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Here are 10 more hilarious Swiss town names

You do not have to put yourself in Bill Murray's position sitting on a hotel bed in Tokyo to be lost in translation.

Sometimes, you just need to look around. Switzerland with its four national languages has many place names that will surely make you grin if not burst out laughing. Some locals might not understand what you find so funny about the place name, like the stern inhabitants of Misery in Canton Fribourg, but others are great at playing it up, like the ski resort in Laax with their famous Crap Burgers named after the mountain Crap Sogn Gion.

Crap is Romansch for rock. As a follow-up to 10 Hilarious Swiss Town Names, we have collected even more fun place names from across the Helvetic Confederation.

Bad Egg (ZH)

Bad Egg, Switzerland

Crap Sogn Gion (GR)

Crap Sogn Gion, Switzerland
Crap Sogn Gion, Switzerland

Frick (AG)

Frick, Switzerland

Gland (VD)

Gland, Switzerland

Grandson (VD)

Grandson Vaud Harbor Sign

Misery (FR)

Misery-Courtion Fribourg Town Sign
Copyright BiiJii/Wikimedia Commons

The real name of this town is Misery-Courtion, but Misery sound so much more - well - miserable!


Poussy (GE)

Poussy, Switzerland

OK, this is not exactly a town, but a neighborhood of Vernier-Place, Geneva.


Rain (LU)

Rain, Switzerland

They sure have a beautiful roundabout in Rain!


Rapperswil (SG)

Rapperswil Castle Church

Can you spot any rappers in Rapperswil, Switzerland's City of Roses?


Root (LU)

Root Switzerland

What is it about Switzerland and roundabouts?


And a bonus: Tinizong (GR)

Tinizong, Switzerland

Sounds Chinese to me!

Click below for 10 more Swiss town names with funny connotations:

More hilarious Swiss town names

(Photo credit Bad Egg by Christina Hitt, Crap Sogn Gion by HolidayCheck and mountainbiker.ch, Gland by GeorgeLouis/Wikimedia Commons, Rain by kreiselkunst.ch, Root by Jeroen Massar, Tinizong by ADV Rider)

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