeisse More articles from Valerie Thompson Please be mindful of our community standards and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" This website uses cookies to anonymously count visitor numbers. View our privacy policy. × The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this Close Since then they have spread to colonise at least six Swiss lakes including Lake Geneva.The population is poised to multiply up to 20 times in Switzerland in the next two decades according to a 2023 study by aquatic research institute Eawag and Swiss universities based on trends seen in the Great Lakes of the United States since the 1980s.The mussels are already present in France and Germany.It is not known exactly how each lake was invaded but mussel larvae can spread on rivers or currents and be introduced into new bodies of water when boats or equipment are moved.Once in the species multiplies rapidly with one individual capable of producing hundreds of thousands of larvae."When we look underwater we can see that it has an exponential colonisation as these ecosystems are now completely covered from the surface to the depths," Jacquet said.Some Swiss lakes have been spared authorities are now considering new rules for cleaning and shipping boats to stop the spread.Writing by Emma Farge; Editing by Andrew Heavens BA111OD has made waves in the Swiss watchmaking world with its unique business model and disruptive approach the brand relied solely on LinkedIn to market its first watches BA111OD has built a reputation for Swiss haute horlogerie at an affordable price Swiss Tourbillons at Unbeatable Prices  BA111OD’s most notable achievement is its ability to offer Swiss tourbillon watches - normally priced at well over CHF 30,000 - for under CHF 6,000 This has democratized access to complex mechanical watches to a broader audience with the brand having sold over 1,200 tourbillons since its launch where customers (called "afluendors"— a contraction of ambassadors has helped keep prices low by bypassing traditional distribution and marketing channels I was able to experience this first hand at the launch party A Neuchâtel businessman shared an anecdote with me: he noticed the other day that his electrician two people who weren’t previously into luxury watchmaking ended up casually chatting about tourbillons.  BA111OD’s deep connection to Neuchâtel is central to its identity with the brand’s atelier located a stone’s throw away from the historic Collégiale Church where a father-and-daughter duo assembles each timepiece The company’s familial roots in watchmaking go back centuries Baillod’s research (conducted with historian Rossella Baldi) was inspired by a childhood fascination with a photograph of a watchmaker called Ulysse Baillod which revealed that his family has been involved in watchmaking since 1775 also the brand’s logo and visible in the stained-glass windows of the Collégiale Church BA111OD will be moving its headquarters from the Villa Castellane to the Place du Marché The brand will proudly add "Neuchâtel" to its logo Our heart and soul belong to this canton,” says Baillod BA111OD is unveiling a trilogy of watches over three months each tied to Neuchâtel’s heritage and values the Chapter 4.12 "Neuchâtel" Tourbillon 5th Anniversary Edition features a tourbillon and a handcrafted métiers d’art dial with a miniature acrylic painting of a view of the city of Neuchâtel inspired by a sketch from local artist Célestine Sahli Each watch is a one-of-a-kind piece of art with the painting created using a single-hair paintbrush by the artisans from Atelier Blandenier "This technique demands as much meticulousness and patience as it does accuracy in the artisanal gesture" The Chapter 4.12 features a 44mm grade 5 titanium case housing a manually-wound movement with a 105-hour power reserve Designed by renowned watchmaker Olivier Mory the tourbillon is prominently displayed at 7 o’clock on the dial and crafted in the Jura Arc The watch is finished with a midnight blue nubuck leather strap and folding clasp The Chapter 4.12 "Neuchâtel" Tourbillon 5th Anniversary Edition is available for preorder on the brand's website: www.ba111od.com for the price of CHF 9,400.--.  It is not limited by number The second act in the trilogy (“Daring”) will debut on November 11th 2024 will pay tribute to the watchmaking hubs of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle Both watches will also feature miniature acrylic paintings on their dials.  Stay tuned to WorldTempus for real-time updates on BA111OD’s upcoming projects For more information, please visit the BA111OD website.  WATCHPRO USA it is a way to remind customers of their centuries of heritage for others an excuse to revive a historic design its fifth anniversary this month is a time to remember just how far the brand has come over a period that some of its countrymen would consider a blink of an eye the business can also remind the world how its radical business model has delivered well beyond the expectations of its more conservative industry peers founder Thomas Baillod believed there was a better way to make sell and market watches than either the traditional wholesale model or direct to consumers through physical stores the brand set out to make every customer who bought its watches into an ambassador who could spread the word about BA111OD to friends and associates This highly effective model kept overheads low and costs to a minimum and allowed BA111OD to make and sell beautifully finished and sometimes complicated watches at well below the prices of traditional Swiss businesses Stunning time-only watches with Soprod P024 skeleton automatic movements are retailing for under $650 while highly complex skeletonised tourbillon pieces which would typically be priced by historic Swiss marques at well-over $40,000 Every step along the journey has been a new chapter in the BA111OD story and Mr Baillod has chosen to name his watches the same way: Chapters 1 to 8 are the names given to collections over the first five years Mr Baillod has made it his mission to make Swiss mechanical watchmaking accessible to a broader audience while igniting a true passion for this centuries-old art This mission continues in BA111OD’s fifth anniversary watches which are arriving in a three-act trilogy of launches in October First up is a limited edition watch dedicated to the company’s home and carries a miniature painting of the town in acrylic on its dial a name that conveys BA111OD’s commitment to contributing to the centuries of watchmaking skills that have built up in the Swiss canton in another miniature acrylic painting on the dial and pays tribute to the watchmaking hubs of Le Locle and La Chaux-de-Fonds through a dial painted with a scene of La Chaux-de-Fonds The second and third parts of the trilogy will be unveiled in more detail on their launch days which can be pre-ordered now for CHF 9,400 is the first BA111OD with a true métier d’art dial Each dial is hand-painted by the exceptional artisans of Atelier Blandenier says decades of experience and expertise are poured into each piece “This technique demands as much meticulousness and patience as it does accuracy in the artisanal gesture As a Neuchâtel native and a close friend of Thomas for over thirty years I am particularly proud that the artisans of Atelier Blandenier lend their talents to the first ‘métiers d’art’ dials of the BA111OD house’s timepieces,” he says The 44mm watch comes in a grade 5 titanium case housing a hand-wound modified BCP movement with a tourbillon positioned at 7 o’clock and its winding crown at 4 o’clock produced and finely-finished by watchmaker Olivier Mory has a 105-hour power reserve and is presented via an exhibition case back Swiss startup Sun-ways is planning to build a 18 kW pilot PV system between the racks of a 100-m linear section of a railway line in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel A PV system prototype developed by Sunways From pv magazine France Switzerland's Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has given a permit to the country's first removable solar power plant to be deployed on a railway line The project is being developed by Swiss startup Sun-ways which plans to begin deploying the system next year on a 100-m linear section of the 221 railway operated by transN the public transport company of the canton of Neuchâtel The pilot system will rely on 48 panels with each an output of 380 W and their combined capacity will be 18 kW The project will be built at a cost of €621,800 ($685,920) and will inject power into the local grid Local electricity provider Viteos and DG-Rail a company specializing in railway electrical installations will partner with Sunways in the project construction the Federal Office of Transport initially rejected the request as a precautionary measure as it did not have any technical references about the proposed technology Sunways called on two professors of mechanics from the Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD) to carry out an independent assessment on specially designed prototypes a Swiss specialist in large-scale railway engineering projects Its objective was to demonstrate that the system is perfectly compatible with the FOT's safety criteria as the pilot installation will operate on a railway line open to rail traffic “As controversies grow around the installation of solar power plants in the Alps Sunways technology could provide a relevant response and the necessary