Photo: Steven Penton, Mountains (Some rights reserved)
Switzerland is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Google Maps
goo.gl/maps/diHotW6D98kQrpTA7
Holidays
August 1 – Swiss National Day
Current Time
Zurich
Headlines
Switzerland’s ingenious cooling caves
Switzerland’s gravity-defying solution
World Heritage Experience Switzerland – Rhätische Bahn RhB
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/preview-the-swiss-leaks
Alpine Autumn: Switzerland’s Secret Season
Food
Culinary Heritage of Switzerland (Patrimoine Culinaire Suisse)
Gotthard Base Tunnel – longest train tunnel
swisstravelsystem.com
dw.com
Wikipedia
Recommended Listening
The B Side of Switzerland
worldradio.ch – http://www.worldradio.ch/listen/live.html
Twitter
@SwissEmbassyUSA
@SonjaSwissLife
@foenCH
@pronaturach
@SwissNetInc
Tourism Portals
Switzerland.com – YouTube
Associations and NGOs
Swiss Tour Operator Association
Awards
htr-milestone.ch
World Heritage
welterbe
Parks
http://myswitzerland.com/nature
http://www.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/gpap_home/?17212/Happy-Birthday-Swiss-National-Park
http://www.paerke.ch/en/index.php
Swiss Parks: National parks, regional nature parks and nature discovery parks are the most original natural and cultural landscapes in Switzerland.The Swiss parks support a network. This is used for exchange of experiences and supports public relations.
Elsewhere
Swiss Geo
Swiss Info
Daros Latinamerica
https://www.facebook.com/SwissNetInc – @SwissNetInc
Misc
When it opens for service in 2017, the 57-kilometre long Gotthard base tunnel will exceed Seikan rail tunnel in Japan and the world’s longest road tunnel of Laerdal in Norway, paving the way for continuous high-speed rail travel between northern and southeastern Europe.
Museums
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-ch/open-air-museum-ballenberg.html
Museum of tourism history of the Jungfrau Region http://www.touristikmuseum.ch
http://www.pronatura-aletsch.ch
Basel
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20200427-the-swiss-city-where-even-fun-is-serious
Basel – Wikipedia
Museum of Natural History
Museum of Cultures
Bern
Nydeggkirche
YouTube
Wikipedia
Switzerland
Gruyère cheese
Cities
Planeta.com