Switzerland has Bern as its capital, Zurich as its largest city, and four official languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh. It has a population of over 8 million people and drives on the right side of the road. Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons. Some popular places to visit include Chateau de Chillon in Montreux on Lake Geneva and the winter resort town of St. Moritz, which offers skiing and other sports. Switzerland has a generally temperate climate but it can vary greatly from glacial conditions in the mountains to a pleasant Mediterranean climate in the south.
3. ABOUT SWITZERLAND…
CAPITAL : BERN
LARGEST CITY : ZÚRICH
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES : GERMAN,FRENCH,ITALIAN,ROMANSH
POPULATION: 8,211,700
DRIVES : ON THE RIGHT
SWITZERLAND IS A FEDERATION OF TWENTY-SIX STATES CALLED CANTONS
4. PLACES I WANT TO VISIT
• CHATEAU DE CHILLON,
MONTREUX.
• THE TOWN OF MONTREUX IS
LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE
SWISS RIVIERA ON THE SHORES
OF LAKE GENEVA
5.
6. ST. MORITZ
A famous playground of the wealthy, St. Moritz is a winter
resort which offers skiing and a variety of summer and winter
sports
7.
8. CLIMATE
• THE SWISS CLIMATE IS
GENERALLY TEMPERATE
, BUT CAN VARY
GREATLY BETWEEN THE
LOCALITIES,[ FROM
GLACIAL CONDITIONS
ON THE MOUNTAINTOPS
TO THE OFTEN
PLEASANT
NEAR MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE AT
SWITZERLAND'S
SOUTHERN TIP
11. TYPICAL MEALS
• CHEESE FONDUE
• RACLETTE “MELTED CHEESE SERVED WITH "GSCHWELLTI" (JACKET POTATOES), COCKTAIL GHERKINS
AND ONIONS AS WELL AS PICKLED FRUIT. ”
• ÄLPLERMAGRONEN : A KIND OF GRATIN WITH POTATOES, MACARONI, CHEESE, CREAM AND ONIONS. AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY, STEWED APPLE ON THE SIDE.
• RÖSTI : “A FLAT, HOT CAKE MADE OF GRATED, COOKED JACKET OR RAW POTATOES AND FRIED IN HOT
BUTTER OR FAT.”
13. MUSIC
• SWITZERLAND IS NOT COMMONLY CONSIDERED A
LEADING MUSICAL NATION. HOWEVER, IN THE 20TH
CENTURY IT PRODUCED A NUMBER OF COMPOSERS,
SUCH AS ARTHUR HONEGGER, OTHMAR
SCHOECKAND FRANK MARTIN, ALL OF WHOM HAVE
GAINED INTERNATIONAL RENOWN.
14. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
• COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES. IN THE LAST DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, THE SWISS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE WAS DEEPLY TRANSFORMED. CORE ECONOMIC SECTORS SUCH AS
MACHINE PRODUCTION DECLINED CONSIDERABLY, WHILE THE TERTIARY SECTOR
EXPERIENCED CONSIDERABLE GROWTH AND BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT EMPLOYER AND
CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ECONOMY.
15. I WISH I CAN GO TO SWITZERLAND
•THANKS FOR WATCHING