increase in solar-powered electricity production,” the company said it exploits an unused space without disrupting train traffic or maintenance and inspection work on the tracks.” The company explained that the solar modules can be installed manually or mechanically using a railway machine specially designed by Scheuchzer SA which said it can install up to 1,000 m2 of solar panels per day the solar power plant is removable and can be removed to allow maintenance work The authorization issued by the OFT is subject to several technical conditions including that concerning a series of additional tests and measurements to be carried out throughout the operation of the pilot project This is expected to ensure that there will be no harmful impacts on the railway infrastructure removal and installation tests will be carried out to demonstrate that the Sunways pilot installation is perfectly adapted to the constraints related to maintenance work and the operation of the line These tests will be carried out under the supervision of RM voie ferrée a company specializing in inspections and railway safety More articles from Gwénaëlle Deboutte So what would the resulting high voltage be?? All I see is someone getting shocked or steal the panels… How can these panels NOT hinder maintenance and inspections Last time I looked at a railroad system there were individual railroad ties Can the panels just be lifted up by one man so he can visually inspect the ties Free solar panels just laying on the ground! another solar frikkin roadways failure in the making Neuchâtel UC remains the measure of all things in Swiss women's volleyball The women from Neuchâtel have been crowned Swiss champions for the sixth time in a row Six years to the day after winning its first championship title NUC added another chapter to its success story With a 3:1 home win in the third game of the final series against Kanti Schaffhausen the club from Lake Neuchâtel completed the double of championship and cup for the third consecutive year The NUC had already won the first two games of the series 3:1 For the team coached by Swiss national team coach Lauren Bertolacci it was the crowning glory of another phenomenal season that had gone almost perfectly in a 3-2 defeat in Schaffhausen in November did the French-speaking Swiss team have to concede defeat at national level The NUC managed to master the upheaval that followed the numerous departures and retirements a year ago The team was able to count on two outstanding individual players in the decisive phase: Tia Scambray and Maia Dvoracek The American diagonal attacker Dvoracek only joined the team during the season to replace her injured compatriot Gloria Mutiri and proved to be a stroke of luck VC Kanti can also be satisfied with what they have achieved The Schaffhausen team proved to be at least on a par for long stretches of the final series but had the misfortune of having to do without their first ace Brigitta Petrenko in the final due to injury The last time Kanti Schaffhausen played for the title twelve years ago The days of Zurich's serial victories in the Swiss championship came to an end in 2018 when Volero withdrew; since then the dominant team has come from Neuchâtel NUC has an impressive 18-3 record in the last six play-off finals (no champion was crowned in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic) The Federal Council held its weekly meeting in Neuchâtel on Wednesday President Karin Keller-Sutter did not choose this location by chance the Federal Councillor took a dip in the crowd Gallen native attended business school in Neuchâtel "I have a special connection to the canton and the city," said the President of the Swiss Confederation to the media in the courtyard of Neuchâtel Castle in a class of Suisses-totos" (a somewhat disrespectful term for Swiss-Germans) mentioning that she had a boyfriend in Colombier In addition to her memories of the town of Neuchâtel and the shores of the lake the crisis in the watch industry at the time left a lasting impression on her The President of the Swiss Confederation did not comment on current issues In connection with the trade conflict with the USA she merely reiterated the need to keep a "cool head" and look for a solution with "the watch industry in mind" The watch industry is of particular importance for the canton of Neuchâtel and the entire Swiss export industry With regard to the Federal Council meetings "extra muros" Keller-Sutter spoke of an element of "national cohesion": the agenda was not too heavy to keep to the schedule The members of the Federal Council also had an "informal" exchange with the Neuchâtel State Council whose President Florence Nater had officially welcomed them to Neuchâtel earlier that morning the entire Federal Council went to the city center where a meeting with the population took place The President of the Confederation spoke of a moment of "conviviality and friendship" This was a "beautiful tradition" In bright sunshine and pleasant temperatures around 300 participants were given the opportunity to address the Federal Councillors and ask them questions during an aperitif This tradition is "a good opportunity to listen and enter into a dialog" that is not technical said the President of the Swiss Confederation The municipal council (executive) of the city of Neuchâtel was also present the President raved about Neuchâtel as her "heart city" and emphasized the quality of French in the canton of Neuchâtel According to Keller-Sutter's flattering words the best French in French-speaking Switzerland is spoken there Neuchâtel also combines "tradition and innovation" The President of the Government of Neuchâtel addressed the uncertainty and the many challenges facing the canton The speeches were slightly disrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators a joint meal with the representatives of the cantonal and communal authorities was on the agenda before the "seven wise men" returned to the federal capital The meeting in Neuchâtel marked the 20th time that the Federal Council has met outside the Federal Palace This tradition of meetings "extra muros" was introduced in 2010 with visits to the cantons of Ticino and Jura They’re looking to double that number by the end of 2026.  through the Cantonal Public Health Service (SCSP) is launching an information campaign this month to highlight the important role of first responders in the first aid chain featuring an inspiring educational film and moving testimonies from four local volunteers who’ve faced emergencies head-on download and register on the First Responder Neuchâtel app This site uses cookies – More Information Corporativo Neuchatel sets a new standard for Class A commercial office spaces in Mexico City it includes the city’s first truly high-performance office tower With a prime location in Nuevo Polanco’s premier mixed-use development the 19-story building features exceptional amenities and flexible 24,200-sq.-ft floor plates designed to maximize daylight and city views Tenants enjoy convenient access to nearby restaurants one of Mexico City’s most desirable neighborhoods HOK’s design establishes a striking entrance to the development featuring an angled northern facade and massing that align with the plot’s geometry Sculpted corners accentuate the tower’s gateway presence improve views and integrate it into the urban landscape The main facades have slightly reflective floor-to-ceiling glass and vertical accent fins for shade and texture transparent glass on the corners further enhances the gateway aesthetic The site design prioritizes pedestrian connectivity and inclusive A pedestrian green space runs east to west offering a series of lush courtyards and patios for respite from the busy city A tree-lined north-south boulevard connects the tower to the dense Polanco neighborhood to the south inspired by Mexico City’s historical traditions and Polanco’s rich artistic heritage lies at the intersection of these pedestrian paths Elegant shell-shaped pods provide versatile outdoor spaces for events rotating art installations and a dedicated children’s play area Integrated lighting ensures safety and activity during evening hours with the Eye of Mexico—a large digital art sculpture designed by art collectives Ouchhh and MASSIVArt—serving as the central civic feature This sculpture presents urban and mobility data for Mexico City via interactive light displays with vivid colors and a reflecting pool at its base creating a captivating nighttime destination permeable base seamlessly integrates public spaces with an exterior garden creating a hospitality-inspired lobby for work mixed-use space that transforms from daytime to nighttime Expansive glass folding doors and floor-to-ceiling windows foster a strong connection between the outdoor spaces and the surrounding community Premium building amenities include a fitness and wellness center bicycle parking and electric vehicle charging stations The design enhances pedestrian connectivity by locating parking underground Corporativo Neuchatel is on track to achieve both LEED Core & Shell Gold and WELL Core certifications Design strategies 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Update my browser now × Sharjah: To strengthen bilateral economic ties and expand investment opportunities, the Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah) and the Consulate General of the UAE in Geneva co-hosted a high-profile business roundtable at The Chedi Al Bait Hotel, Sharjah; bringing together government officials, representatives of Business Councils, as well as investors and industry leaders from Sharjah and Neuchâtel. Serving as a platform to showcase Sharjah’s strategic position on the global investment map, the roundtable also underscored the UAE’s proactive diplomacy in cultivating strong economic partnerships with Switzerland, reinforcing mutual growth and cooperation especially in manufacturing and technology. 