A Guide to Switzerland
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
Photos of Switzerland
Photos of Switzerland courtesy of Observations of an Unimportant Man.
Festivals in Switzerland
International Matterhorn Run Zermatt [snippet]Montreux Jazz Festival [photo gallery]
Grand Raid [web site]
Street Parade [web site]
Check out more Switzerland festivals
Switzerland Hostels and Budget Hotels
Switzerland Hotels
An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Switzerland.
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
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.
Switzerland Tours
Tours in SwitzerlandEuropean Train Travel
Car Hire in Switzerland
easyCar - easyCar is one of the easy Group of companies owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet. easyCar is now represented in over 60 countries with 2,400 rental locations and access to a fleet of some 400,000 cars and like easyJet you'll have to go a long, long way to find a cheaper rate on or off the web.
Further Switzerland Resources
My Switzerland [web site]Check out more Switzerland web sites
