Twelve quieter places the volume did not cover.
Sites the editor visits often but did not develop into full readings — for the reader who wants the country at its smaller scale.
The five readings of Volume IV are the considered work of the journal. The list below is something different — small places the editor visits and recommends without writing a full entry about. They are arranged by canton and given in two-sentence form. Coordinates and the nearest station are included for the reader who wants to find them on the map.
Bern (BE)
Trümmelbach falls
Inside the mountain at Lauterbrunnen — a series of ten glacial cascades cut through the rock face, accessed by a small lift. Open April–November; entry CHF 14. 46.567°N 7.917°E · Trümmelbach bus stop, 5m from Lauterbrunnen.
Aare gorge, Meiringen
A 1.4-km walkway bolted to the limestone walls above the Aare river. Open mid-April to late October; entry CHF 11. 46.728°N 8.187°E · Meiringen station + 8m bus.
Zürich (ZH)
Museum Rietberg
Non-European art (Asia, Africa, Oceania) housed in two restored nineteenth-century villas in a tram-side park. Tuesday–Sunday 10:00–17:00 (Wed until 20:00). 47.358°N 8.529°E · Tram 7 to Museum Rietberg.
Üetliberg
The city's small mountain (873 m) reached by a thirty-minute funicular-style train from Zürich HB; views over the city, the lake, and the Alps. Free; daylight hours. 47.350°N 8.491°E · Üetliberg station.
Vaud (VD)
Musée Olympique, Lausanne
The official IOC museum, set above the lake at Ouchy. Tuesday–Sunday 09:00–18:00 (closed Mondays Oct–April). Entry CHF 20. 46.508°N 6.633°E · Ouchy-Olympique metro.
Château de Chillon, Veytaux
A thirteenth-century water-castle on the shore of Lake Geneva south of Montreux — the setting of Byron's Prisoner of Chillon. Daily 09:00–19:00 (summer), 10:00–17:00 (winter). 46.414°N 6.928°E · Veytaux–Chillon station.
Graubünden (GR)
Müstair, abbey of Saint John
A Carolingian-era Benedictine abbey (UNESCO-listed) in the eastern Val Müstair, hard against the Italian border. The eighth-century frescoes in the church are the principal sight. 46.629°N 10.448°E · Müstair Klosterplatz, PostBus from Zernez.
Soglio, Val Bregaglia
A small Italian-speaking village (population approximately 200) above the Bregaglia valley, with stone houses, chestnut groves, and a viewing balcony toward the Sciora group. 46.348°N 9.541°E · Soglio Posta, PostBus from Promontogno.
Lucerne (LU)
Richard Wagner Museum, Tribschen
The composer's lakeside house outside the city, where he lived 1866–1872 and composed the Meistersinger. Tuesday–Sunday 11:00–17:00; closed mid-November to mid-March. 47.040°N 8.298°E · Bus 6, 7, 8 to Wartegg.
Mount Pilatus, summit station
Reached by the world's steepest cogwheel railway (48% gradient) from Alpnachstad; the summit at 2,128 m offers a panorama from the Säntis to the Bernese Alps. Mid-May to mid-November. 46.978°N 8.252°E · Alpnachstad cogwheel railway.
Other cantons
Lavertezzo, Verzasca valley (Ticino)
A double-arched Roman-style stone bridge over the Verzasca river, the green-pooled mountain river of the southern canton. 46.260°N 8.838°E · PostBus from Tenero.
Saint-Ursanne (Jura)
A medieval walled town on a meander of the Doubs, with a Romanesque-and-Gothic collegiate church. 47.366°N 7.151°E · Saint-Ursanne station.
The five readings of Volume IV are not the country. They are five of many. The Gem Guide is the editor's loose pocket of the rest.
Coordinates from Swisstopo; all places visited 2023–2026.