Switzerland lies at the crossroads of several major European cultures. Three of the continent's major languages, German, French and Italian, are national...
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cantons of Grisons and Valais) have strong traditions of hunting (see #Gun_culture_in_Switzerland), accounting for a large but unknown number of privately...
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The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian, and Romansh. German, French, and Italian maintain equal status as official languages...
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to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory...
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of Switzerland History of Geneva History of rail transport in Switzerland History of the Swiss Air Force Military history of Switzerland Culture of Switzerland...
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Religion in Switzerland is predominantly Christianity. According to the national survey of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, in 2020, Christians accounted...
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to 467% of total gross domestic product. Banking in Switzerland has been portrayed, with varying degrees of accuracy, in overall popular culture and television...
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Svalbard Culture of Sweden Culture of Switzerland Culture of Turkey Culture of Ukraine Culture of the United Kingdom Culture of England Culture of Cornwall...
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Switzerland had a standardised suicide rate of 10.7 per 100,000 (male 15.5, female 6.0) as of 2015. The actual (non-standardised) rate was 12.5 (male...
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dishes, consisting of the ingredients, recipes and cooking techniques developed in Switzerland or assimilated from other cultures, particularly neighboring...
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The Horgen culture is one of several archaeological cultures belonging to the Neolithic period of Switzerland. The Horgen culture may derive from the Pfyn...
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The Anthology of Swiss Legal Culture makes available a collection of classic and contemporary texts charting Swiss contributions and papers on transcultural...
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The La Tène culture (/ləˈtɛn/; French pronunciation: [la tɛn]) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from...
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As an icon of the culture of Switzerland, both the design and the versatility of the knife have worldwide recognition. The term "Swiss Army knife" has...
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country of Switzerland is made up of several distinct cultures including German, French, Italian, as well as the Romansh speaking population of Graubünden...
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of Europe. The culture may refer to: Culture of Switzerland Culture of Liechtenstein Culture of Germany Culture of Austria Culture of Poland Culture of...
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Austria, Switzerland, the Carpathian Basin, Poland and France. It was succeeded by the Late Bronze Age Urnfield culture and part of the origin of the Italic...
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Parts of Swiss German speaking Switzerland have their own deck of playing cards referred to as Swiss-suited playing cards or Swiss-suited cards. They are...
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The Urnfield culture (c. 1300–750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield...
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The Pfyn Culture is one of several archaeological cultures of the Neolithic period in Switzerland. It dates from c. 4300 BC to c. 3500 BC. The oldest traces...
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The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the...
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Television in Switzerland was introduced in 1950, with regular broadcasts commencing in 1953. People who live in Switzerland are required by law to pay...
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Heimatschutz (category Culture of Switzerland)
translated as Swiss Heritage, a nonprofit organisation established in 1905, is dedicated to the advancement of Switzerland's building culture. Its focus...
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Freikörperkultur (redirect from Free Body Culture)
to Austria, where FKK culture enjoys a high degree of public acceptance, but not to the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland where nude recreation is...
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oldest surviving republics. The early history of the region is tied to that of Alpine culture. Switzerland was inhabited by the Helvetii, and it came under...
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The Federal Office of Culture (FOC) is an administrative unit of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, based in Bern, Switzerland. The agency has two...
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Schwingen (redirect from Swiss wrestling)
style of folk wrestling native to Switzerland, more specifically the pre-alpine parts of German-speaking Switzerland. Wrestlers wear Schwingerhosen ("wrestling...
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The Rössen culture or Roessen culture (‹See Tfd›German: Rössener Kultur) is a Central European culture of the middle Neolithic (4,600–4,300 BC). It is...
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Rütli Oath (category Culture of Switzerland)
legendary oath taken at the foundation of the Old Swiss Confederacy (traditionally dated to 1307) by the representatives of the three founding cantons, Uri,...
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The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe. Switzerland's natural landscape is marked...
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