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Three people were found dead in an apartment in La Chaux-de-Fonds on Friday – but it’s thought the killings were two days earlier. Police say it was a family, a married couple and their 17-year-old daughter. They say they believe the 38-year-old father first killed his daughter and then his 42-year-old wife and then himself.  Friends and family told the press they’re shocked – they didn’t see any arguments in the family, but the problems may have been financial. One neighbour says they lived beyond their means. They owned three cars and had a nice house. The father had recently lost his job. The neighbour suggested they move to cut their rent – but he refused.  Volume 2 - 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2020.00013 Pockmarks are circular depressions on the floor of oceans and lakes and constitute potential hot spots of gas ebullition and/or groundwater discharge whereas lacustrine pockmarks are virtually unexplored In Lake Neuchatel (Switzerland) four giant pockmarks of 80 to 150 m in diameter are located along the northern shore and adjacent to the karst system of the Jura Mountains Two pockmarks have a ~60 m-deep chimney filled with mud; two are funnel-shaped 12 and 29 m deep holes We present evidence for the presence of groundwater in the pockmark chimneys and active lacustrine groundwater discharge (LGD) at both pockmark types electrical conductivity and calcium concentrations of the pore water in the chimneys show values typical for karst water (maximal sampling and profiling depth: 41 m into the pockmark) and contrast strongly with the properties of the lake water TOC and TIC indicate that the chimney mud is homogenized and composed of liquefied sediments from the entire deglacial to Holocene lacustrine sediment succession Mini mud volcanoes apparent on the suspension surface imaged with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) localize the groundwater exit points and confirm LGD LGD is further corroborated by electrical conductivity anomalies detected above the lutoclines and within a funnel-shaped pockmark during the ROV survey We conclude that the giant pockmarks in Lake Neuchatel represent a type of subaquatic springs that connect the water body of the lake with the karst system A next essential research step will be to quantify LGD via the pockmarks in order to assess their lake-wide relevance This study underlines the existing need for research on the connectivity of lakes and oceans with groundwater systems for completing our understanding of the hydrological cycle The same is supposedly true for lakes but the role of lacustrine pockmarks in this respect is virtually unexplored In Lake Neuchatel, numerous pockmarks were discovered in 2012 during acquisition of high-resolution swath bathymetric data (Reusch et al., 2015, 2016; Reusch, 2016). Most prominent are four “giant” pockmarks (“giant” at the lacustrine scale) with diameters from 80 to 150 m located along the northern lakeshore (Figures 1, 2; Table 1) Figure 1. Lake Neuchatel with Swath bathymetry below 17 m water depth (Reusch, 2016), as well as with the locations of the four giant pockmarks along the northern shore (LL, CB, TR, NS) and of springs and wells used as comparison for water parameters. The main geological units, tectonic faults, and some well-known groundwater flow paths and groundwater infiltration points are also shown (Swisstopo, 2014) Summarizing information and current state of interpretation of activity for the four giant pockmarks in Lake Neuchatel this data basis provides certainly evidence for a groundwater-filled chimney but not necessarily for active LGD If the groundwater head does not exceed the hydrostatic pressure of the lake's water column and of the chimney a scenario is possible where groundwater is stagnant in the chimney and no discharge into the lake occurs The two funnel-shaped pockmarks La Lance (LL) and Neuchatel-Serrieres (NS) without a mud-filled chimney represent the second type of giant pockmarks (Figures 2C,D; Table 1) no data except reflection seismic profiles and swath bathymetry has been recorded so far thus no evidence has been produced in favor or against present fluid-flow activity The above outline of previous results highlights the existing knowledge gap for understanding the functioning and the importance of the giant pockmarks for the system of Lake Neuchatel there exists an important research need concerning the connectivity of lakes (and oceans) and groundwater systems for completing our understanding of the hydrological cycle Lake Neuchatel with detailed bathymetric information and the well-documented karst system in the Jura Mountains represents an ideal model site for exploring the quantitative importance dynamics and biogeochemistry of lacustrine pockmarks and LGD The present study has three central objectives: • Examine which of the four giant pockmarks are currently hydraulically connected to the karst system • Investigate at which pockmarks LGD is presently active • Study the chimney sediments for learning about the flow dynamics therein and about the operating mode of the pockmarks The surface of Lake Neuchatel is located at 429 m asl and has an area of 215 km2; the catchment area covers 2672 km2 with a maximal and an average elevation of 1680 m asl and 780 m asl; and the maximal and average water depth is 153 and 64.2 m (Schwalb et al., 1994). The theoretical residence time of the water is 8.25 years (Schwalb et al., 1994) representing the higher realm of the catchment area of Lake Neuchatel average air temperature is 6.3°C and annual precipitation 1304 mm (average 1988–2017) The ROV was equipped with a 360° sonar (SeaPrince Tritech) and registered video material in VHS and HD quality Keller Switzerland) on the ROV that continuously logged (2s interval) the temperature and the electrical conductivity of the water as well as the pressure that was later transformed into water depth CTD profiles through the water column and into the pockmark chimneys were realized on Oct 17 using a RBR™ probe equipped with additional weight underneath (15 kg as Pb cubes) was sampled with a 5 l Niskin bottle (Hydro-Bios Kiel) that was lowered from the boat on June 15 For this we attached 20 kg of additional weight below the Niskin bottle and used two GoDevil messengers (2 ×870 g; General Oceanics Miami FL) to activate the closing mechanism of the bottle in the mud The CTD probe that we used during the ROV survey was attached to the additional weight and lowered each time together with the Niskin bottle On June 15 we used an electrical winch that precisely indicated the length of the unrolled rope This allowed a precise tracking of the depth of the sampling device and with that the transformation of the pressure data into density for the pockmark mud The pockmark mud was collected in 5 l plastic containers on the boat samples for stable water isotopes (8 ml vials) and major cations and anions (20 ml vials) were taken in the laboratory the next day from the supernatant water Samples were filtered (0.45 μm pore size) and for cation analysis additionally acidified with two drops of 10% HNO3 dissolved oxygen and pH were measured on the boat with a handheld probe (HQ40D HACH Switzerland) immediately after the transfer of the mud to the containers Rhizon samplers (type MOM 10 cm long porous part pore size 0.58–0.65 μm) (Rhizosphere Research Products Wageningen The Netherlands) were inserted into the fresh mud to extract pore water for the chemical characterization About 10 ml of pore water was sucked directly into separate evacuated 120 ml serum flasks containing 0.1–0.2 ml of 10% HNO3 for cations and 0.25 ml of 20% w/v zinc acetate for dissolved sulfide Samples for stable water isotope and anion analysis were taken in the laboratory but this time by centrifuging the mud followed by filtering (0.45 μm) Carbon analyses were realized with a Flash 2000 CHN-O Analyzer (ThermoFisher Scientific) instrument Total inorganic carbon (TIC) was calculated as TIC = TC - TOC Switzerland) 4 to 5 g of homogenized sediment was filled into 10 ml tubes Conditions were wet during the 14 days preceding the ROV survey with 85 mm of rain representing 8% of the annual precipitation Before the sampling campaigns in June and September rain conditions were similar with 41 mm and 37 mm corresponding to 3.6 and 3.9% of the annual precipitation Before the CTD profiles in October conditions were dry with 6 mm or 0.6% of the annual precipitation Figure 3. Daily precipitation at the meteorological station Bullet/La Fretaz at 1205 m asl in the Jura Mountains (see Figure 1) during 2017 (Meteoswiss, 2018) and timing of the giant-pockmark field campaigns Pictures and 360° sonar scan recorded during the ROV survey illustrating the lake-floor morphology outside and inside of the pockmarks (a) Sediment pillow structures outside of the CB pockmark Data of the CTD probe that was mounted on the ROV during the survey for the CB The x-axis corresponds to the cruising