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What makes Switzerland unique? Interesting, unusual and sometimes bizarre stories from Switzerland.

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Switzerland, the country of four seas

A mountain lake in the Alps

This content was published on In a geographical peculiarity, landlocked Switzerland is connected to four seas via its rivers. How many can you name?

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Two men are sworn in at a parliament

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Why Switzerland has no head of state 

This content was published on This annually rotating office is a Swiss peculiarity, found nowhere else in the world. So how exactly does it work? 

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Lina Peak

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A 260-metre skyscraper in Zermatt?

This content was published on A hotelier-designer-artist dreams of building a 62-storey residential tower in the Valais resort by 2034. Visionary or too much?

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The original recipe calls for soaking a tablespoon of rolled oats in three tablespoons of water for 12 hours and then adding a tablespoon of condensed milk, the juice of half a lemon, a grated whole apple and a tablespoon of chopped walnuts or almonds.

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Birchermüesli: from cure to cult

This content was published on Today, Birchermüesli symbolises Swiss cuisine and has conquered the world. But doctors originally turned up their noses at it.

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Switzerland's first animal hatch opened

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Switzerland’s first animal hatch opens

This content was published on The first Swiss small-animal hatch opened in canton Bern to receive abandoned pets, such as rabbits, guinea pigs and other rodents.

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