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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!
The American dream is alive in Horizonville, Switzerland
These days, we cannot get enough of Horizonville, Switzerland. This enclave in the Rhone Valley is located amidst popular sights but remains hidden from the view of tourists...
The Tetris Challenge that started in Zürich and went viral
Recently, cop cars, rescue helicopters, fire engines and even military tanks have been cleared of their contents. The Tetris Challenge was born.
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
14 unusual cat ladders we’ve spotted in Switzerland
Swiss cats have some guts! Most live outdoors - and when they want to come indoors, they have to negotiate a scary cat ladder...
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...
