Region: Western Europe
(Consisting of 26 Cantons)
Coast Line: Landlocked country
Area: 41,285km2
Capital: Bern
Gürbetal
Tattoo Parade-Basel
Tattoo Parade-Basel
Ariana Museum-Geneva
Hermann Hesse-Hesse Museum in Montagnola-Tessin.Ticino
Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877 – August 9, 1962) was a German-Swiss poet, novelist, and painter.
His best-known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge and spirituality.
In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Knitting graffiti
Stand with Swiss foods
Switzerland is famous for:
- Being over 700 years old
- Having 4 national languages (French, Italian, Swiss German and Romansh)
- Being a federation of 26 independent cantons, all with their own constitution and government
- Being the only democracy in the world; practicing direct democracy means that the people have the last word on anything, can vote on laws, government spending and launch popular initiatives that are binding for government
- founding the Red Cross
- Amazing natural beauty with lakes, 2 mountain ranges (Jura and the Alps), many historical monuments and some of the cleanest cities in the world :)
- Having been the only country in the heart of Europe to resist Fascism, greatly helped by the fact that each family owns on average 3 guns, including military assault rifles
- Being world leader in several sectors, including watches and other luxury items, pharama, food processing (Nestle etc.) and chocolate, biotechnology, energy production - especially hydrolic, civil engineering (tunnels!), insurance and banking, perfumes (Givanchy), textiles, precision machines, computer peripherals (Logitech) and more
- Being the most quoted country in scientific references
- Hosting the CERN, which includes the large hadron colder
- Hosting the European headquarters of the UN as well as the headquarters of the WTO, WHO and many other international agencies.
Also, Switzerland is the leading and most advanced producer of spyware and micro technology worldwide.
- Being over 700 years old
- Having 4 national languages (French, Italian, Swiss German and Romansh)
- Being a federation of 26 independent cantons, all with their own constitution and government
- Being the only democracy in the world; practicing direct democracy means that the people have the last word on anything, can vote on laws, government spending and launch popular initiatives that are binding for government
- founding the Red Cross
- Amazing natural beauty with lakes, 2 mountain ranges (Jura and the Alps), many historical monuments and some of the cleanest cities in the world :)
- Having been the only country in the heart of Europe to resist Fascism, greatly helped by the fact that each family owns on average 3 guns, including military assault rifles
- Being world leader in several sectors, including watches and other luxury items, pharama, food processing (Nestle etc.) and chocolate, biotechnology, energy production - especially hydrolic, civil engineering (tunnels!), insurance and banking, perfumes (Givanchy), textiles, precision machines, computer peripherals (Logitech) and more
- Being the most quoted country in scientific references
- Hosting the CERN, which includes the large hadron colder
- Hosting the European headquarters of the UN as well as the headquarters of the WTO, WHO and many other international agencies.
Also, Switzerland is the leading and most advanced producer of spyware and micro technology worldwide.
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