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56-page excur­sion guide from Les Bre­nets to Saint-Ursanne in A6 for­mat, first edi­tion 2017 and second edi­tion 2025. Avai­lable in french or ger­man.

A bor­der river, but above all a link bet­ween the French Jura and the Swiss Jura, the Doubs flows through a val­ley that is at times pea­ce­ful, at times wild. From Les Bre­nets to Saint-Ursanne, the river winds its way bet­ween steep hil­l­sides and cliffs. A haven of tran­qui­li­ty, a hiker’s para­dise, the Doubs can be dis­co­ve­red in all sea­sons, each offe­ring a dif­ferent atmos­phere. This guide pre­sents four excur­sions that show­case the most remar­kable fea­tures of this cap­ti­va­ting river. From the for­ma­tion of the land­scape to the local wild­life, and inclu­ding des­crip­tions of geo­lo­gi­cal fea­tures and cha­rac­te­ris­tic natu­ral sites such as allu­vial zones, the guide also paints a pic­ture of what the Doubs was like cen­tu­ries ago : a major indus­trial hub with its mil­ls, saw­mil­ls, and glass­works.

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36-page guide in A6 for­mat, first edi­tion in 2017. Avai­lable in french or ger­man.

Bet­ween the St-Imier val­ley and the town of Biel, the Reu­che­nette water gap and the Tau­ben­loch gorges form spec­ta­cu­lar cuts car­ved out by the Suze river. With ori­gi­nal illus­tra­tions and acces­sible texts, this guide invites rea­ders to dis­co­ver various aspects – not always visible at first glance – rela­ted to the land­scape or human acti­vi­ty :

• How were the gorges for­med ?
• What types of rock are found there ?
• Where are the most sur­pri­sing rock for­ma­tions ?
• How do we manu­fac­ture the cement in the water gap ?
• Where does the Suze water come from ?
• What are the risks of the river floo­ding ?
• And many more infor­ma­tions …

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56-page guide in A6 for­mat, first edi­tion 2015. Avai­lable only in french.

A major link bet­ween the Jura Moun­tains and the Swiss Pla­teau, the Orbe is one of the most unique and inter­es­ting rivers. Fol­lo­wing its course allows you to dis­co­ver an excep­tio­nal varie­ty of land­scapes. At first mean­de­ring, the river winds its way through marshes before disap­pea­ring into lakes and begin­ning a mys­te­rious under­ground jour­ney… Gushing out of the moun­tain near Val­lorbe, it reap­pears in day­light, slip­ping into a wild gorge and final­ly cal­ming down as it reaches the plain.

The guide offers four excur­sions desi­gned to help visi­tors learn more about this river and its region, with expla­na­tions acces­sible to all and ori­gi­nal dia­grams. How do the mys­te­rious fun­nels through which water disap­pears under­ground work ? Why did large lakes form in the Val­lée de Joux ? How did water shape the Val­lorbe val­ley ? How do humans make the best use of the river’s ener­gy ? These are just some of the ques­tions ans­we­red in this guide.

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48-page guide in A6 for­mat, accom­pa­nied by a colour fold-out map, for­mat 42 x 59 cm, first edi­tion 2014. Avai­lable only in french.

This guide offers a series of keys to bet­ter unders­tan­ding the land­scape of the Locle val­ley. With nume­rous ori­gi­nal illus­tra­tions, it allows rea­ders and hikers to dis­co­ver the hid­den aspects of the town, to unders­tand the long pro­cesses that imper­cep­ti­bly change its sur­roun­ding land­scape, and why Le Locle is for­tu­nate to have nume­rous springs, a situa­tion envied by other towns in the Jura region. This bro­chure can be read at home or while under­ta­king one of the three sug­ges­ted excur­sions (two on foot, one by bicycle).

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52-page guide in A6 for­mat, first edi­tion 2011 and second edi­tion 2025. Avai­lable in french or ger­man.

Nest­led at the foot of Creux du Van, the Areuse gorges connect Val-de-Tra­vers to the Swiss Pla­teau. You can sim­ply stroll along the many paths that criss-cross them to enjoy the magni­ficent land­scapes that unfold before your eyes, but the mean­de­ring river, its banks and the cliffs that sur­round it conceal a his­to­ry and some­times secrets about the mar­riage of rock and water.

Simi­lar­ly, hydroe­lec­tric ins­tal­la­tions demons­trate human inge­nui­ty in sus­tai­na­bly exploi­ting the resources offe­red by these gorges. Through two com­ple­men­ta­ry excur­sions lin­king Noi­raigue to Bou­dry, this guide pro­vides a bet­ter unders­tan­ding of the mor­pho­lo­gy of the land­scape, how water flows on the sur­face and under­ground, and final­ly, the his­to­ry of how this water is cap­tu­red to sup­ply a large part of the can­ton of Neu­châ­tel.

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48-page guide in A6 for­mat, first edi­tion 2008 and second edi­tion 2025. Avai­lable only in french.

Tur­ning on a tap in La Chaux-de-Fonds is a simple action that we rare­ly give a second thought to. And yet, it took a great deal of deter­mi­na­tion and insight to make it pos­sible ! There is no water in the land­scape sur­roun­ding the town, which is per­ched at an alti­tude of 1,000 metres. The pre­cious liquid the­re­fore has to be sour­ced elsew­here, i.e. far away and much lower down. This short guide explores the his­to­ry of water in this watch­ma­king town and high­lights the fact that, even here, the sup­ply of drin­king water can­not be taken for gran­ted.

An excur­sion to the Areuse Gorges and ano­ther bet­ween the city and the Doubs com­plete six chap­ters devo­ted to geo­lo­gy, hydro­lo­gy, his­to­ry, water col­lec­tion, dis­tri­bu­tion and puri­fi­ca­tion before it is relea­sed back into the envi­ron­ment.

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