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Switzerland
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Practical Info
Switzerland
Required Clothing

Warm clothes and rainwear; lightweights for summer.

Electricity

230 volts AC, 50Hz.

Social Conventions

It is customary to give flowers to the hostess when invited for a meal,

but never give chrysanthemums or white asters as they are considered
funeral flowers. Informal wear is widely acceptable. First-class
restaurants, hotel dining rooms and important social occasions may
warrant jackets and ties. Black tie is usually specified when required.

Phrases

Beer = Bire

Closed = Ferm

Danger = Danger

Do you speak English? = Est-ce que vousparlez

anglais?

Doctor = Mdecin

Eight = Huit

Eighty = Quatre-vingt
Entrance = Entre

Exit = Sortie

Fifty = Cinquante

Five = Cinq

Forty = Quarante

Four = Quatre

Friday = Vendredi

Goodbye = Au revoir

Hello = Bonjour

Hotel = Htel

How are you? = Comment a va?

How much does it cost? = Combien est-ce que a

cote?

I'm very well = a va bien

I don't understand = Je ne comprends pas

I feel ill = Je ne me sens pas bien

Menu = Menu

Monday = Lundi

My name is = Je m'appelle

Nine = Neuf

Ninety = Nonante

No = Non

One = Un (Une)

One Hundred = Cent

One Thousand = Mille

Open = Ouvert
 Please = S'il vous plat

Restaurant = Restaurant

Saturday = Samedi

Seven = Sept

Seventy = Septante

Six = Six

Sixty = Soixante

Sunday = Dimanche

Ten = Dix

Thank you = Merci

Thirty = Trente

Three = Trois

Thursday = Jeudi

Today = Aujourd'hui

Toilets = Toilettes

Tomorrow = Demain

Tuesday = Mardi

Twenty = Vingt

Two = Deux

Wednesday = Mercredi

Where is ? = O est ?

Wine = Vin

Yes = Oui

Language

German (64% of the population) in central and eastern areas, French

(20%) in the west and Italian (7%) in the south. Romansch (1%), the
fourth national language, is spoken in parts of the southeast. English
(as a second or third language) is widely spoken.

Shopping Eating
Opening Hours Regional Specialities

Mon-Fri 0830 or 0900-1200 and 1400-1800 or Viande sche (dried beef or pork) from
1830, Sat 0800 or 0900 -1200 and sometimes Valais and the Grisons (where it is called
1330-1600. Many shops (especially in rural areas) Bndnerfleisch), served with pickled onions.
are closed on Monday mornings. Pieds de porc (pigs' trotters).
Rsti (shredded fried potatoes).
Fondue Bourguignonne (cubed meat with
Credit Cards various sauces).
Leckerli (spiced honey cakes topped with
Credit and debit cards are accepted at most icing sugar), decorated in Bern with a white
places throughout Switzerland, including American sugar bear.
Express, Diners Club, MasterCard and Visa.

Tipping
Travellers Cheques
Tips are already included within hotel and
Pound Sterling, US Dollar or Euro cheques are restaurant bills, but it is customary to tip a
accepted at airports, railway stations and banks. little extra for good service.
To avoid additional exchange rate charges,
visitors are advised to take traveller's cheques in
Pounds Sterling, Euros or US Dollars. Drinking Age

The legal drinking age is 16/18 for beer and

Exchange Rates wine, depending on the canton, and 18 for
spirits.
AUD 1 = CHF 0.93

EUR 1 = CHF 1.24

GBP 1 = CHF 1.47

USD 1 = CHF 0.93

Rates c orrec t as of 1 0 D ec 2 0 1 3

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