Patriot day

The St Gallen politician Karin Keller-Sutter and army chief André Blattmann at an information day for recruits, 2010. (Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini) swissinfo.ch
Tennis fan at the Davis Cup quarterfinal between Switzerland and France, 2004. (Keystone/Fabrice Coffrini) swissinfo.ch
The Blochers, Silvia and Christoph, at a rightwing Swiss People's Party meeting, 2005. (Keystone/Andrée-Noëlle Pot) swissinfo.ch
The later women's figure skating European champion 2011, Sarah Meier, wins silver at the European championships in 2007. (Keystone/AP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov) swissinfo.ch
Armenian President Serge Sarkisian welcomes Swiss President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey at an official ceremony in Yerevan, 2011. (Keystone/AP Photo/Tigran Mehrabyan) swissinfo.ch
Rightwing skinheads on the historic Rütli meadow on Swiss National Day, August 1, 2003. (Keystone/Steffen Schmidt) swissinfo.ch
Before the football match between Switzerland and Ireland, 2004. (RDB/Toto Marti) swissinfo.ch
Swiss boxer Yves Studer before the European Middleweight Championship fight, 2008. (Keystone/Peter Klaunzer) swissinfo.ch
Ottmar Hitzfeld, the Swiss national football team trainer, at a match between Austra and Switzerland, 2010. (Keystone/Ennio Leanza) swissinfo.ch
The first verse of the anthem, part of a "survival kit" for Swiss athletes during the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. (RDB/Beni Soland) swissinfo.ch

Time for the national anthem.

The Swiss Psalm makes its appearance at sporting and political events and at the Swiss National Day on August 1.

Once a ‘playground’ for the few, the Alps are now an amusement park for all

Swiss Alpine resorts are installing rides and other attractions on their slopes.

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