Fast internet to bring digital nomads to Alps

This article on Switzerland you are about to read was actually written on the island of Bali, in Indonesia. It wasn’t, but I confess that at times I get so bored with the Swiss alpine landscape, I would love to pack my bags, including laptop, phone, assorted cables and adapters, and settle in for a week or two at the 'Hubud’ co-working space – or hub - in the Balinese town of Ubud. Whatever work we do, it is increasingly place-independent thanks to the virtual world in which we live. And I’m sure there are many people outside of Switzerland who are reading this article thinking how nice it would be to work here for a while. That is the idea behind Hubud whose founders realised they could attract people from around the world – in their words, ‘creatives, techies, entrepreneurs and business folks, change makers, downshifters and truth-seekers’, looking for an inspiring place to lead their business, advance their start up, or base themselves. And it could serve as a ...