SWITZERLAND

Karen Castellan

Map of SwitzerlandGermany

France

Italy

language

Which do you speak?

German French Italian

Languages in Switzerland

Source: Federal Statistical Office 2002

Language Percentage of population that speak it

German 63.7%

French 20.4%

Italian 6.5%

Rumantsch 0.5%

Other 9 %

What do you think of?Chocolate

Cheese

Clocks

The alps

The Alps

The Matterhorn

Dufourspitze

How to get through the alpsAlpine railway Rolling highway

Our chalet

cowsCow Parade

Cheese Hut-cow bells hanging from the front and cheese cloth hanging on the line

FOOD

CheeseIn 1999 Switzerland produced 134,000 tonnes of cheese from cow's milk - and just 245 tonnes from sheep and goats.

Hard cheese Emmental: the famous cheese-with-the-holesLe Gruyère

Semi-hardRaclette suisse, Walliser raclette, Appenzeller®, Tilsiter, Tête de Moine AOC, Vacherin fribourgeois AOC, Bündner Bergkäse or Mutschli

SoftSwiss Brie, Swiss Camembert or Tomme.Reblochon, Limburger, Münster and Vacherin Mont-d'Or AOC

fondue1 clove of

garlic

0.3 l dry white

3 tsp cornstarch

400 g Vacherin

Fribourgeois

400 g Gruyere

dash of kirsch

pepper

Ingredients for a good Fondue

chocolate

Lindt & Sprüngli factory in Kilchberg

Ana-Gabriela

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