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Do the Swiss speak French or Italian or a mixture like Fralianch?
Hey cumulus I live in Switzerland too and I read about the tunnel this morning, it's a pretty amazing feat of engineering, and will really lighten the load that all those lorries caused on the motorways. 
Zurich and surrounding areas = German (predominant native language in CH).
Geneva and surrounding areas = French (2nd most popular native language).
Lugano and surrounding areas = Italian (3rd most popular native language).
4th "unoffocial" major language spoken in all regions = English.
However most Swiss speak 2-3 languages at a minimum, lucky sods.
Zurich and surrounding areas = German (predominant native language in CH).
Geneva and surrounding areas = French (2nd most popular native language).
Lugano and surrounding areas = Italian (3rd most popular native language).
4th "unoffocial" major language spoken in all regions = English.
However most Swiss speak 2-3 languages at a minimum, lucky sods.
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Apart from that, Vegetarians are not welcome in Switzerland it seems
Apart from that, Vegetarians are not welcome in Switzerland it seems
Awesome cheese fondue cafe's
Apart from that, Vegetarians are not welcome in Switzerland it seems
Meat is so bloody expensive that vegetables are everywhere, trust me on that.
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Hey cumulus I live in Switzerland too and I read about the tunnel this morning, it's a pretty amazing feat of engineering, and will really lighten the load that all those lorries caused on the motorways.
Zurich and surrounding areas = German (predominant native language in CH).
Geneva and surrounding areas = French (2nd most popular native language).
Lugano and surrounding areas = Italian (3rd most popular native language).
4th "unoffocial" major language spoken in all regions = English.
However most Swiss speak 2-3 languages at a minimum, lucky sods.
Where in switzerland?
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Meat is expensive but in the last 5 years the price decreased of about 30 - 40%, anyway if you live next to the border ( in my case near Italy ), meat costs less ( about 50% ) than here.
Supermarket helps the local agriculture and they buy directly form peasants, so the price is high. But try me, you pay more but another taste.
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Awesome cheese fondue cafe's
Apart from that, Vegetarians are not welcome in Switzerland it seems
Not true, a lot of vegetarian restaurant. We have a association of biological and local produts.
http://www.conprobio.ch/
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Well, I don't agree that the meat tastes better in Switzerland... I had better cuts of meat and better tasting steaks etc for about a third of the price in the UK. Lamb here costs for a small joint, and a decent sized steak is often around Are they and better than a hunk of Welsh lamb, or an hunk of Aberdeen Angus steak? I think not.
After being here for three years, I think the whole "Swiss quality" thing is largely a myth when it comes to food... the vegetables in UK supermarkets are also much fresher than in the average Supermarkets here.
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They probably could have got there days sooner if they didn't smooth over one side, then painted some advertising on it 
Very impressive feat and 35miles!!! That's like half an hour in a tunnel!
Very impressive feat and 35miles!!! That's like half an hour in a tunnel!
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Well, I don't agree that the meat tastes better in Switzerland... I had better cuts of meat and better tasting steaks etc for about a third of the price in the UK. Lamb here costs for a small joint, and a decent sized steak is often around Are they and better than a hunk of Welsh lamb, or an hunk of Aberdeen Angus steak? I think not.
After being here for three years, I think the whole "Swiss quality" thing is largely a myth when it comes to food... the vegetables in UK supermarkets are also much fresher than in the average Supermarkets here.
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I don't know in uk, I found those links. Anyway sure much better than in Italy.
http://swiss-meat.com/index.php?&id=105675&setlang=en
http://www.bio-suisse.ch/en/home.php
I think that the best meat come from Argentina and Brasil.
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Hey cumulus I live in Switzerland too and I read about the tunnel this morning, it's a pretty amazing feat of engineering, and will really lighten the load that all those lorries caused on the motorways.
Zurich and surrounding areas = German (predominant native language in CH).
Geneva and surrounding areas = French (2nd most popular native language).
Lugano and surrounding areas = Italian (3rd most popular native language).
4th "unoffocial" major language spoken in all regions = English.
However most Swiss speak 2-3 languages at a minimum, lucky sods.
some doubts about the unofficial language english...
This is the scenary that we have seen several times on the Gotthard, before the motorway tunnel ( 17 km ) especially in summer. In the tunnel you can also drive at 80 km/h. Sometimes more than 3 hours wait.
Pah you get that most evenings in Belgium