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It’s chips with everything

January 8, 2011, 12 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmEHygANF7o Last week I decided to see which English words I’d see and read in one normal day. Of course, I excluded the...

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Who has the best nuts in Switzerland?

November 8, 2010, 5 Comments

At this time of year there’s one smell that wafts around every Swiss town. And I’m not talking about fondue or damp leaves....

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Even the Swiss can get lost in translation

October 27, 2010, 4 Comments

There was a lovely story in the newspaper last week, which proved that not all Swiss are multilingual perfectionists. Two researchers found that...

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Switzerland from A to Z

October 5, 2010, 7 Comments

A is for apple. Ever since William Tell shot one off his son’s head, the humble apple has been the unofficial national...

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Kambly: Switzerland’s best biscuits

September 27, 2010, 12 Comments

It’s a sight that will leave any sweet-toothed visitor melting in anticipation. A whole room filled with biscuits, all there to be...

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Swiss Watching trivia, No 17: Muesli

August 17, 2010, No comments

Muesli, or Birchermüesli as it’s known here, was first made in 1900 by Dr Maximilian Bircher-Benner from Aarau as a healthy evening meal...

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Swiss Watching trivia, No 14: Recycling

August 14, 2010, 1 Comment

Switzerland has more places to recycle plastic bottles than postboxes. No, honestly it does. There are 29,000 collection points for PET plastic...

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Swiss Watching trivia, No 13: Plugs

August 13, 2010, 7 Comments

Switzerland likes to be different. This shows itself in many ways: the political structure, the currency, the electrical system. That’s right, Swiss...

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Swiss Watching trivia, No 11: Road Rules

August 11, 2010, 4 Comments

Road Rules Speed kills. But in Switzerland, which has the safest motorways in Europe, speeding kills your wallet more than anything. A Swedish man...

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Rot, Blau, Grün Rivella

Swiss Watching trivia, No 6: Rivella

August 6, 2010, 9 Comments

Switzerland makes a lot of cheese but what happens to the whey (the milky liquid) after the solid curds have been extracted? 

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