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7 Differences between Switzerland and Sweden
- Switzerland does not border the sea. In Switzerland the only big waters are lakes and rivers. Sweden has an extremely long coast line and a lot of sea islands.
- The highest Swedish mountain is 2'111m high and called Kebnekaise. Switzerlands highest mountain is the Dufourspitze which is 4'634m high. That is more than twice as high!
- The Swedish people speak Swedish and the Swiss people speak either Swiss German, French, Italian or Rumantsch. Yes, Switzerland has four official languages!
- Sweden is about 10 times bigger than Switzerland.
- Sweden has over 10 million inhabitants. Switzerland only 8.5 Million. Because it is much smaller than Sweden (see #5), Switzerland is much more crowded than Sweden, even if it has less inhabitants.
- Sweden and Switzerland are about 1500 km apart. Switzerland is located in the middle of Europe and Sweden in Scandinavia in the north of Europe.
- Switzerland is not part of the European Union but Sweden is. This means, we Swiss do not use the Euro but our very own Swiss Franc to pay for our groceries.
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Sources:
Sweden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden
Switzerland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
© 2011 IRENE WYRSCH "A HUMOROUS GUIDE TO SWITZERLAND" ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
What a humorous, yet pinpointed contribution!
ReplyDeleteI'm Swiss, married to a swedish goddess, and i
can only second your opinion :)
There's no downside to either country, actually,
Switzerland and Sweden have a lot more in common
than you might think.