time of the ROV shown are the most interesting 25 min (1500 s); the y-axes show the depth of the ROV in the water and the electrical conductivity of the water Values abruptly rose from 348 μS/cm to over 380 μS/cm suggesting that the groundwater flow is directed from NW to SE Figure 7 shows the CTD profiles recorded at CB and LL from 100 m depth in the water column down to the maximal penetration depth in the pockmark chimney Figure 6. CTD profiles at the locations of the CB, TR3, TR2, and LL pockmarks. Horizontal gray dashed lines mark the depth of the suspension surface at CB, TR3, and TR2 in the bathymetric data (see also Table 1) Even though conditions on the lake were windless the water depth of 128 and 126 m at the pockmarks may allow the CTD probe drifting away from the position of the boat while being lowered At the funnel-shaped LL pockmark neither electrical conductivity nor temperature varied while the probe was lowered to 137 m water depth (Figure 6) Here it has to be considered that (i) we probably did not reach the bottom of the funnel (144 m depth) due to a not totally centered position of the profile above the pockmark and that (ii) the CTD profile represents only a line measurement It is therefore possible that we missed the spot(s) where LGD occurs We thus do not consider the CTD profile as contradicting the positive evidence for LGD found during the ROV survey at LL ROV surveys are more efficient than boat-based profiling for investigating small and funnel-shaped pockmarks in particular In June, the water column was sampled at 100, 129, and 133 m water depth, and the mud in the pockmark chimney at a total depth of about 136, 146, 160, and 175 m, i.e., at about 2, 12, 26, and 41 m depth in the chimney (Figure 7A) the mud in the pockmark at a total depth of about 138 but tension on the rope decreased and we were not able to close the Niskin bottle anymore This likely indicates that the mud becomes too dense below about 40 m in the chimney for sampling with a Niskin bottle (A) Conceptual model of the CB pockmark showing the chimney with a depth of ~60 m the positions of the samples taken in the chimney and the (hypothesized) direct contact between the chimney and the Mesozoic units and thus the karst system Also shown are estimations for the hydrostatic pressure at the base of the chimney and the hydraulic pressure in the karst system (B) δ18O composition and Ca2+ concentration in the lake water and in the pore water of the chimney mud; (C) concentrations of Fe2+ (D) Density of the pockmark mud estimated via pressure data and exact depth control from the electrical winch (E) TOC and TIC content in the particulate fraction of the pockmark mud (F) Grain-size volume fractions of the pockmark mud providing the following relationship between δ18O and altitude: −0.31%0/100 m (Equation 1) and −0.18%0/100 m (Equation 2) This proposes an altitude of infiltration of 1016 and 822 m asl The relief between the lake surface (429 m asl) and the highest point on the fold of the Jura Mountains adjacent to the lake (1450 m asl) is 1021 m thus yielding an average elevation of 940 m asl the estimation of the altitude of infiltration based on equations from the literature is close to the average elevation on the slope from the top of the Jura fold down to the lake δ2H plot for lake-water and pore-water samples from the CB chimney compared to the LMWL of Bern (GNIP data) In contrast to the lake-water samples the plot indicates no evaporation for the pockmark samples what underlines the groundwater character of the pockmark samples Previous studies identified suspension-filled and funnel-shaped giant pockmarks along the northern shore of Lake Neuchatel adjacent to the karst system, however, proof for active LGD has been missing (Reusch et al., 2015; Loher et al., 2016) The objectives of this study were therefore to examine if all pockmarks are hydraulically connected to the karst system and if LGD via the pockmarks is currently active we studied the chimney sediments for learning about the operating mode of the suspension-filled pockmarks The abrupt change in the hydrophysical and -chemical parameters at the lutocline is intriguing and we interpret this as a clear sign for different water sources for the lake and the CB and TR chimneys (Figures 6, 7) ion concentrations and stable isotopic composition of the chimney water are in line with values typical for waters from the Jura Mountains karst system Water temperature in the St-Aubin well and in a karst spring nearby is 11–14°C (Centre d'hydrogéologie, 2000), and in the Bevaix-Treytel well it is 9–14°C (Muralt, 1999). The maximal water temperature in the chimneys of 8–8.5°C lies thus slightly below the cited ranges (Figure 6) A possible explanation for these lower values is that the karst water is cooling during the rise through the chimney the development of the temperature pattern might be related to the rising velocity of the water and the diffusive heat exchange with the lake's bottom water water temperatures in the chimney are clearly warmer as compared to the lake's bottom water We interpret this as strong evidence for two different water sources further research is required regarding these processes The largest uncertainty in this calculation is the density estimation of the pockmark mud even if we use 1.7 g/cm3 for the pockmark mud in case the density strongly increases below our sampling depths the hydrostatic pressure (~23.6 bar) would still be smaller than the conservatively estimated hydraulic pressure This pressure estimation corroborates our other evidences for LGD via the suspension-filled pockmarks CB and TR. Continuing this reasoning, LGD might even be stronger at the funnel-shaped pockmarks LL and NS since the absence of the sediment suspension reduces the hydrostatic pressure that has to be overcome, provided that the hydraulic pressure in the karst system is similar at all pockmark locations. In addition, the prominent fault zone at LL (e.g., Ibele, 2011) might combined with the absence of a sediment suspension enable a more important LGD than at CB and TR Lacustrine and marine pockmarks are potential hot spots of subaquatic groundwater discharge They are often overlooked and are difficult to investigate due to their hidden nature but possibly represent an important element of the water cycle LL) of the four giant pockmarks are hydraulically connected to the karst system and that LGD is active Closer investigations on the fourth giant pockmark (NS) still have to be realized but based on the present results we hypothesize that LGD is also active at NS The pore water of the mud in the chimneys shows properties characteristic for karst water from the Jura Mountains (parameters: temperature stable water isotopic composition) clearly contrasting to the lake water Evidence for groundwater-filled chimneys does not necessarily mean that LGD is happening when cruising with a ROV just above the lutoclines of the suspension-filled pockmarks (CB TR) and within the funnel-shaped pockmark (LL) positive anomalies in electrical conductivity typical for karst water were recorded the suspension surface is characterized by mini mud volcanoes corroborating an upward flow of water through the lutocline into the lake The increase with depth of the density of the mud and of the sand fraction in the best-investigated CB chimney (sampled to a depth of 41 m) demonstrates that the sediment would settle according to gravitation but that a flow from below keeps it in suspension the mineralogical and organic signature of the chimney sediments is very uniform at all sampled depths in the chimney (2–41 m) and is characteristic for the clastic-dominated sediments of the early Holocene and the glacio-lacustrine clays of the deglaciation sequence This indicates that the entire sediment column has been mobilized and well mixed the hydraulic pressure in the main aquifer of the Jura Mountains (Malm Portlandian) exceeds the hydrostatic pressure at the pockmark locations and thus confirms that LGD is hydraulically possible With this study we took another step forward in understanding the functioning of the giant pockmarks in Lake Neuchatel our results contribute to the research subject of the connectivity of lakes and oceans with groundwater systems and thus on the importance of groundwater discharge for their hydrological and also chemical (ions the next research objective for Lake Neuchatel will be the quantification of LGD via the giant pockmarks thus the assessment of their lake-wide relevance The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918633, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918634, and https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.918656 conducted fieldwork and laboratory analyses data interpretation and manuscript writing All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version This research was financed by the overhead funds of the University of Neuchatel (U.01851 project 12.5) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (grant 175820) The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest Important thanks go to Anna Reusch and Michael Strasser for openly sharing and discussing previous data collected on the Lake Neuchatel pockmarks We thank Jörg Mathieu and the lake police in Yverdon for the support during the ROV survey the Service de l'énergie et de l'environnement' of the Canton of Neuchatel as well as Jean-Blaise Perrenoud and Olivier Besson for making the sampling campaigns