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“The Swiss will never be the wild child of Europe; you only have to look at their lovingly tended vegetable patches to see that. But whether they are boring or not most likely depends on the eye of the beholder.”

Switzerland Swiss Culture Critique

Book:The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

“Did I really want to call myself Swiss if it meant shutting the door on less "perfect" residents?”

Switzerland Swiss Cultural Identity Naturalisation

Book:The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

“It is not against the law to drink in public places, and you will see people drinking in parks or by the lake. The Swiss have a more relaxed attitude to alcohol consumption. From the age of 16, young people can be served beer or wine in a bar.”

Alcohol Switzerland Swiss

Book:The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

“By the time the Freedom Flights, to use the US description, came to an end, more than 260,000 Cubans had been airlifted to the United States, every one of them registered by the Swiss before they left Cuba.”

United States Diplomacy Cuba Switzerland Castro Swiss 1970s

Book:The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

“In a very humbling process, the Swiss have had to admit to their faults and compromise on secrecy, changing the law and releasing the names of bank clients to please the US, as well as signing a dozen double taxation agreements in six months to please the OECD.”

Banking Switzerland Swiss Banking Secrecy

Book:The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

“The perceived failings of leaders of other neutral or occupied European countries, including France, Spain, Sweden or Norway, or of the countries that fought alongside the Nazis, have not caught the public imagination in the English-speaking world in anything like the same way.”

Second World War Neutrality Switzerland Swiss

Book:The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths

Source: The Naked Swiss: A Nation Behind 10 Myths