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- 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 WANTTO VISIT • CHATEAU DE CHILLON, MONTREUX. • THE TOWN OF MONTREUX IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE SWISS RIVIERA ON THE SHORES OF LAKE GENEVA
- 6. ST. MORITZ A famousplayground of the wealthy, St. Moritz is a winter resort which offers skiing and a variety of summer and winter sports
- 8. CLIMATE • THE SWISSCLIMATE 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
- 9. SWITZERLAND CHOCOLATE IS THEBEST CHOCOLATE OF THE WORLD
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- 11. TYPICAL MEALS • CHEESEFONDUE • 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.”
- 12. SWITZERLAND PEOPLE ANDCULTURE
- 13. MUSIC • SWITZERLAND ISNOT 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 • COMMERCIALACTIVITIES. 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 ICAN GO TO SWITZERLAND •THANKS FOR WATCHING