Switzerland Again – Did You Know…

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… That there are some really interesting facts about Switzerland you have probably not heard about just yet…

  • The local fruit that is most consumed is the apple
  • Switzerland and England shared the same melody for their National Anthem  untill 1961
  • James Bond’s mother was Swiss…
  • 31% of Switzerland’s surface is forest…
  • Switzerland’s oldest city is not Geneva but Chur…
  • The Amish society was actually founded by a Swiss called Jakob Ammann…
  • If you would add all of Switzerland’s hiking trails together it would take you 1.5 times around the world…
  • The famous “Café de Paris” sauce was not invented in Paris but in Geneva’s restaurant “Coq d’Or”…

And now I’m “Swiss-ed out” 😉

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