The ten most popular posts of 2011
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2011. It was quite a year. Arab Spring, London riots, Fukushima, euro crisis – and a general election in Switzerland.
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2011. It was quite a year. Arab Spring, London riots, Fukushima, euro crisis – and a general election in Switzerland.
LEARN MORE ›November 22, 2011, 18 Comments
Eggs. Such an everyday item that it’s easy to overlook them as something of cultural significance. Eggs are eggs, aren’t they?
LEARN MORE ›October 18, 2011, 20 Comments
On Sunday Switzerland votes for a new parliament. But Swiss elections aren’t like most others.
LEARN MORE ›October 3, 2011, 27 Comments
Last week I wrote an article for the Swiss edition of Die Zeit, one of the main German newspapers, about the typical Swiss...
LEARN MORE ›May 29, 2011, 16 Comments
There’s nothing the Swiss love more that compiling and tabulating statistics, especially when they are about Switzerland.
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Free lunches are as hard to find in Switzerland as anywhere else. You might even think that there is nothing that’s free...
LEARN MORE ›April 11, 2011, 16 Comments
Forget about the trains in Switzerland! Yes, they are super-punctual, (usually) clean and extremely well-used, but everyone expects that
LEARN MORE ›November 3, 2010, 10 Comments
Switzerland has countless beautiful old towns and the world’s best chocolate, but perhaps its biggest draw is the breathtaking scenery.
LEARN MORE ›October 5, 2010, 8 Comments
A is for apple. Ever since William Tell shot one off his son’s head, the humble apple has been the unofficial national...
LEARN MORE ›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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As well as grappling with German grammar, re-learning to cross the road properly, and overcoming my innate desire to form an orderly queue, I have spent the last few years exploring the bits of Switzerland I’d never heard of before. And eating lots of chocolate.
The result was Swiss Watching, the book that became a bestseller. This website carries on from that, with facts and photos about Switzerland, and my insights and thoughts on Swiss life.