From fondue vending machines to flag tossing competitions, some things exist only in Switzerland. Here are some of the best photographs...
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Our flagship online magazine is all about looking at Switzerland in a tongue in cheek way. Here at Newly Swissed, we love uncovering oddities about Switzerland and truly bizarre things that not even the locals knew. You’ve come to the right place for weird world records, random tidbits of knowledge and strange facts about Switzerland!
Dimitri Burkhard
Can hip-hop music make cheese tastier? Yes, says science!
From Mozart to Led Zeppelin: it turns out that cheese wheels have their own preference when it comes to music! This revelation could change...
Jordan Girardin
7 things I learned from reading “The Naked Swiss”
For the past years, I've heard a lot of clichés about the Swiss: they are boring, rich and xenophobic. It's a good thing I got my hands on The Naked Swiss...
Vanessa Lépine
Ready to face the scariest Swiss “monsters”? Here are nine!
Switzerland is a country with a rich heritage of legends and myths. Most intriguing are tales of scary creatures that inhabit the Swiss mountains...
More things you’ll never hear a Swiss person say
The Swiss have a healthy culture of debate, which is the foundation of a direct democracy. But there are some things you'll never hear a Swiss person say...
17 things you’ll never hear a Swiss person say
"Let's talk about my salary." Not! We would almost bet money that you will never hear a Swiss person utter this sentence - or the following 16 phrases...
Here are 16 brand new ways to piss off the Swiss
Look up "Swiss person" and you'll find a consensus seeking, cheese eating species. It's a cruel thought, but how to poke fun at such a nice human being?
Radio Man is a Swiss robot that actually yodels
So we fell in love with this quirky robot man from the past. That's because it features some of the finest Swiss engineering - and it yodels...
This Zero Star Hotel offers views of the universe
Imagine a queen size bed with fine Egyptian linen sheets. Now, remove the walls of your suite. Et voilà: You're staying the night at the Zero Star Hotel...
This Swiss town temporarily banned tourists from photographing
Beautiful flowers, mountains and cows: There is so much beauty in Bergün, it is quite unbearable! As of this May, the town banned tourists from taking...
This River Raft Race in Switzerland is Nuts!
For more than 40 years, people in Thurgau have gathered on the banks of the Sitter and Thur rivers to watch the colorful River Raft Race...
Kristīne
15 more ways to piss off the Swiss
With more than 6000 social shares, "19 Ways to Piss off the Swiss" is among the most popular posts ever. Time for more ways to piss off the Swiss...
