Switzerland
Land of the Alps, chocolate and clocks
Passport card
Swiss Confederation
Switzerland
- Capital
- Bern
- Continent
- Europe
- Currency
- Swiss franc
- Languages
- Four national languages
- People
- About 90 lakh
- Size
- About 41,285 km²
- Leader
- A Federal Council of 7 people
- National Day
- 1 August
- About the capital
- Bern is the federal city, where the government sits; Switzerland has no official capital.
- Time
- 4½ hours behind India in winter: at 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Bern, and 8:30 am in summer
⭐ Barry, a St Bernard dog, is said to have saved about 40 people from the snow!
Your Switzerland stamp
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Switzerland
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Switzerland
Turn the globe with your finger. Switzerland has 5 neighbours on land: tap one to visit it.
Compare with India
Switzerland and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 80 times the size of Switzerland.
- PeopleIndia has about 160 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 90 lakh in Switzerland.
- DistanceBern is about 6,200 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeSwitzerland is 4½ hours behind India in winter. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 7:30 am in Bern, or 8:30 am in summer.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Switzerland, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Switzerland
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Switzerland's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Switzerland back on the map
Switzerland and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 6 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Switzerland worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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