We've covered Swiss world records before, yet you've asked us for more! From the smallest Whisky bar to the tallest wine bottle in the world, the Swiss have...
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Meet the world’s steepest funicular (and ride it, too!)
From the longest railway tunnel to the steepest cogwheel railway, Switzerland is a tiny country of superlatives. Anther stunning record has been...
The world’s longest suspension bridge hangs in Switzerland
If the word "acrophobia" is in your vocabulary, read no more. The world's longest suspension bridge for pedestrians connects two towns in Valais...
Who knew Switzerland had 662 Charlie Chaplin lookalikes?
To celebrate their first anniversary, one of Switzerland's most popular museums pulled off quite an amazing stunt. The Chaplin's World Museum...
How the Swiss set a world record with 425 alphorns
The Swiss Yodel Association did something big: The Swiss Federal Railway transported 425 alphorns to Milano for them, and a new world record was set...
Watch this record jump off a Ticino waterfall!
120 km/h is the legal speed limit on Swiss freeways. It's also the speed at which a daredevil hit the surface of a Ticino river after a world record jump...
Supersonic Space Jumper Turns Newly Swissed
Last but not least, we are going to jump on the supersonic space jumper bandwagon! Thanks to an inquisitive Newly Swissed reader, we have uncovered...
These Swiss world records come with bragging rights
Switzerland may be just slightly bigger than the state of Maryland, but it has a bunch of world records worth mentioning. Sweet sweet bragging rights…
The Swiss way of “hanging out” (in a suspended hot tub)
A group of thrill-seekers has recently suspended a hot tub from the 183 m/600 ft Pont du Gueuroz bridge in western Switzerland...