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View of Lake Lucerne by Dániel Somogyi

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Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, 6 August 2021

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🇨🇭 View of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) from Gersau towards Beckenried - a gouache painting by Johann Heinrich Bleuler the Younger from between 1820 and 1839.

Gersau is a small town nowadays, but for many centuries it was an independent micro-state in permanent alliance with the Swiss Confederation.

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A View from Axenstrasse Tunnel, Switzerland, 1933

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Boxing Day

The best way to celebrate the day is to take part in festivities in a country where Boxing Day is a bank holiday or public holiday. Watch some soccer, rugby, or cricket games, or go on a traditional fox hunt. If you can’t be in a country where these events are taking place, you could still get together with family and friends and eat leftovers from Christmas, or make some foods traditionally eaten on Boxing Day. You could also go shopping, as this is another important part of the day in many countries.

Boxing Day takes place the day after Christmas and is primarily observed in the United Kingdom, where it started, as well as in countries that were once part of the British crown. There are a few possible theories as to how it got started, but its exact origin is unclear.

One theory says it was inspired by Christmas boxes. In seventeenth-century Great Britain, boxes holding a present or gratuity were given to tradesman and workers in service industries for their previous year’s work. This went back to an even earlier tradition where servants would wait on and serve their rich masters on Christmas Day and would visit and celebrate with their own families on the day after Christmas. Their rich masters would sometimes give them a box with leftover food, a bonus, or another type of gift.

The day may have also stemmed from alms boxes that were put in Anglican churches on Christmas Day or during Advent and opened on the day after Christmas. These boxes collected money for the poor. Similarly, boxes were put outside of churches to collect money on Saint Stephen’s Day, which is held the day after Christmas. The events in the song “Good King Wenceslas” take place on Saint Stephen’s Day. The song recounts a story of King Wenceslas, a Bohemian king of the tenth century, bringing food and wine to a poor man. There is one other possible source for the beginning of the day. Ships once set sail containing a box of money for good luck. If the trip was a success, the box would be given to a priest, and he would open it on Christmas and give its contents to the poor.

Boxing Day has been a bank holiday in England, Wales, North Ireland, and Canada since 1871. It is celebrated in Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, and Nigeria. It is celebrated in Hong Kong, where the United Kingdom held sovereignty until 1997. In Ireland and in parts of Spain, it is known as Saint Stephen’s Day. It is celebrated as Second Christmas Day in some European countries, such as Poland, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands; it is celebrated as such in Scandinavia as well. Boxing Day is generally not celebrated in the United States.

In some countries where it is celebrated as a bank holiday or public holiday, it is observed a day or two after December 26. If December 26 takes place on a Saturday, it may be observed the following Monday. If December 26 is on a Sunday, it may be observed on the following Tuesday. This is not always the case, however, as it is often observed on a Sunday if it falls on a Sunday.

Boxing Day is a day of the gathering of family and friends. Leftovers from Christmas are commonly eaten. Popular foods include baked ham, mince pies, Christmas cakes, and other desserts. In many countries of celebration, it is a shopping day similar to Black Friday. Sales take place and many retailers run them the whole week. Although, in some places, such as in parts of Canada, stores aren’t allowed to be open, in order to give families time to be together instead.

Sports are an important part of Boxing Day. In the United Kingdom, the top football (soccer) leagues of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland play games. Lower leagues play games as well, and rugby leagues also hold matches. In various countries, events of other sports, such as cricket, horse racing, yacht racing, hockey, and boxing are often held to celebrate the day. Fun runs and swims in the cold English Channel take place. Fox hunting meets have been held for hundreds of years. A law passed in 2004, which went into effect the following year, banned the use of dogs to attack animals during hunts. But hunters have still used their dogs to chase artificial scents on the day, and have still gone on hunts where dogs are used to flush out foxes, but not to attack them.

Boxing Day, also known as Saint Stephen’s Day and Second Christmas Day, is being observed today! It has always been observed annually on December 26th.

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VIERWALDSTATTERSEE - Vierwaldstättersee ( fr. Lac des Quatre Cantons) - SWITZERLAND

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VIERWALDSTATTER SEE -  Vierwaldstättersee / SWITZERLAND

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Lake Vierwaldstättersee Switzerland - the promenade in Lucerne right on the lake - it's worth taking a walk there and eating in one of the many restaurants.

