The Swiss Alps: Where Heidi and her mountain goats roamed in Johanna Spyri’s 1880 children’s book. And also the place to be for an unforgettable ski trip.Banking in Switzerland: There’s nowhere else better to do banking (and be very secret about it) other than Switzerland. Three words to sum up opening a bank account in Switzerland: stability, privacy and protection. Contrary to the myth that it’s just for millionaires and James Bonds, it’s not. It’s for everyday people too.
Helvetica: If there was one typeface I can teach non-designers (you!) to identify; it would be Helvetica. It looks awfully similar to Arial reason-being it was a cheap imitation of Helvetica. Trust me, it’s everywhere. Street signs, books, film posters. And anywhere else you can imagine. It even has its own documentary film.Swiss Army knife: Named solely as such because US soldiers in WWII couldn’t pronounce its original name, ‘Offiziersmesser’. Every bloke’s must-have gadget tool.Swiss made timepieces: Nicknamed ‘Watch City’, Geneva in Switzerland is where one of the best Swiss brands are located; brands like Audemars Piguet, Breitling, Cartier, IWC, Omega, Panerai, Patek Philippe, Prestige, Panerai, Rolex, Tag Heuer. It’s said one should at least own a Swiss-made watch in his/her life. Just one. Quality never came cheap unless you bought one from the Petaling Street.Another one worth mentioning. Swiss chocolates. Thanks to the plentiful cows, the Swiss are perhaps the European masters of chocolate . They invented the award-winning milk chocolate; the one which ‘melts in your mouth’. Like Lindt. Don’t tell me you’ve never tried a Swiss chocolate before?
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