The exterior of the Swiss pavilion, showing the Japanese character for "mountain", at the 2005 World Expo (Keystone) Keystone
The viewing platform at the top of the Swiss pavilion (Keystone) Keystone
A wooden model of Barry, the legendary St Bernard rescue dog, is one of the items on display inside the Swiss pavilion (Keystone) Keystone
Part of the outfit worn by staff at the Swiss pavilion and designed by Lela Scherrer and Christoph Hefti. Presence Switzerland
Male staff at the Swiss pavilion wear polo shirts with sewn-on patches from Switzerland (Presence Switzerland) swissinfo.ch
Meals at the Alpenrose restaurant inside the Swiss pavilion are served on small white trays which are then placed in a typical Japanese-style lunch box (Gamma Catering)
Swiss specialities are served to guests in a way which organisers hope will appeal to Japanese visitors to the World Expo (Gamma Catering)
This content was published on March 18, 2005 - 13:26
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