Switzerland Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture Audiobook (Free)

There is far more to Switzerland than beautiful surroundings, chocolates, watches, faceless bankers, and spotless cities. The true Switzerland is full of surprises and not bland. This small, rugged, landlocked nation in the centre of Europe has been a confederation since the initial three cantons came together inside a protective alliance in 1291. Four national dialects are spoken within its edges. Its present twenty-six cantons are largely autonomous and keep their individual character types. With this grassroots democracy genuine power lies using the people, who exercise it directly through frequent referendums. Swissness is certainly, most importantly, a heart of self-reliance and of communal participation.