Haven’t spent that long in Switzerland. It was the first country I ever entered other than the UK and France.

To me (and probably most people) Switzerland is synonymous with good cheese, skiing, cows with cowbells, and money. Lots of money. It probably doesn’t come as a surprise that Switzerland is the most expensive country in the world. It also has the fanciest trains I’ve ever travelled on. The train we took from Zurich Central to Zurich Airport was a double-decker train with a large restaurant car replete with waiter service and crisp white table cloths. 

As well as being particularly refined, Switzerland is also a little weird. Not only because of its German dialect  that other German speakers often can’t understand, but also because women weren’t allowed to vote until 1971, oh and also officially Switzerland has no capital city.

Switzerland is known as being neutral, but it only joined the UN in 2002. Despite having very low crime rates, Switzerland has one of the highest gun ownership rates in the world mainly because after national service, conscripts are allowed to keep their guns.

I’ll leave you with a final fact: Switzerland is home to the world’s longest tunnel. The Gotthard tunnel is 57km long.