The queue at the Gotthard road tunnel stretched back ten kilometres yesterday morning, meaning a wait of one hour and forty minutes for drivers heading south.
Saturday saw peaks of twenty kilometres at the north portal.
Locals in the affected cantonal Uri villages are fed up.
In Amsteg on Saturday, about sixty residents marched single file across a pedestrian crossing, blocking traffic with Uri flags and signs reading "we've had enough".
Doctors remain ready for heat symptoms
Geneva hospitals are bracing for a delayed surge as symptoms of last week's heat wave hit patients days after the temperatures dropped.
Anti-Fascist picnic in Lausanne draws hundreds
Around 300 people gathered at Vidy beach in Lausanne on Saturday for an anti-fascist picnic, two weeks after a 35-year-old man was attacked there by neo-nazi assailants in broad daylight.
Jazz festival major success
The 60th Montreux Jazz Festival drew more than 250,000 people, with paid venues averaging 91% capacity.
Lightning kills sheep
Lightning killed 97 blacknose sheep in the Binn valley in Valais during last week’s storms.
Heat alerts ease
Vaud and Valais have called off their heatwave alerts as thunderstorms move in and temperatures drop.
Warning to stay off the Matterhorn
Switzerland's mountain guides are now telling climbers to stay off the Matterhorn entirely, as the heatwave makes conditions there dangerous.
