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From Zurich HB (main train station) it’s an easy two and a half-hour trip to Gruyères, first to Fribourg, then a second change of trains at Bulle where you catch the regio express towards Montbovon for the last 20 minutes to Gruyeres. From Geneva, about the same distance as from Zurich, it’s a lovely run along Lake Geneva to Montreux, where you catch a classic swiss hill-climbing train to Montbovon. There, a short ride on the regio express train to Gruyeres (direction Broc Fabrique), total two and a half hours of breathtaking scenery, particularly the hill climb out of Montreux. Opening Celebration of the Museum Bar photos (2003)

The interior of the otherworldly environment that is the H.R. Giger Museum Bar is a cavernous, skeletal structure covered by double arches of vertebrae that crisscross the vaulted ceiling of an ancient castle. The sensation of being in this extraordinary setting recalls the tale of Jonah and the whale, lending the feel of being literally in the belly of a fossilized, prehistoric beast, or that you have been transported into the remains of a mutated future civilization.



Text excerpt from Secret Magazine No. 23, by Javier De Pison

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