‘Security here, freedom there’ – insights from a US trucker festival in Switzerland

Many attendees at the International Trucker & Country Festival in Interlaken yearn for the freedom associated with the US. An academic in a cowboy hat explains why.

The allure of the United States is palpable at Europe’s largest trucker and country festival, held in Interlaken, central Switzerland. But even as visitors revel in the romance of Route 66 and the Wild West, they remain clear-eyed about the country without health insurance and pension schemes. The T... More info