possible and Sébastien Levanchy greatly assisted in the field and in the lab Many thanks go also to François Straub for analyzing the organic remains in the pockmark mud and the Geographical Institute of the University of Bern for the use of the Malvern Mastersizer The Supplementary 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The villages of Villiers and Dombresson were the worst hit with some areas under flood water 1 metre deep Photos of the floods showed cars dragged along roads that had been ripped up by flood water Roads have been closed and some homes evacuated Local media reported some injuries to drivers as a result of the flooding Neuchâtel Police called for witnesses of a road accident that occurred on 22 June but gave no further details Val-de-Ruz district authorities and Neuchâtel Police said in a statement of 22 June: the authorities have been mobilized to deal with major damage suffered by the villages of Villiers and Dombresson as a result of the exceptional weather The situation is now stabilized but the return to normal will take several days Several families have been relocated due to flooding and power cuts Roads have been damaged and a road between Le Pâquier and Villiers is likely to be closed for weeks Water infrastructure has also been damaged Neuchâtel Police said “As a precautionary measure water in the communal network for the villages of Villiers and Dombresson must be boiled before being consumed even if at present no pollution has been detected.” Cookies | Privacy | Contacts © Copyright 2025 FloodList Thanks for visiting ! Fortunately no injuries or fatalities were reported MeteoSwiss figures show the village of Cressier recorded 55.5 mm of rain on 22 June with 34.5 mm falling in the space of 1 hour from 19:00 to 20:00 Heavy rain of around 34 mm had fallen in the village the previous day The government of Neuchâtel Canton said local rivers overflowed sending torrents of water debris and sludge into the streets of the Cressier and Frochaux during the evening of 22 June Emergency services responded to over 100 incidents Early assessments suggest around 75 buildings were damaged The A5 motorway was closed to traffic towards Biel and Lausanne A team made up of 120 personnel from Police Civil Protection and Roadways departments were working on repairs and clean-up in the area A Swiss military helicopter was deployed to carry out aerial reconnaissance Several families need to be relocated after damage to homes A psychological support unit is on site to attend to affected residents Drinking water is likely contaminated and a boil water order is in place Similar damaging floods occurred in the Val-de-Ruz district of Neuchâtel Canton on 21 June, 2019 Heavy thunderstorms late on 23 June affected other areas of the country Parts of Zurich Airport train station were flooded interrupting rail services for a short time In the Canton of Bern police received around 700 calls for assistance There were around 70 incidents of weather damage in Aargau Canton and 50 incidents in Solothurn Canton Over the western border with France as many as 80 people were evacuated after a landslide in Bossey in the north of Haute-Savoie Department Reports speculated the landslide was caused by heavy rainfall Richard Davies is the founder of floodlist.com and reports on flooding news At a time of climate emergency and contraction of available resources a continuation of urban sprawl is strongly questioned The architectural project has a central role in the search for alternatives that allow the regeneration of urban territories the careful densification of buildings in the direct vicinity of public transport the inclusion of good construction practices within the transition dynamics towards a low-carbon society a large part of the urbanized areas is on slopes which generates multiple challenges in terms of building and mobility The implantation of buildings and the creation of public spaces are confronted with unavoidable questions regarding the relationship to the ground level and measures to minimize soil excavation it is a matter of rediscovering and revaluing transport techniques developed before the hegemony of the car and electric transport specifically adapted to the slope Located in the Monruz sector to the east of the city of Neuchâtel the site selected for the 2024-2025 edition could undergo major changes in terms of mobility including a new railway stop and an additional station for the La Coudre – Chaumont funicular would greatly enhance public transport services Currently occupied by a scattered residential fabric and by an imposing group of buildings with no interaction with the public space by contrasting scales and the quality of its visual openings which encourages architectural reflection on its possible future this resolutely forward-looking approach envisages a complete urban regeneration of an already artificialized site The RELIEFS URBAINS Studio will aim to explore – through the architectural project – the multiple issues and potentialities of such a site Increased attention will be paid to the question of intermediate housing as much as to the landscaping and networking of public spaces according to the site’s unique characteristics Synthetic description Presentation Emmanuel ReyTeaching assistants : Clément Cattin architect urban planner,Van de Wetering Office for urbanism New York Almanack September 1, 2022 by 1 Comment The earliest Swiss immigrants to North America were religious refugees This group consisted predominantly of German speaking Anabaptists who began settling in eastern Pennsylvania from the mid-seventeenth century onward following a schism among the Brethren in 1693 which led to a division between Mennonites (named after Menno Simons of Friesland) and Amish (named after their leader Jakob Ammann who was born in the canton of Bern) Most subsequent immigrants arrived for economic reasons the average annual immigration of Swiss was a modest 2,500 That number jumped dramatically when in the decade between 1881 and 1890 nearly 82,000 packed their bags Swiss immigration tailed off substantially These Schweizamerikaner form a modest group within the total patchwork of immigrant communities but their role in the formation of present-day America has been considerable At a time of socio-political upheaval in Europe, America proved to be a tempting outlet with transatlantic migration facilitated by fast and affordable transport. The United States were opening up. A booming economy was in need of an ever-increasing supply of labor whilst for settlers there was plenty of cheap (sometimes: free) land to be cultivated The aim of the newly founded Federal Bureau of Immigration was to weed out and expel undesirable arrivals Most of them went west to join farming communities where compatriots had settled previously In some cases they established their own settlements with names that reminded them of home New Glarus in Wisconsin (named after the Swiss canton of that name) the Jewish patriarch of the Guggenheim family settled in America in 1847 to make his fortune in mining and smelting Others settled in New York bringing valuable skills to the city Sixteen year old Albert Wittnauer arrived in 1872 and began working for his brother-in-law Eugene Robert His company created a brand with a reputation for durability and precision he is credited with developing the first chronometers for aviation in the early 1900s the number of Swiss immigrants dropped to just over 30,000 and would tail off even more In spite of the relatively low visibility of its presence in the United States the impact Switzerland made on the nation’s history has been fundamental Swiss merchants facilitated the slave trade by which some ten to twelve million Black Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean We tend to associate the history of slavery with European ports that “specialized” in slaving and Middleburg are cities that spring to mind The French-speaking city of Neuchâtel is situated on the shoreline of Lake Neuchâtel within the canton of the same name in the mountainous Jura region In spite of being a landlocked country without colonies of its own this and other Swiss cities profited from the Atlantic slave trade A lack of colonial ambitions helped the Swiss gain a working relationship with Europe’s main Empire builders Swiss mercenaries were taken on by the Dutch and British East India Companies from the beginning of the seventeenth century when black slaves on the island of Hispaniola revolted against their French colonial masters Napoleon sent six hundred Swiss troops to fight them Those amongst the soldiers who were able to access the running or exploitation of the colonial territories reaped huge rewards they entered the plantation business and grew sugar and cocoa beans the rise of the Swiss textile industry would not have occurred Trading companies such as Christoph Burckhardt’s firm in Basel or Louis de Pourtalès in Neuchâtel earned fortunes through the three-way slave trade These and other firms laid the groundwork for the flourishing trade in commodities Swiss individuals and companies made money out of slavery as investors and traders a major figure in the development of modern Switzerland Not too long ago demonstrators pulled down a statue of General John Sutter [Johann August Sutter] in Sacramento This Swiss migrant who hailed from the canton of Basel was at one time ranked as a hero of the Wild West until historians revealed that he had dealt