The street magazine Surprise celebrates its tenth anniversary
A concept that works: For ten years, the street magazine Surprise has been offering people in need a secure job. No matter what may have gone wrong in their personal past, as magazine vendors, everyone gets a chance to earn a living.
A convincing concept: for ten years, the street magazine Surprise has been offering people in need a secure job. No matter what may have gone wrong in their personal past, as a magazine salesperson everyone has a chance to earn a living. Since the relaunch in 1999 and various personnel changes in the editorial team and management, the magazine has also been a constant enrichment for the Swiss press landscape in terms of content for several years. In addition to social issues, the magazine also regularly features the sales clerks themselves, portraits of people from the street and reports on cultural events. Issue no. 68 from 2003 with the exclusive print of the first chapter of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was a big hit.
Around the publication date of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume (October 27), the exclusive interview by Spiegel employee Christoph Dallach with Potter author Joanne K. Rowling will also be published exclusively in German-language street newspapers. With the exclusive publication rights, Joanne K. Rowling is giving Surprise and the other German street newspapers the opportunity to increase their circulation and draw greater attention to the concerns of the social newspaper projects.
The provocative portrait of US physicist Bobby Henderson, who claimed in issue 115 that a flying spaghetti monster had created the world, caused quite a stir. But exciting reports, such as the one on Zurich's S-Bahn sprayers or the slightly absurd account of a night in a women's bathroom that appeared this year, also make the magazine a fascinating read time and again.
With an average circulation of 23,000 copies, Surprise reaches around 90,000 readers twice a month in and around Basel, Zurich, Bern and St. Gallen.
The magazine is celebrating its milestone birthday this Saturday from 8pm with a big party at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich. Among others, rapper Bligg and Stiller Has singer Endo Anaconda, the two cover heroes of the current issue, will be there to serenade the audience.
Around the publication date of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume (October 27), the exclusive interview by Spiegel employee Christoph Dallach with Potter author Joanne K. Rowling will also be published exclusively in German-language street newspapers. With the exclusive publication rights, Joanne K. Rowling is giving Surprise and the other German street newspapers the opportunity to increase their circulation and draw greater attention to the concerns of the social newspaper projects.
The provocative portrait of US physicist Bobby Henderson, who claimed in issue 115 that a flying spaghetti monster had created the world, caused quite a stir. But exciting reports, such as the one on Zurich's S-Bahn sprayers or the slightly absurd account of a night in a women's bathroom that appeared this year, also make the magazine a fascinating read time and again.
With an average circulation of 23,000 copies, Surprise reaches around 90,000 readers twice a month in and around Basel, Zurich, Bern and St. Gallen.
The magazine is celebrating its milestone birthday this Saturday from 8pm with a big party at the Rote Fabrik in Zurich. Among others, rapper Bligg and Stiller Has singer Endo Anaconda, the two cover heroes of the current issue, will be there to serenade the audience.
