Interesting facts about Switzerland 

1.Switzerland is one of the developed countries where living standards are high. The crime rate here is very low.

2.Switzerland located in Europe and the capital city is Bern. The largest city is Zurich. 

3.Most of the Indian or Bollywood movies and songs are get Filmed in Switzerland.  

4.Switzerland is one of the countries where a cup of coffee is a little expensive. 1 cup of coffee in Switzerland will cost around 5 to 7 USD (530 INR). 

5. It's against the law in Switzerland to keep only 1 pet, it should be in a pair. If you have a pet dog, you need to pay an annual tax for that. 

You must implant your dog with a microchip.

You need to complete training as well if you want to own a dog and Dogs are allowed in most of the restaurants in Switzerland. 

6.All the Swiss men need to complete military training.

7.People of Switzerland eat more chocolates than any other country. 

8.Switzerland has filmed is many star wars movies. 

9.There are 4 national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. 62% of people speak German and the French-speaking population is 22%. 

English is also a commonly spoken language in Switzerland. 

10.Swiss franc is the currency of Switzerland. The Code of this currency is CHF (Confoederatio Helvetica Franc). 1 USD = .92 CHF and 1 CHF = 82 INR. 

11.Swiss people love to eat Cheese and there are around 450 types of cheese in Switzerland. 

12.Switzerland is best known for its 

- Financial institutions

- Chocolate - Famous Nestle brand belongs to Switzerland. Some of the popular chocolate brands from switzerland are - Toblerone, Nestle, Lindt, Cailler, Milka and Sprüngli. 

- Fine cheeses

- Watchmaking industry - Some of the popular watch brands from Switzerland are - IWC, Rolex, Zenith, and Omega. 

- Amazing scenery

- Excellent network of public transportation.

13.Switzerland shares its land border with -

Italy, France, Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein (Prounce as Lic tin stine).

14.Swiss people are hard-working, punctual and they Love to clean. That is why Switzerland is one of the best places for travel by tourists. 

15.Most of the people follow the Christian religion in Switzerland.

16.Switzerland flag has a white cross on a red background.

17.Most of part In Switzerland is a mountain. There are around 250 mountains in Switzerland. You can Matterhorn mountain structure on famous Swiss chocolate Toblerone. 

18.There is no coastline in Switzerland but there are around 7000 beautiful lakes. 

19.Popular tennis player Roger Federer is from Switzerland. 

20.Switzerland economy mainly depends on tourism and these items export -

- Chocolates

- Watches

- Nestle products

- Coffee

- pharmaceutical products

- electronics

21.Switzerland comes in 4th number by life expectancy. The Average Life Expectancy is 84 years. 

22.On Sunday most of the retail shops, Train stations will be closed in Switzerland. And there is some rule for Sunday. You are not allowed to do -

Laundry, cleaning the house, and throw trash.

So basically Sunday is Home day and you are not allowed to make any noise. Just watch and eat. 

23.Switzerland has 13.2% of the largest European mountain range that is known as the Alps. 60% of total Switzerland is covered by the Alps mountains. 

24.The world’s longest stairway steps, can be found alongside the Niesen mountain railway. There are 11,674 steps here.  The staircase is around 3.4km long. 

25.Switzerland is also known as the Confoederatio Helvetica, (CH) in Latin. 

26.In 1863 the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in Geneva, Switzerland. The red cross has the same flag as Switzerland, the cross in middle.

The only difference in the red cross flag is the cross clour and it's red with white background. 

27.Switzerland is divided into 23 regional zones called cantons. 

28.Switzerland never participated in any of the World Wars.