in child slavery And it was not just private companies that invested in transatlantic businesses the cities of Bern and Zurich were major investors in the South Sea Company which provided slaves to British colonies in southern America Trading companies boosted the development of the Swiss financial industry some successful colonial merchants ended up on the management boards of banks and insurance companies gradually building up an expertise that was used to finance colonial ventures Swiss banks owned a third of the French Compagnie des Indes that held a monopoly over the West African slave trade while trading houses financed slave traders Financial institutions invested in ships that carried Africans to the Americas Switzerland profited even more from imperialism than the great European powers themselves who were burdened with the costs of defending and maintaining their Empires Explorer Jean-Pierre Pury was born in 1675 in the Principality of Neuchâtel a Prussian territory in modern-day Switzerland He worked as a wine merchant before losing his wealth to a huge blaze in his warehouses He then served as a Corporal for the Dutch East India Company which made him aware of the potential returns of colonialism the British Crown granted him permission to found a settlement in the Province of Carolina he established the Colony of Purrysburg and lived there as a planter on 12,000 acres he was succeeded by his eldest son Charles de Pury The latter may have been instrumental in introducing slavery on the plantation He was killed during a slave revolt in the colony in 1754 David de Pury was another of Jean-Pierre’s sons he left for Marseille in 1725 to work as a merchant In 1730 he was hired by the South Sea Company and became involved in the triangular trade by which arms textiles and wine were shipped from Europe to Africa enslaved people from Africa to the Americas and other products from the Americas to Europe His business success led to him being granted British citizenship In 1736 he moved to Lisbon where he co-founded a merchant bank trading Brazilian diamonds at London’s financial markets He was also involved in removing and shipping valuable woods from the rain forest De Pury bequeathed a substantial part of his fortune to his home city of Neuchâtel The funds were used to repair monuments and churches The city’s infrastructure was modernized on the back of slaves its citizens honored their benefactor with a statue that was unveiled on Place Pury in the heart of the city De Pury has become a controversial figure and his involvement in the slave trade has been acknowledged by the city’s authorities history is rarely a straight-forward narrative Neuchâtel is also associated with early calls for the banning of slavery in the French colonial Empire published his Histoire philosophique et politique des établissements du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes (Philosophical and political history of the European trade establishments in the two Indies) in which the author predicts the arrival of a black Spartacus to free slaves and destroy the colonial system The book was a commercial success and went through three editions and many re-publications It radicalized the discourse against slavery which incurred the wrath of the Parliament of Paris Intense police censorship and the monopoly of the Community of Booksellers and Printers in the capital led to an exodus of publishers and an explosion of false imprints outside Paris Radical French thinkers had their work printed in Geneva The Société Typographique de Neuchâtel (STN) was founded in 1769 and remained active until 1794 The city became the epicenter of the publishing and distribution of illegal or banned books (at a time of growing readership in Europe) The authorities allowed the Society to print ‘dangerous’ works such as the Holbach’s Système de la nature provided that the city’s name did not appear in print and that the works were destined for export The STN became one of Europe’s largest wholesale booksellers but also of fashionable authors such as Mercier The third edition (1778) of Diderot’s Encyclopaedia the most important work of the Enlightenment carried the name Neuchâtel inscribed on the title page it realized the counterfeit of Abbé Raynal’s book which became the bestseller of its time Previously (1781) Nicolas de Condercet’s Réflexions sur l’esclavage des nègres (Reflexions on Negro Slavery) had been published under the pseudonym M The Neuchâtel publishing house published and distributed numerous writings by anti-slavery campaigners including the work of Jean-Pierre Brissot de Warville The latter had traveled to America in 1788/9 to visit Philadelphia, making plans to settle in Pennsylvania he was absorbed by the humanitarian ideals as expressed in the Declaration of Independence Brissot became co-founder and leader of the Société des amis des Noirs (Society of the Friends of Blacks) in Paris the first French association that demanded an end to slavery a city that owed much of its prosperity to the Atlantic slave trade and the illegal book production of counterfeit or pirated editions was also a force that drove the Enlightenment and the emerging abolition movement one of three Swiss transatlantic trading ships that belonged to Winterthur merchants (Royal Museums Greenwich); La Palais du Peyrou Neuchâtel (PixHound/Shutterstock); workers remove a statue of John Sutter a Swiss settler who built the first European settlement on the site of the city of Sacramento June 2020; Davis de Pury’s statue in Place Pury July 2020; and Catalogue of books printed by STN in Neuchâtel I am interested to further discuss some of the issues you rise in this articles with you New York Almanack receives no public funds Please give today (a monthly recurring gift is best) PayPal Venmo Rally.org Patreon Buy Me A Cup of Coffee CashApp Use your bank’s “bill pay” option (or just send a check) Without your 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The Neuchâtel government once again has a left-wing majority member of the Council of States for the Greens Neither the left nor the conservatives want a second round of voting center) has also decided not to hold a second round of elections for the State Council told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Monday the left had already announced its decision "not to call a second round" The united left has thus achieved its goal of regaining the majority in the five-member State Council that it lost to the FDP in 2021 The government now consists of two Social Democrats one representative of the Greens and two Free Democrats The previous SP members of the State Council Frédéric Mairy and Florence Nater were elected in the first round of voting on Sunday the former members of the government from the Free Alliance missed out on an absolute majority and finished in third and fifth place respectively Vara from the Greens finished in fourth place The three other candidates from the conservative alliance Thierry Brechbühler (SVP) and Manon Freitag (center) In the Neuchâtel government elections the red-green party has come one step closer to its goal of overthrowing the bourgeois majority The two former SP members of the cantonal council were re-elected in the first round of voting on Sunday This is a historic success for the Social Democrats in the canton Mairy and Nater were the only two to achieve an absolute majority of 21,880 votes The second round of voting is scheduled for April 13 The incumbent FDP state councillor Laurent Favre followed in third place with 21,327 votes In fourth place was Céline Vara (20,622 votes) The former FDP member of the Council of State Crystel Graf came fifth (20,009) Greens and the Labor Party ran with the aim of regaining the majority in the five-member State Council that was lost to the FDP in 2021 Whether it succeeds in this endeavour is likely to depend in particular on how well it can mobilize its voters for the second round in mid-April following the success of the SP In order to defend their current dominance in the cantonal government the conservatives also ran with a joint list of FDP Thierry Brechbühler (SVP) and Manon Freitag (Center) Two other candidates from the left-wing alliance Sarah Blum (Party of Labor) and Christine Ammann Tschopp The nine candidates from the other parties had no chance Only candidates who received at least five percent of the vote in the first round of voting can take part in the second round only the Green Liberal Maxime Rognon can run again with 2376 votes The party will announce its decision on Monday evening The deadline for submitting the lists is Tuesday afternoon the balance of power remained the same as in the last legislative period The SP increased its share of the vote to 25.1 percent This increase compensates for the decline of the Greens The Labor Party remained stable with 7.63% of the vote they will continue to "tip the scales" the left-wing Solidarités party fell just short of the parliamentary group threshold The young midfielder will try his luck back in his home country Here we are in the middle of February. The Serie A season is halfway through. You’re thinking about Fiorentina’s relegation chances and we all wonder what exactly is going on The news here is that 21-year-old midfielder Nicky Beloko has joined Neuchâtel Xamax on loan for the rest of the year The former Switzerland U20 international has landed in a decent spot as his new club are second-bottom in the Swiss second