There’s a lot of talk about public transport being essential to a city’s functioning, but what about public waterways?

Across Switzerland, people have developed a strange habit. Eschewing the country’s complex system of buses, trains and trams, these people pack their things in a dry bag, hop on an inner tube and float their way to and from the office. Meanwhile, plebs like us just have to take the subway — you’re not going to catch me floating in the Gowanus Canal anytime soon.