Here in Gstaad we can hardly believe that it is already 10 years since Sir Yehudi Menuhin died on March 12 1999. With his Menuhin Festival, with other classical music concerts all year round his spirit seems to be omnipresent. People in Saanenland are still able to experience t...

by Taki Theodoracopulos Thirty years ago this week my daughter was three and my son had not been born. I had left Gstaad for gloomy, strike-ridden, non-stop power cuts London, and the mother of my children was peeved at me as I had begun circling the daughter of the Belgian ambassador to the Court o...

GstaadLife.com contributor, Alison Chabloz, ruminates on the appreciation of music and the upcoming Menuhin Fesitval. By Alison Chabloz Jack is no stranger to the music of words. In fact, Jack often plays a major role in old rhymes and sayings. For example, he appears in the rhyme about the dog that...

After a difficult week, Sunday was hardly a day of rest for Transorientale racer Hansueli Brand: more than five hours repairing the Discovery following the car’s untimely rendezvous with yet another pothole. In fact, it had been Hansueli's co-pilot, Stanislas de Sadeleer, who drove a tad hard into...

It's been a long time coming, but construction work on the Saanen by-pass has finally begun. The people of Saanen are embracing this project for the long haul (click here to read more articles on the new by-pass). First discussions took place some 40 years ago, and numerous proposals have come and g...

Gone could be the days when attending the Menuhin Festival could be mistaken for a camping trip. At least that's what the group Les Arts Gstaad want. Formed by Stephan Jaggi, Markus Kappeler-Steffen, Michael Krethlow and Reto Sorg, they have initiated a feasibility study on an inter-regional culture...

Foreigners in Saanenland. Chances are if you are reading this, you may well be one of them. And you are not alone, numbering one of several hundred foreigners who are domiciled in the Gemeinde Saanen and who make up 27% of the population. Our sister publication, the Anzeiger von Saanen, has been run...

The guests hardly packed their suitcases and closed their shutters after Easter when the construction crews moved into position for the summer season. In terms of building noise and inconvenience, this year promises to be a rough one. The Saanen bypass, the Alpina construction, the Fernwärme projec...

By Alison Chabloz Unassuming, unpretentious and good-natured are words that describe Gstaad’s most celebrated chef, Robert Speth. Speth arrived in Gstaad in 1984, with the intention of staying for just a single winter season. Almost 25 years later, the German-born chef has built up a solid reputat...

This weekend High Fly Gstaad is celebrating its tenth anniversary. On Saturday February 23 fans will witness a more extreme, more professional and, yes, even louder display than ever before. The night kicks off with a dramatic Motocross-FMX show and a daredevil ski and snowboard act. A hefty portion...