But Basel is not the only Swiss town that encourages floating down the local river. Le News, a Swiss news outlet, says, "The Aare River runs through Bern, Switzerland’s charming little capital city.

Twenty summers ago, my husband, Matt, and I swam down the Aare River in Switzerland with a dog named Arcas. I don't love dogs, which has always felt like a moral failing. But Arcas was special.

Switzerland’s lakes, rivers and waterfalls are a cherished life force. Here’s how to immerse yourself. Mesmerising and hypnotic: a waterfall tumbles from forested cliffs into Lake Oeschinen ...

The herd of eight young cows became trapped in a river in the Canton of Graubunden in Eastern Switzerland They had left the safety of their own meadow in an attempt to reach greener grass on the ...

Currently, all of Switzerland’s glaciers are far beyond ... meltwater from glaciers partially compensated for water shortages in rivers, says Matthias Huss. But if there are fewer glaciers ...