History, Geography, Culture:
Switzerland

ABOVE: The Vatican's Swiss Guards are recruited from the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.

Background

The Swiss Army switzerlandforvisitors.com
Switzerland hasn't been to war in 500 years, but its citizens aren't taking any chances.

Swissworld.org
"The official portal to Switzerland" has information on Swiss geography, history, people, culture, science, and economics. It's a good starting point for learning about Switzerland.

The History of the St. Bernard Dog
This page from the Natural History Museum Bern includes a biography of the legendary Barry.

Information about Switzerland
Just what the title says, with a clickable map to help you get details on specific cantons.

Switzerland FAQ
It may not be handsome, but this text document is loaded with facts and figures about the country.

CountryReports.org: Switzerland
Learn about the Swiss economy, geography, armed forces, etc. (This site is especially useful as a source of basic information for school reports.)

Living and Working in Switzerland
Foreign expats share their unvarnished views about life with the locals.

Language

Allegra! (Romansh) switzerlandforvisitors.com
An introduction to Switzerland's fourth language (which is spoken by less than 1% of the population).

Schyzertüütsch switzerlandforvisitors.com
Hear recorded samples of Switzerland's leading language.

Pimsleur Swiss German Language Course switzerlandforvisitors.com
Now there's an audiocassette Schwyzertüüsch course for travelers whose native language is English.

Newsgroup

Soc.culture.swiss
Like all newsgroups, this one has its share of adolescent grown-ups, but there's an occasional spark of intelligent conversation amid the flames. (If your newsreader doesn't launch and open soc.culture.swiss when you click on the link, you'll need to subscribe to the newsgroup manually.)

Other History/Geography/Culture Pages

General Trip Planning Index

Home

Copyright © 1996-2009 Cheryl and Durant Imboden and their licensors.
All rights reserved.

Privacy Policy