Every year Zurich is the setting for a lively Street Parade...
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The Paradeplatz with its lights, trams and banks.
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Serious students at the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
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The Enge outdoor swimming pool next to the lake.
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The Niederdorf area in central Zurich: the name means literally "lower village".
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Sihlcity, a recently constructed "city within the city", with restaurants, shops, a library, disco and a church.
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The Place des Nations at the heart of international Geneva and European headquarters of the United Nations.
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The bustling Place du Molard at the heart of Geneva's old city.
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Geneva's Parc des Bastions, a city oasis.
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The Grottes quarter borders Geneva's main railway station.
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Carouge, bordering on Geneva, combines the warmth of a village and the culture of a city.
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Geneva, the city of Calvin... The Church Reformers look on sternly, but no one seems bothered.
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Bern's old city is bounded by the twists and turns of the river Aare.
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The River Aare is popular with swimmers in the summer; the parliament building rises in the background.
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Bern boasts one of the longest covered shopping areas in Europe, a 6km long stretch of arcades.
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The Paul Klee Centre, the work of architect Renzo Piano.
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A fountain by the surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim, commissioned by the city of Bern, in the Waisenhausplatz.
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The Reithalle centre, considered a hotbed of alternative culture, celebrated its 20th anniversary in autumn 2007.
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