Emergency numbers
- 117
- Police
- 114
- Ambulance
- 118
- Fire Dpt.
General Information
Capital city
Bern
Language
German, French, Italian and Romansch
Time zone
UTC+1 (summer time: UTC+2)
Currency
Swiss Franc (CHF)
Voltage
Climate
Typical central european climate, with cold winters and warm summers, and soft temperatures in Spring and Autumn (except the Alps)
Country dialing code
+41
SIM card providers
Yallo
Population
8.5 million
Cities with IAESTE LCs
In Switzerland we have 4 cities with local committees:
Zurich
Bern
Basel
Lausanne
Places that we recommend visiting:
Traditional cuisine
Cheese fondue
Swiss chocolate
Rösti
Did you know ?
Switzerland is the only country that has a square flag.
Switzerland has more than 1,500 lakes.
Tim Berners Lee invented the World Wide Web in Switzerland in 1989.
In case of a nuclear war, Switzerland has enough bunkers to housing 114% of their entire population.
Albert Einstein invented the famous equation E=MC2 while he was in Switzerland.
Charlie Chaplin spent the last 25 years of his life in Switzerland.
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