Here is a collection of random facts about Switzerland:
The Swiss are so clean, they even wipe down their road tunnels. They take cleanliness very seriously here. You have to see it to believe it…
The Gotthard Rail Tunnel is the world's longest and deepest. The Swiss constructed two separate tunnels for each direction at 57 km a pop. But to keep the tracks as level as possible, they had to drill 2300 meters below the mountain. This makes the Gotthard Base Tunnel the deepest tunnel on Planet Earth.
Most skiing accidents happen at 2.30 PM. Might that mulled wine at lunch be to blame for some of these accidents?
When counting with fingers, the Swiss use their thumb to indicate “1”. Well, it is a perfectly good thumb, so why not use it?
The youngest undertaker in Switzerland started his job aged just 16. Kevin Huguenin’s parents supported him by operating the hearse as he was still too young to drive. (Copyright: SRF)
The world’s smallest vineyard is in Switzerland. And guess who owns it! The Dalai Lama.
The first person to conquer the Matterhorn was British aristocrat Lord Francis Douglas. He was one of the four out of seven climbers on the 1865 expedition to die during the descent. Exactly what went wrong remains shrouded in mystery.
Military reservists get to keep their assault rifles at home. It is not uncommon to see dozens of armed soldiers riding on a train with their SIG 90 rifles. According to the Swiss army, about 650,000 weapons were stored in Swiss homes at the end of 2010.
