The alpine town of St. Gallen in Switzerland is planning a theme park modeled after Heidi, Switzerland’s famous children’s literature export. The park, which will be known as Heidi Alperlebnis, is a ...

Grandfather carried a cutting board heaped with salt-cured slab bacon, homemade bread and freshly made Alpine cheese to the wooden picnic table. The children dug in, ravenous from the 2-mile climb to ...

Heidi, Switzerland's smallest heroine, will be specially celebrated this year. On July 7, it will be 100 years since Johanna Spyri, author of Heidi died. The story of Heidi, however, is alive and well ...

In 1973, four Japanese artists traveled through Switzerland to do research on an anime series about «Heidi». The series became a huge success, and a filter through which Switzerland and its culture is ...