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Switzerland

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Once you arrived in Switzerland you are immediately astounded by the beauty of the country and the efforts to keep it impeccable. From the Alps to the cities, from small town to historic buildings, from serious international organization to jet set destination and not forgetting to grasp some cheese and chocolate, this country proposed a unique blend of culture and traditions coming from as far as its creation in 1291.

Population: 7,2 Million

Capital: Bern

Currency: Swiss franc

Language: German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian (official) 7.6%, Romansch (official)

Size: 41,290 sq km

Time Zone :UTC+1


	The Capital, Lakes and Alps Lake Geneva: Geneva, Morges, Lausanne, Montreux; The biggest reserve of thermal water in continental Europe: Leukerbad; Morcote: Relax at the tip of the Italian Swiss; Swiss Alps: Valais region. Food Eat a fondue in Gruyères; Enjoy chocolate: visit a swiss chocolate factory. Sports Climb the Matterhorn in Zermatt; Ski in Davos and Klosters; Visit the Olympic museum and see the International Olympic Committee headquarter in Lausanne; Les portes du soleil: 14 stations with more than 650km of ski slopes and 200+ ski lifts. Other Interests Gstaad: Switzerland four seasons playground; Discover Grindelwald and reach the highest altitude train station in Europe; Visit one of the very few makers of Neuchatel Pendulum Clocks.

Museums

Shoe Museum in Aarau, Fine Arts Museum in Basel; Bern: Museum of Fine Arts, Natural History Museum, History Museum, Alpine Museum; Musée International d’horlogerie (Clockmaking) in La Chaux-de-Fonds; Geneva: Ariana Museum, Art & History Museum, Natural History Museum; Museum of Transport and Communication of Lucerne, Alexis-Forel Museum in Morges, Abegg Fondation in Riggisberg. Oskar Reinhart Collection in Winterthour, Zurich: Swiss National Museum, Rietberg Museum, Fine Arts Museum, E.G. Bührle Collection.

Historical

Chillon Castle, Basel Cathedral, Grandson Castle, Gruyères Castle, Visconti Castle in Locarno, St. Gall Cathedral.

Natural

Sex Rouge Mountains (Vaudoises Alps), Bernina Road, Chasseral Mountain (1607 m.), Dent de Vaulion Mountain, Engadine, Giessbach Falls, Stockhorn, Furka Road, Lake Leman, Monte Generoso, Oberland area, Rhône Glacier, Pilatus Mountain, Quatre-Cantons Lake, Rigi Mountain, Säntis Peak (2502 m.), Saut du Doubs Fall, Trummelbach Falls, Wessenstein Mountain.

Sports

Winter Sports Areas: Adelboden, Andermatt, Arosa, Chandolin, Crans-sur-Sierre, Davos, Gstaad, Interlaken, Mürren, Saas-Fee, St.Moritz, Villars, Wengen, Zermatt.

Great peaks and areas you can access in cable car: Bella Lui, Cassons Grat, Diavolezza, Ebenalp, Eggishorn, Hoher Kasten, Jungfraujoch, Klosters, Lauterbrunnen Valley, Piz Lagalb, Piz Corvatsh, Riederalp, Stockhorn, Titlis, Weisshorn.

Cities

Adelboden: highly popular ski area; Arosa, Bern the country Capital and its medieval old town; Basel and it Cathedral, Art Museum and Zoo; Bienne and its old town and lake, Brunnen, Davos host of international summit, Fribourg and its fountains, Geneva: United Nations Offices, Grindelwald, Gruyères, Interlaken and Höheweg main street, Lausanne and next to it Ouchy, Locarno, Lugano, Lucerne and Lake Lucerne, Montreux and famous Jazz Festival, Neufchâtel, St-Gall, St-Moritz, Scuol and its spa bathing, Sion, Medieval town of Stein Am Rhein, Thoune, Zurich.

Food

Emmental Cheese from Emmental, Gruyère from Gruyères and Chocolate.

UNESCO

World Heritage sites of Switzerland
Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair (1983)
Convent of St Gall (1983)
Old City of Berne (1983)
Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-town of Bellinzone (2000)
Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn (2001)
Monte San Giorgio (2003)

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