Ten secret Swiss places to visit

Why set off for distant shores when there is so much to discover on your doorstep? Swiss public broadcaster, SRF, has selected ten magical and not-so-well-known places in Switzerland. We present five today, and five tomorrow. 1. Ranft, the mystic destination The Ranft gorge, where the Melchaa stream flows, attracts a wide variety of people from Switzerland and Europe. Whether devout or not, they find inner peace and pray for outer peace in this region of canton Obwalden. It was here in 1417 that Niklaus von Flüe, the patron saint of Switzerland, was born. He lived as a hermit in Ranft and has also gone down in history for his work as a peacemaker. The region can also be experienced as a museum destination, with plenty of history, politics and art, inspired by "Bruder Niklaus". 2. Small but beautiful: Rue, canton Fribourg The smallest town in Europe is what Rue in canton Fribourg calls itself. However, with only 1,588 inhabitants, from a statistical point of view it cannot be ...