Facts about Switzerland

Switzerland is one of the only two countries to have a square flag The Swiss flag is a red square with a white cross in the centre.

In Switzerland, it is illegal to keep just one guinea pig. You got to have them in pairs

The Swiss Army Knife corkscrew tool is not made in Switzerland but in Japan. All other parts are pure Swiss-made

Switzerland's Aarau railway station holds Europe's second largest clock face

The population of Switzerland was nearly eight million in July 2013

The Swiss eat more chocolate than any other nation in the world they eat a record of around 11kg per year. Chocolate is a major Swiss export, with 18 Swiss chocolate companies in Switzerland and also Switzerland exported almost 115,500 tonnes of chocolate in 2015.

Switzerland has more than 1500 lakes

Switzerland was the origin of instant coffee – Nescafe was created by Nestlé in 1938. The Nestlé Company, started by Swiss businessman Henri Nestlé in 1867, buys almost 10 percent of the world’s coffee and cacao bean.

Albert Einstein developed his famous formula E=MC2 in Switzerland

Switzerland has four national languages although English is becoming increasingly popular – the four official languages are French, German, Italian and Rhaeto-Romantsch (with Latin roots),

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