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Sniffer dogs hard at work at Zurich airport, the fine art of cheese-making and the Swiss secrets to living a long life – these were our most popular videos on Facebook in January. 

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Dogs sniff out illegal imports

This content was published on Border guards in Zurich are using sniffer dogs to track illegally imported animal and plant products made from protected species. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Making a classic cheese

This content was published on Vacherin Mont-d’Or is a Swiss speciality. But producing the cheese is not without its challenges. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)

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Stylized drawing of an old couple and the swiss map with cheese, milk, money, shamrock and a man doing workout

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Why the Swiss live longer

This content was published on Since the beginning of the 20th century life expectancy from birth in Switzerland has almost doubled. In this period, it rose from 49 to 85 for women and from 46 to 81 for men. According the World Health Statistics 2015 report, Switzerland is just behind Japan with an average life expectancy of 83 years. That’s…

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