If you have a dog then you know how hard it is to let your pet off the leash without someone complaining or you potentially breaking the law. So you will be pleased to know that the town has partially solved this problem by officially designating 2 new zones as dog-o- a-leash friendlyas currently Allemnd is the only place you can do this. As of May you will be able to let your dog run lose along the Churchill-quai after the tennis courts and of this autumn at the Tribschenhorn (between the Wagner museum). In two years time the project will be evaluated and either turned to permanent leash free zones. Just a reminder dogs are expected to be on a leash in all public areas and from April 1st to July 31st in all forests and wooded areas.
Due to it’s geographical position Switzerland has an agreement with the EU to let trucks transporting goods and people going from the Northern part to the Southern part of Europe to go through its country and not have to pay taxes on the products that are being transported (as these are product destined for other countries). However it is becoming more and more prevalent for the trucks to make stops in Switzerland in order to drop off either people or goods. This is a problem for all the local transport companies as they are seeing their core business drying up. The government has now fined one company CHF 3000.- for having dropped off people and picked others up without permission and are hoping to set up a precedent and make this a deterrent for what they call “cabotage transport”.
Police are warning people to watch out for the “kissing thief”, a woman aged between 25 and 40 and about 1,60 to 1,65 tall is making her way around town and asking people for the time (she speaks French), she then kisses them as a thank you and a little while later they realise that she has managed to get away with their watches. So far she has struck 10 times since February. Be careful when talking to strangers and if they want to kiss you, hold onto to your watches! 😉
The Swiss do not eat healthily enough. That is what one study by the Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen (Federal Office for Food Safety) found. The Swiss were found to eat too much meat (111 gm instead of 35 gm) and the consumption of sugary, salty and fatty products such as butter, margarine and cream are 4 times the recommended limit. However they don’t eat near enough plant oils and nuts and only 3.3% of the population eat the recommended 5 fruits/vegetables a day.
Excerpts from the Luzerner Zeitung.
