BERN, Switzerland - The mouthwash-green water is churning along at an incredible pace. Eddies and small whirlpools fly past in a surprisingly swift current, given how wide the waterway is. Neither ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 1. More than 80 million people use the Danube River for drinking water, irrigation, industry and other activities as it winds its way east through Europe.

Situated along a loop of the Aare River, Bern is one of Switzerland’s most historic cities. Founded in 1191 by Berthold V, ...

It's quiet this time of morning on the Aare River – a little too quiet. The summer sun is just beginning to warm the air around me. The streets of Bern are filling with people. Soon the river, too, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. I am standing on a pebble river beach in the late afternoon sun. Traffic buzzes on the bridge above me. Every so ...

Located along a bend of the Aare River, Bern is the capital city of Switzerland. Founded in 1191, the city developed into an ...

Green-turquoise under the cloudless sky, the water flowed at a pace I was unable to match – and I was walking with a fixed time-limit and purpose. Was I really going to risk a swim in the Aare river?

The son of a high-ranking Indonesian politician has gone missing after a swim in a river in Switzerland. Police in the city of Bern were informed about three people experiencing difficulties in the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. I am standing on a pebble river beach in the late afternoon sun. Traffic buzzes on the bridge above me.