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Axenstrasse am Vierwaldstättersee

mit Flüelen und Bristenstock 

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ok so infj invited me to a chalet at the end of this week/this weekend. Supposedly we will be skiing (which i have done literally once, he knows this) and jacuzzi-ing. imma pigeon up and tell him that i still gotta thing for him in a non joke way (the key part)

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Reiseweg von Zürich nach Vitznau und auf den Rigi - Ein Abenteuer voller atemberaubender Aussichten

Wenn du nach einem unvergesslichen Abenteuer in der Schweiz suchst, dann ist der Weg von Zürich nach Vitznau und weiter mit der Rigi-Bahn auf die Spitze des Rigi ein Muss! 🏞️🚗🚠

1. Mit dem Auto von Zürich nach Vitznau Die Fahrt von Zürich nach Vitznau führt dich durch wunderschöne Schweizer Landschaften: grüne Hügel, tiefblaue Seen und charmante Dörfer. Die Route dauert etwa 1,5 bis 2 Stunden, je nach Verkehr. Besonders spektakulär ist die Fahrt entlang des Vierwaldstättersees, wo du schon die ersten beeindruckenden Aussichten auf das Wasser und die umliegenden Berge genießen kannst.

2. Mit der Rigi-Bahn auf den Gipfel In Vitznau angekommen, geht es weiter mit der berühmten Rigi-Bahn – einer der ältesten Zahnradbahnen der Welt. Die Fahrt hinauf zur Spitze des Rigi dauert etwa 35 Minuten, aber du wirst für die Fahrt mit grandiosen Ausblicken auf den Vierwaldstättersee und die Alpen belohnt! 🏔️ Wenn du den Gipfel erreichst, erwartet dich ein Panoramablick, der dir den Atem rauben wird. Du kannst sogar bis zum Jura, dem Zürichsee und der Weite des Landes blicken.

3. Die Kosten

Auto von Zürich nach Vitznau: Die Fahrt kostet natürlich nur den Benzinpreis und die Parkgebühren in Vitznau.

Rigi-Bahn: Der Ticketpreis für die Zahnradbahn variiert je nach Saison und Strecke. Ein Ticket von Vitznau auf den Gipfel kostet ca. 38 CHF pro Person (Hin- und Rückfahrt). Die Fahrt mit der Bahn ist aber jeden Cent wert, wenn du die beeindruckende Aussicht genießt!

4. Aussicht und Atmosphäre Der Rigi wird nicht umsonst die „Königin der Berge“ genannt! Vom Gipfel aus kannst du bei gutem Wetter eine unvergleichliche Sicht auf das gesamte Vierwaldstättersee-Gebiet genießen – und das Panorama der Alpen ist einfach magisch. Egal, ob du Wanderungen unternehmen, eine Pause in einem der Berghotels machen oder einfach nur die Ruhe und Schönheit der Natur genießen möchtest, der Rigi hat für jeden etwas zu bieten.

Fazit: Eine Reise von Zürich nach Vitznau und weiter auf den Rigi ist ein wahres Erlebnis, das du nicht so schnell vergessen wirst. Wenn du nach einem perfekten Ausflugsziel in der Schweiz suchst, das Natur, Geschichte und atemberaubende Aussichten kombiniert, dann ist diese Tour genau das Richtige für dich!

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Kurzurlaub in der Schweiz: Ein Paradies für jeden Geschmack

Die Schweiz, ein wahres Juwel im Herzen Europas, bietet eine faszinierende Vielfalt an Landschaften und Aktivitäten, die jeden Reisenden begeistern. Ob Sie nun die majestätischen Alpen, kristallklare Seen oder pulsierende Städte bevorzugen – hier finden Sie das ganze Jahr über das perfekte Reiseziel für Ihren Kurzurlaub. Winterzauber in den AlpenWenn die Berggipfel in strahlendem Weiß…

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Boat along lake Lucerne

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Monte Wymper

Albert Canal Allision near Viversel; no injuries #barge #tanker #belgium

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Switzerland became a Federal state on September 12, 1848.

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VIERWALDSTATTERSEE / Vierwaldstättersee - SWITZERLAND