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AAIL pointer Switzerland Facts

Capital: Bern
Population: 7,252,000
Currency: Swiss franc (CHF)
Religions: Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Government: formally a confederation, but similar in structure to a federal republic
Languages: German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
Climate: temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers
Phone Code: 41
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AAIL pointer Photos of Switzerland

Photos of Switzerland that we found just lying about the web so we decided to pilfer from Observations of an Unimportant Man.

Dining Out - Zurich, Switzerland
Take Away - Zurich, Switzerland
Autumn Fun - Zurich, Switzerland
The Streets of Zurich - Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich Apartments - Zurich, Switzerland
Heidi Having Fun in the Leaves - Zurich, Switzerland
A Big Swinger - Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich - Zurich, Switzerland
Steep Hill - Zurich, Switzerland
Autumn in Zurich - Zurich, Switzerland

AAIL pointer Festivals in Switzerland

Festivals in Switzerland courtesy of 2camels Festivals.

bullet International Matterhorn Run Zermatt snippet
bullet Expovina photos
bullet Geneva Festival photos
bullet Biel International Chess Festival video
bullet Expovina web site
bullet International Short Film Festival Winterthur web site
2camels Festivals


Check out more festivals in Switzerland

Or take a look at festivals in these cities in Switzerland:

bullet Ascona
bullet Basel
bullet Bern
bullet Bex
bullet Biel/Bienne
bullet Cully
bullet Geneva
bullet Gstaad
bullet Locarno
bullet Lucerne
bullet Montreux
bullet Nyon
bullet Samnaun
bullet St. Gallen
bullet Verbier
bullet Winterthur
bullet Zermatt
bullet Zurich


AAIL pointer Switzerland Hostels and Budget Hotels

An Aussie in London features hostels, budget hotels, apartments, b&b's and campgrounds in a number of locations across Switzerland.

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AAIL pointer Switzerland Hotels

An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Switzerland.

AAIL pointer Switzerland Flights

Swiss International Air Lines (Switzerland) - was formed after the closing of Swissair, flies many routes in Europe as well as to North America, Asia, Middle East and Africa
Swiss International Air Lines


An Aussie in London has scoured the web for airlines that fly to Switzerland. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to Swiss International Air Lines) through to airline sites that feature flights to Switzerland.

AAIL pointer European Train Travel

Rail Europe

An Aussie in London has teamed up with Rail Europe to provide our readers with fabulous fares on all European rail passes - EuRail, BritRail, ScanRail, France, German, Swiss and Eastern Europe rail passes and more - as well as individual train tickets spanning Europe from Norway to Greece.

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AAIL pointer Switzerland Car Hire

- Holiday Autos, the world's leading leisure car rental company providing low cost car rental in over 4,000 locations worldwide through quality providers. Prices start from just £8 per day and they monitor competitor prices daily to ensure lowest prices in all European "low cost" flight destinations and the USA.



AAIL pointer Switzerland Tours

tours in Switzerland from 2camels Tours in Switzerland

AAIL pointer Further Switzerland Resources

bullet My Switzerland

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