tier and have a host of injuries in central midfield With everything going wrong for Xamax (which was only relegated last year) manager Andrea Binotto may give Nicky a chance or two A loan to Gent last year didn’t go well at all; the Belgian outfit sent him back to Florence in January after he failed to register an appearance with the senior side and he hasn’t even cracked the roster for the Viola this term as he’s a talented young player who made his first team debut back in 2019 An active midfielder who likes to drive forward with the ball at his feet he offers dynamism through the middle and a lot more physicality than you’d expect from such a whip-thin player If he can improve his decision making in the final third there’s no reason he can’t earn some minutes Signed from Sion for €180,000 back in 2018 he looks every bit the Pantaleo Corvino player Xamax have an option to make his move permanent—no word on the fee but you’d guess it’s probably quite low and involves a cut of any future sales—and as he’s under contract with Fiorentina until 2023 you really hope that he earns a full transfer There’s no real path to the first team in Florence for him right now and nobody wants him to molder on the bench until he skulks away on a free who spent half a year with Xamax on loan back in 2011 (unrelated Beloko seems like the kind of player who could take a year or two to develop back in Switzerland before kicking off a solid career we wish him nothing but the best in this new adventure The canton once mirrored Vaud (its neighbouring canton to the south) in being predominantly planted with Chasselas (regularly dubbed "Fendant" in Switzerland), but red plantings currently dominate. While the Gamay-Reichensteiner crossings of Gamaret and Garanoir are the only other permitted red varieties in Neuchâtel This is possible due to both the local popularity of "Oeil de Perdrix" (a lightly colored rosé made from Pinot Noir) as well as its versatility in the winery are regularly found in producers' catalogues is a further category of the grape made with minimal maceration Beyond Chasselas, the permitted white varieties in the canton are Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Muller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, and the Chasselas-Chardonnay cross, Doral Only wines made from Pinot Noir or Chasselas - or sparkling wines - need not mention the variety on the label the label must carry the constituent list of grapes in order of quantity Pinot Noir must make up a minimum of 95 percent of a wine where its name is mentioned All other varietal labels must contain at least 90 percent of the grape variety stated Neuchatel mirrors the somewhat boundless Swiss convention in that a cadastral name may be appended to the label if 95 percent of the grapes come from within that area Appellation regulations further stipulate 21 communes two geographical sub-regions (Entre-deux-Lacs and La Béroche) and the "geographic sector" of Champréveyres as possible label mentions where at least 85 percent of the wine came from grapes in those zones All are situated on the northwestern shores of the Lac de Neuchâtel and to the southwestern edge of the Bielersee (Lac de Biel) where the majority of production is located Further labelling requirements regulate the use of the word "château" "sélection de grains nobles" (minimum 270g per liter sugar at harvest) "vendange tardive" (minimum 260g/L sugar at harvest) and the word "sélection" (minimum 176g/L sugar at harvest) The title "Non Filtré" (unfiltered) can only be applied to young Chasselas/Fendant in the region with Neuchâtel wines may also carry a "Grand Cru" designation although, unlike Burgundy The title is regulated by the cantonal wine trade body the Interprofession Viti-vinicole Neuchâteloise (or IVN) and Chasselas or Pinot Noir - the latter as a red wine only vines have been present in the region since the arrival of the Romans but formal viticultural history begins in the 10th Century with the founding of the religious order at the Prieuré de Bevaix (itself part of the Benedictine order and medieval viticultural powerhouse of the Abbey of Cluny) on the northwest shores of Lake Neuchâtel Viticulture in the region ebbed and flowed likely reaching its apogee in the 17th Century This rise and fall continued with the region boasting 1,200 hectares (nearly 3,000 acres) under vine in the late 19th Century dropping to less than half that in the mid Twentieth Century Neuchâtel currently counts around 600 hectares (1,400 acres) under vine on limestone soils with a heavy (and unsuprisingly) Jurassic influence - the Jura mountains mark the canton's northwestern border.  This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page We rely on your support for our independence the Swiss city of Neuchâtel is a particular oddity Neuchâtel is the capital city of the eponymous canton located in Romandy — the French-speaking region of Switzerland given the fact that since the early 18th century The city’s old town still pays tribute to this heritage It was only in the revolutionary year of 1848 that the city gained its independence from Prussia the city is known for its university and its football club which plays in Switzerland’s top league — with moderate success Otherwise it is little more than a provincial town along the train tracks that connect Geneva with Zurich READ MORE for his role in the exploitation of slave labor on his plantations in Surinam De Peyrou was close to Rousseau and Voltaire not the confederation that was involved in slavery Swiss historians embarked on an investigation of Switzerland’s role in the slave trade weapons and alcohol shipped to West Africa There the ships took on slaves to be sent across the Atlantic and exchanged for coffee worth some 700 million Swiss francs in today’s money which he left in its entirety to his native city Today, the Swiss role in the slave trade is largely recognized, documented and acknowledged. A foundation, Cooperaxion maintains an extensive databank that documents the activities of Swiss actors involved in the slave trade between the 17th and 19th centuries the city’s museum devotes a large section to the city’s role in the promotion and perpetuation of slavery Private citizens offer walking tours devoted to the memory of the city’s role in the slave trade insists on the country’s “honorable,” if not heroic Wiedergutmachung does not necessarily mean only monetary compensation such as statues of national “heroes” whose deeds proved anything but heroic — from the imperialists in the UK to Confederate generals in the US to petty slavers in Switzerland Both types of Wiedergutmachung have proven more than difficult replaced with the neutral “chocolate kiss.” The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Fair Observer’s editorial policy Unique Insights from 2,500+ Contributors in 90+ Countries We have sent a link to your registered email address to reset your password Philip Morris International and BAT have entered into a contract manufacturing agreement for cigarette production in Neuchatel, Switzerland, reports Le Temps “[L]imited volumes of BAT cigarettes will take place in the PMI factory located in Neuchatel,” BAT wrote in a press note cited by the newspaper “This is an agreement specific to the Swiss domestic market.” Only part of the cigarette volumes intended for the Swiss market will be produced in Neuchatel; the rest will be manufactured in other BAT factories Six positions will be added at the Boncourt site bringing the total number of positions at the site to about 20 BAT Switzerland announced this summer that it would maintain its warehouse and shipping department in Boncourt The company’s head office remains in the canton of Jura ©2025 Nicotine Resource Consortium By 2023-06-16T14:30:00+01:00 Source: Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival Die Hard director John McTiernan and leading French actress and writer Josiane Balasko are among those taking part in this year’s Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF) The full programme for the 22nd edition of the Swiss event again under the artistic direction of Pierre-Yves Walder includes 124 films from 5 continents and 44 countries among them Irish director Ian Hunt-Duffy’s horror thriller Double Blind starring The Walking Dead’s Pollyanna McIntosh both screening in the festival’s Ultra Section Too Beautiful For You) is president of the International Jury which will be assessing films in the international competition This selection includes UK director Christopher Smith’s Consecration starring Danny Huston and the European premiere of new British mystery horror pic Raging Grace directed by Paris Zarcilla The festival is holding a separate Asian competition which includes such titles as Cheng Wei-Hao’s Taiwanese supernatural buddy movie Marry My Dead Body and Bollywood werewolf movie NIFFF will continue to explore genre-bending horror and fantasy in its Third Kind sidebar which includes the international premiere of Guy Édoin’s Frontiers starring Pascale Bussières Lee Cronin will be presenting Evil Dead Rise the fifth entry in the blood-spattered franchise originally conceived by Sam Raimi.  