The Switzerland Traveler

Inspired by MJ’s travel A-Z on flyaway cafe, I thought I’d come up with a Swiss version. So without further ado, here’s a list plucked at random from the depths of my brain:

Andermatt – Some great ski runs, and pretty much the centre of Switzerland
Biel – Or Bienne – they are the same place.
Chur – Centre of the Eastern Swiss Ski Resorts
Davos – Economics with skis.
Engelberg – Mountain of the Angel, with a revolving cable car.
Furka – Railway and Pass.
Glarus – Home of the Klausen Rennen, A beautiful pass.
Hoch Ybrig – My favourite local ski resort
Interlaken – Switzerland’s own Interlagos – without the race track
Jura – The other mountauins (not the Alps)
Kreuzlingen - On the border with Konstanz, and on the shore of Europe’s third largest lake.
Luzern – Toursit centre of Switzerland
Murten – A small lake, with a really picturesque town
Neuchatel – Home of the wine festival
Olten – The crossroads of Europe. At least for trains.
Pfäffikon – The funniest name in Switzerland?
Quimper – Somewhere that begins with Q…
Ronco – A village on lake Lugano
Schwyz – The town they named the country after
Thun – A great town, beautiful lake, fab restaurant
Urnersee – Part of Lake Lucerne
Vaduz – OK it’s in Liechtenstein, but it’s sooo close.
Wildhaus – A great rack-railway leading up to a great view of the Walensee (two Ws for the price of one)
Xamax – The football team in Neuchatel
Yverdon – The ancient baths
Zug – The German word for train, or a pretty town on the lake of the same name.

Photo: Flickr – Andermatt by wafdaros

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