Facts about Switzerland

Tourist must knows about Switzerland

The weather varies greatly by the season, altitude and location;
High season is from late June to August and late December to March;
The best activities in the Alps are mountain top visits, scenic train rides and hiking.

Typical Engadine house, decorated for the national festivities of August 1.

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Location: Central Europe
Population: 8.6 million
Area: 41,285 km² (about equal to The Netherlands, or the US states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined)
Languages: German, French, Italian, Rhaeto-Romanic
Currency: Swiss franc
Tourist high season: late June to August (summer), late December to March (winter)
Climate: varying from cold winters and warm summers in the North, to a Mediterranean climate in the South. Temperatures differ greatly with the elevation.
The name of the country is Switzerland, not "Swiss". Products and people are "Swiss", like in this sentence: I purchased Swiss chocolate from a Swiss lady in Switzerland.

Switzerland quiz
No photograph this time. Just a fill in the blanks. The cantons of _______ and ______ will be making a slight adjustment to their cantonal border as _____ square metres will be added to the territory of the commune of _____ and the same number of square metres will be subtracted from the territory of the co...

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