There will be special screenings of the work of McTiernan (including Die Hard and Predator) and Katsuhito Ishii one of the pioneers of US action movies of the 80s and 90s will be interviewed on stage by journalist Rafael Wolf exploring female archetypes in genre cinema This includes 20 films as well as public roundtable discussion featuring Spanish director Carlota Pereda (who will be presenting her own film Piggy as part of the retrospective) host of The Final Girlsand whose new book Unlikeable Female Characters looks at the history and evolution of unlikeable female characters in film Company’s latest foray into genre will open theatrically on October 10 Bookmark this page to keep track of all the latest festival dates CAD $90,000 in cash and prizes presented at Friday’s ceremony in Toronto EXCLUSIVE: Film shoots in Dublin and Dundalk this summer Oscar winner proposing federal tax incentives ‘Ish’ and ‘Learning To Breathe Under Water’ will also feature Screen International is the essential resource for the international film industry access to the Screen International archive and supplements including Stars of Tomorrow and World of Locations Site powered by Webvision Cloud Former Michigan point guard Jaaron Simmons signed a one-year deal with Union Neuchâtel on Monday and will play professionally in the Swiss Basketball League next season Simmons tested the NBA Draft waters and contemplated going pro last year before becoming the first graduate transfer to play under coach John Beilein at Michigan He averaged 1.5 points (40.9 percent shooting) and 1.1 assists in 33 games as a reserve this past season for the Wolverines Simmons averaged 8.8 points (43.9 percent shooting) 4.2 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 131 games.  which plays in the top basketball division in Switzerland finished with a 13-9 mark in the regular season and reached the semifinals of the SBL playoffs last season craft and beauty (Credit: Neuchâtel Tourism)It’s a small hard-working Swiss mountain town – not the rich streets of Geneva – that’s home to the most exquisite and pricey timepieces on the globe 1,000m up in the Jura mountains – one of Switzerland’s most scenic regions – means the air is crisp the clouds are close and the mountain peaks are closer including many surprisingly stealthy Art Nouveau apartment block lobbies (none of which look like you can just walk into but all of which you can) and the tucked-away abstract chrome monument dedicated to Louis Chevrolet the motor company-founding race car driver who was born and raised here in the 1870s and ‘80s was born on one of the streets facing Chevrolet’s monument four months earlier who was also born and raised in La Chaux-de-Fonds about a decade after Chevrolet and Cendrars this would be more than enough to build a tidy tourist business on hard-working town and not much for showing off that’d I’d never heard of this town before arriving And I certainly had no idea that it’s where the world's most expensive watches are made La Chaux-de-Fonds is essentially the watchmaking capital of the world home to the workshops or corporate headquarters of Rolex and Patek Philippe two of the first men to make a success of Swiss watchmaking started their workshops in the middle of the 18th Century in Geneva is where Swiss watchmaking became the world standard It was here that Daniel Jeanrichard (1665-1741) developed a system of apprenticeship and cultivated watchmaking as a local cottage industry Karl Marx held up the town and its system as an example of efficient industrialisation in his seminal work Das Kapital this small town was producing five times the number of watches than in all Geneva’s workshops combined La Chaux-de-Fonds remains the administrative As we ducked out of one of the Art Nouveau apartment block lobbies hidden behind thoroughly quotidian-looking front doors aunt and grandfather all work or worked in the watchmaking business explained that the buildings were laid out this way in the early 19th Century to maximize the amount of sunlight that could flood into the first-floor workshop windows I could imagine how the town must have been with lone craftsmen bent over their workbenches each making a tiny part that would contribute to the thousands of watches being made Many of these original workshops have been turned into apartments now but small open-door shops still populate those same streets where third- and fourth-generation craftspeople continue to make the mainsprings bridges and balance cocks that power some of the world's most exquisite and pricey timepieces Given La Chaux-de-Fonds’s watchmaking history, it’s little surprise that the town is also home to the International Clock-making Museum One of my favourite exhibits explained how a pocket watch designed between 1796 and 1800 by Breguet told the time with little pins that would jab its owner in the hand allowing him to check the time without pulling it out of his pocket and potentially revealing his boredom to the person — boss emperor or spouse — in whose company he found himself The museum also has the world’s first quartz timepiece: the upright four-drawer filing cabinet-sized contraption that almost killed La Chaux-de-Fonds more than 11,000 people — 47% of the workforce — were employed by the town’s watch companies that number had dropped to just a little more than 7,000 as the industry struggled with the advent of the quartz watch Watchmakers had laboured for centuries to keep time as precisely as possible perfecting the basic mechanical system of transferring energy from a coiled spring through an escapement to the balance wheel to create as close to perfectly regular oscillation as possible with watches that were accurate to within seconds a day which took advantage of the mineral’s much more stable rate of oscillation made watches accurate to within seconds a year – at prices in the dozens rather than the hundreds or thousands of dollars being charged for mechanical Swiss watches in the 1970s it looked as though Swiss watches were going the way of the buggy whip decided they could compete on luxury and craftsmanship rather than accuracy the Swiss industry is more profitable than it’s ever been – but the war hasn’t been won La Chaux-de-Fonds’ next quartz-sized challenge will be to measure up against the technology behind products like the iWatch the watches produced by Apple and Google may be even more accurate than quartz how technology will measure up against craftsmanship this go around only time will tell Many of the workshops in La Chaux-de-Fonds offer free tours After learning some history — it was the first company to manufacture all watch parts under one roof and the first to manufacture in large numbers after Kaiser Wilhelm ordered 2,000 Girard-Perregaux watches for his naval officers in 1880 — my tour guide Willy Schweizer and I walked through the various work rooms where parts made in La Chaux-de-Fonds’ smaller workshops are assembled by master watchmakers Another room was devoted entirely to engraving each part craftspeople from around the world are being drawn to the industry’s explosive growth with worldwide sales more than doubling from 2000 to 2014 Schweizer told me that each worker at Girard-Perregaux gets their own 6,500 euro watch after working for the company for two years and the most expensive watch I’d seen was a 450 euro Tissot with most people wearing less expensive Swiss brands like Certina or Hamilton After a day or so exploring La Chaux-de-Fonds They’re not the 0.1% found so often in Geneva’s diplomats Zurich’s bankers and on the slopes of Gstaad La Chaux-de-Fonds is a different kind of Switzerland It’s the type of place that gave birth 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The News International, All Rights Reserved | Contact Us | Authors a doctoral student at Switzerland’s ETH Geological Institute has made an unexpected discovery in Lake Neuchatel While out making a routine pass to study the lake’s sediment the sonar revealed massive underwater craters who was collecting data to learn more about the history of earthquakes on Switzerland’s western plateau was understandably surprised by the development the discovery means re-evaluating her entire doctoral dissertation “I’ll remember this day for a long time – I never expected anything like this,” said Reusch “It just goes to show that even in the 21st century there are still thrilling and exciting discoveries to be made in Switzerland!” Craters in Lake Neuchatel were found using this sonar device Reusch and others located four large craters in the lake’s deep waters with the largest reaching 160 meters in diameter Scientists nicknamed that one “Crazy Crater,” partly because of its size but also because of its near-perfect circular shape Though they tried to capture core samples of the craters’ beds muddy sediment was too fluid for collection water temperatures and suspended sediments to find that the largest crater And with a temperature difference of almost 3 degrees Celsius concluding that the waters were distinct was obvious these craters are in fact springs,” said Reusch And she believes that the craters are likely linked to karst systems of the Jura Mountains nearby Scientists navigated an unmanned submarine to the craters’ locations Dating the sediment cores helped to reveal that it’s been more than a thousand years since Crazy Crater let loose any new sediment onto its levee Scientists are unsure what triggers the eruptions and more long-term monitoring is needed to understand them Sonar data were only collected on the deep parts of Lake Neuchatel so it is unknown if there are more craters to find (Credit: Wikipedia User Martouf via Creative Commons 3.0) ©2025 Fondriest Environmental Inc. | Questions? 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