“Totenbeinli” are - despite their macabre name - a very delicious traditional Swiss Christmas Cookie that may also be enjoyed during the year with a cup of steaming coffee or hot tea. “Totenebeinli” means “bones of the death”. Their shape and their crunchiness gave these hazlenut cookies their name. They are not very pretty to look at but their taste with a touch of cinnamon and roasted hazlenut is fantastic.
Since the 16th centuries grifters in German speaking countries were called «Spitzbuben». The cookie with the same name is usually a circular cookie consisting of a base and a lid, filled with jam and a funny face formed by the holes pierced in the top cookie. Outside Switzerland, this cute Christmas cookie is also known as “Linzer Augen” or “Hildabrötchen”. There are countless different Spitzbuben recipes: with and without ground almonds, with whole eggs or just egg whites, filled with jelly or jam. I make my Spitzbuben according to the following recipe.
In February 2026 I travelled to Hoi An, a charming coastal town in Central Vietnam, famous for its tailors. I own a sporty Rizzini shooting vest but I always fancied a more elegant style for the range. Having a tricky body shape, I wanted to get a bespoken shooting vest tailored in Vietnam. I designed the perfect shooting vest on paper. This was the easy part, has I had a clear vision of my perfect shooting vest. Finding a tailor in Hoi An however, was challenging.
There are two components to gunshot noise: muzzle blast and sonic boom. Gunfire noises can reach levels well over the threshold of pain. Sounds at or above 85 decibels (dBP) can cause hearing damage with prolonged or repeated exposure. Even a single shot can expose ears to more than 150 dBP, enough to cause permanent hearing loss. Therefore it is very important to protect your hearing when shooting. This guide helps you to decide what hearing protection to get.
They are called Skyranger, Skyshield, Millenium Gun, Seaguard, and MANTIS. They combat the most challenging targets in loiter, pop-up, or dive attacks. They feature sophisticated search and tracking sensors that deliver precise fire control data within milliseconds. Equipped with programmable ahead ammunition, whose fuse triggers a cloud over 150 heavy metal sub-projectiles, they can effectively parry swarm attacks by drones. What sounds like straight out of a science fiction movie gets produced in district 11 of the city of Zurich.
The ShotKam is a high-speed, 4K gun camera for hunting and clay shooting. The camera can be mounted to any shotgun’s or sporting gun’s bottom of the barrel and it records every shot automatically. Designed to withstand the rough conditions in shooting sports, the ShotKam is built to endure high recoil, rain, dust and other challenging environments. It is a great tool to detect mistakes and improve shooting techniques.
Ich bin ein Mensch, der nicht gerne frühstückt. Aber in den Ferien ist alles anders: Ich stehe früh auf (um 6 Uhr oder sogar früher), geniesse den morgendlichen Frieden und die Stille - und ein paar Stunden später ein reichhaltiges Frühstück. In Hoi An, Zentralvietnam, fand ich drei Cafés, die jeweils eine grosse Auswahl an verschiedenen schmackhaften Speisen, Gerichten und Getränken zum Frühstück anbieten (teilweise sogar den ganzen Tag über), welche ich euch nicht vorenthalten will. Sie alle liegen wunderschön etwas ausserhalb des Zentrums, entweder am Strand, im Reisfeld oder direkt am Fluss.
On the Malaysian island Perhentian Besar in the South China Sea, there are some beautiful hikes through the jungle. In combination with beach walks, you can do a whole day's round trip on the inhabited part of the island, including snorkeling on beaches where you can watch sea turtles.
The Perhentian Islands in Northern Malaysia are a perfect little tropical paradise: covered in lush green jungle, surrounded by soft white sandy beaches and deep blue water full of marine life. Find out where they are, how to get there and what to do when visiting the Perhentian Islands.
Sablés are round shortbread cookies of French origin made from a buttery cookie dough. The French word “sable” means sand and refers to the crumbly, sandy consistency of the cookies. Sablés are easy to bake using ingredients that you usually already have at home. They are deliciously buttery, but wonderfully crispy at the same time. Sablé dough works perfectly fine for numerous flavor variations with different ingredients.