Swiss Watching trivia, No 15: Religion
August 15, 2010, 1 Comment
Today is a Catholic holiday in Switzerland. Or at least it would be if it wasn’t a Sunday, which is by definition...
LEARN MORE ›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...
LEARN MORE ›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...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss Watching trivia, No 12: Birdie Song
August 12, 2010, 2 Comments
The Birdie Song Forget fondue and the Red Cross – Switzerland most memorable gift to the world, though perhaps for all the wrong reasons,...
LEARN MORE ›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...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss Watching trivia, No 10: Nestlé
August 10, 2010, No comments
Nestlé The world’s largest food company is a typically Swiss business. Or is it? Nestlé was actually founded by a German, born in...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss Watching trivia, No 9: The Matterhorn
August 9, 2010, 5 Comments
The Matterhorn Switzerland truly is a country of mountains: about 70% of it is taken up by the Alps and Jura ranges. But there’s...
LEARN MORE ›Swiss Watching trivia, No 8: Roger Federer
August 8, 2010, 1 Comment
Binningen in the canton of Basel-Land isn’t exactly the best-known place in Switzerland. It’s a small community dating back to 1004
LEARN MORE ›Swiss Watching trivia, No 7: 1476
August 7, 2010, No comments
1476 The year 1476 was a crucial one in Swiss history, thanks to Burgundy (the country not the wine). Back then Burgundy...
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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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