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Anyone who has travelled a lot is slowly becoming familiar with all the world’s hotspots, from the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Sydney Opera House to the Louvre in Paris and the Statue of Liberty in New York. That’s why GEO.DE – GEO’s online magazine – has searched for places worth seeing that you probably don’t know yet.

When the economic structure is changing, industrial areas are being repurposed. This development is a reality in Switzerland. Where industrial products were once produced, such as in Uetikon directly at Lake Zurich, or The Valley in Kempttal or the Klybeck area in Basel, new uses are being created in attractive architectural environments. The online magazine archdaily recently used numerous examples from the international arena to show how these conversions are being realised elsewhere.

In 2024, the prestigious Wakker Prize will go to the Verein Birsstadt. The association shows that challenges in agglomerations can be better solved through cross-municipal and cross-cantonal cooperation, writes the Schweizer Heimatschutz in its justification for awarding the prize to this cross-cantonal cooperation of ten municipalities.