Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Some of the traditional symbols of Switzerland: the Swiss flag, the alphorn and the snow-capped Alps. Folk art is kept alive in organizations all over the country. In Switzerland, it is mostly expressed in music, dance, poetry, wood carving and embroidery.
Geneva (/ dʒ ə ˈ n iː v ə / jə-NEE-və; [5] Arpitan: [dzəˈnɛva] ⓘ; French: Genève ⓘ) [note 1] is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous in French-speaking Romandy.
Lucerne (English: / l uː ˈ s ɜːr n / loo-SURN) or Luzern (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ) [note 1] is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. . Lucerne is the capital of the canton of Lucerne and part of the district of the sa
Switzerland, [e] officially the Swiss Confederation, [f] is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [g] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
The Swiss National Park (Romansh: Parc Naziunal Svizzer; German: Schweizerischer Nationalpark; Italian: Parco Nazionale Svizzero; French: Parc National Suisse) is located in the Western Rhaetian Alps, in eastern Switzerland.
The Museum as seen from the Platzspitz park A rooftopper on a crane over the swiss national museum in winter at the time of the christmas event.. The Swiss National Museum (German: Landesmuseum) is a museum in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, adjacent to Central Station and the Platzspitz park.
Chillon Castle (French: Château de Chillon) is an island medieval castle located on Lake Geneva, south of Veytaux in the canton of Vaud.It is situated at the eastern end of the lake, on the narrow shore between Montreux and Villeneuve, which gives access to the Alpine valley of the Rhône.
Basel (/ ˈ b ɑː z əl /, BAH-zəl; German: ⓘ), also known as Basle, [note 1] is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the River Rhine (at the transition from the High to the Upper Rhine). [4]