Switzerland: the country of mouth-watering chocolate, cheese fondue and precision clockwork set against the backdrop of breath-taking mountainous scenery. Accompanying all of this is the soundtrack of ...

Throughout the region, extreme sports draw thousands of competitors and spectators every year. Grindelwald holds multiple ultra-running events every year, including the “Jungfrau Marathon.” Runners ...

What is thought to be the UK's largest gathering of alpine horn enthusiasts has been staged in Berkshire. Eleven members of the UK Alphorn Network (UKAN) brought their instruments to Downe House ...

The alphorn was originally a tool for herdsmen, who used it for signalling and for calming their animals. Original alphorn music is therefore usually simple in structure, and reflects the mountain ...

Peter Wutherich will not play second fiddle to anyone when it comes to world-record alphorns. The traditional Swiss instruments — which ring across valleys in the Alps and appear on Riccola cough-drop ...

There is a young woman among the most famous Swiss alphorn players: Eliana Burki. The daughter of a physician at Feldbrunnen (Canton Solothurn) wanted to take alphorn lessons when she was six years ...