Pollen season is now underway – according to the Swiss Allergy Centre.
Grass pollen was detected early in April, says the forecaster Meteosuisse, but it was then held back by the cold snap.
But overall, vegetation is around two weeks ahead of schedule. The Allergy Center says hay fever sufferers – about one in seven people – will now start feeling the effect.
Most of those with allergies do react badly to grass pollen.
Temps set to fall today
Switzerland is set to break free of its record-breaking heatwave today, as a cooler front moves in after Saturday's 39°C in Basel — a national June record broken three days running.
Calls to end block on air-conditioning
A Green-Liberal MP is pushing to break its taboo around air conditioning in hospitals and care homes, as the current heatwave strains nursing staff.
Divonne chateau hit by fire, again
The Chateau in the French town of Divonne les Bains has been ravaged by fire - again.
Fire bar will never re-open
Six months after the New Year's fire that killed 41 people at the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Valais cantonal president Christophe Darbellay says the site will never reopen as a bar.
Lausanne Pride draws thousands
Around 20,000 marched through Lausanne on Saturday for the Pride parade, the first Pride event in the city for 20 years.
Police use drones to broadcast warnings
Police in Marin, canton Neuchâtel, used drones to warn residents to stay indoors yesterday afternoon, after a hydrochloric-acid leak at an EM Microelectronics plant.
