8 Random Swiss facts

The average Swiss eats around 240 bars of chocolate every year. Which is understandable when we consider that Switzerland produces the best chocolate in the world.

Apart from Vatican City, Switzerland is the only country in the world to have a square flag - a red square with a white cross. Some people also say that the cross is a big plus.

Unlike in most countries, the Swiss use their thumb to show the "1" when counting with their fingers instead of the index finger, as is usual in many places.

Switzerland has more high peaks than any other country in Europe: 48 that are over 4000 metres high, five of them in the Jungfrau Region.

The land mass of Switzerland is only 0.4 per cent of the land mass of Europe, but it has 6 per cent of the continent's fresh water reserves, which is possible thanks to the many lakes and glaciers in Switzerland. Some of the mountain lakes in the Jungfrau Region are also used to cool off in summer.

We may not have many world-famous personalities, but the most famous is the widely used sans serif font Helvetica, which really does come from Switzerland.

No wonder, when we consider that Switzerland has many beautiful mountain landscapes and over 60,000 kilometres of signposted hiking trails. It's probably a rumour that it has to be exactly on Sundays; some Swiss people would probably use the playful term "Bünzli" (petty, stuffy, socially conformist).