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Why Is the Swiss Franc So Strong? The 1970s Crisis That Created the Ultimate Safe-Haven Currency
Why is the Swiss franc so strong? How the 1971 Nixon shock and the 1970s crisis made it a safe haven, and how non-residents can…
The Geneva Freeport Secret: How a 19th-Century Grain Warehouse Became a $100 Billion ‘Tax-Free’ Vault
Geneva Freeport history from 1849 to today: how ‘in transit’ status turned a grain store into an art vault, the scandals, and who can use…
Inside the Gotthard Redoubt: How Secret WWII Military Bunkers Now Guard the World’s Private Gold
How the Swiss National Bank hid its gold in Gotthard forts, and how old army bunkers became Swiss mountain gold vaults. With a storage cost…
The Day America Bombed Switzerland: The Schaffhausen Raid of 1944
Was Switzerland bombed in WW2? Yes, about 70 times. Explore the 1944 Schaffhausen bombing, the 1945 raids on Zurich and Basel, and the Wauwilermoos camp.
The Matterhorn Is African: How Two Continents Built the Alps
Yes, the top of the Matterhorn is African rock. Explore its geology layer by layer and see how Africa and Europe built the Alps over…
The Clock That Stops Every Minute: How a Swiss Railway Clock Took On Apple
Why does the Swiss railway clock stop every minute? Meet the engineer behind the SBB clock, the 58.5-second trick and Apple’s reported CHF 20m licence.
