Freddy Nock holds 22 world records and is descended from seven generations of tightrope walkers. He works in spectacular settings: on wires spread taut across a canyon, between electricity pylons or ...

Distillers, collectors and lovers of absinthe tell us the thousand and one lives of absinthe, or Green Fairy, a spirit drink whose roots lie in the heart of Val-de-Travers Switzerland.The legendary ...

Every day on his way home from school, Edy joins the Mathieu family at the farm machinery shed. Edy fell in love with farming at first sight. For his 14th birthday, he decided to take his tractor ...

Jean-Paul Guex is a sculptor whose favourite material is all the scrap metal he can salvage from hos local dump. Delphine has left her city life behind to look after cows alone in a mountain chalet. ...

Lenora is a street sweeper. Every day, she makes the city more beautiful, with the help of Leni, her sweeping machine. A young woman in a man's world, she's determined to shatter some clichés. For ...

For Anne Wiltafsky, cows are more than just a source of milk and meat. For over ten years she's directed a unique centre, in Switzerland, where cows learn to climb stairs, pull a sled or run an ...

In Switzerland, we call them boguets! Mopeds are still around, maintained, pampered and customized by a zany crowd of afficionados ready to do anything for a 30km/hr ride with explosions of cheerful ...

How do you restore a village's heart and vitality? In Charmey, the answer lies in a bulk grocery store and mule deliveries!

Meet two masters in their arts, two men living the life they have always dreamed of: one forges Samurai swords while the other manufactures old unique bicycles.

Michel Simonet made the choice to become a street sweeper by vocation. The literary man opted to keep a clear head with an undeniably useful trade. Wearing the traditional head-to-toe orange uniform ...