Dimitri BurkhardWe are back from our mission to collect the funniest, most hilarious town names in Switzerland.
Clarification: the tour was virtual, involving a keyboard and a mouse, and the humor is purely Anglo-Saxon. In other words, farmers waking up in Bitsch or postal workers delivering packages in Dicken would probably never get the joke.
I have the feeling that you are already snickering away... Here goes:
Bitsch (VS)
Bubikon (ZH)
Say it out loud.
Cunter (GR)
Dicken (SG)
Edit: Sadly, according to a resident, Dicken no longer runs the post office pictured above.
Egg (ZH)
Gross (SZ)
Hellberg (ZH)
Hellsau (BE)
Les Arses (FR)
Moron (BE)
Wankdorf (BE)
There are tons of other town names with hilarious meanings in the Swiss dialect as well. But due to the extensive explanations of those dialect terms, that's a topic for another post... Speaking of which, have you discovered these additional Swiss town names with hilarious connotations, yet?
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Louisa Schaad
It was even funnier when there was still the sign “Bad Egg” at the Greifensee…my favorite is “Tinizong” though ;-)
Oh Dimitri, you forgot Wankdorf for the Brits among us! ;-)
Thanks for the hint! Too good to miss…
Am I the only one who loves Bubikon?
Unfortunately Dicken doesn’t have a post-office anymore (since a few years already, as a matter of fact)! How do I know? I live in Dicken…. and I love telling people in the Anglophone world where I live. And, I must admit, it’s fun telling Swiss people about Dicken as well: most of them don’t know that such a place exists in their country (despite this village having been one of the main actors in generating wealth not only for the region but for Switzerland and Europe at large)!
Thanks so much for the update! It looks like the reporters of Newly Swissed will need to plan an investigative trip to Dicken sometime soon…
That sounds like an excellent idea! You’re welcome to stay over at our little house :) … and you’ll, of course, need to sample Dickler cheese and see the sights! If, in the meantime, you’re looking for a virtual tour, you can always check out dicken.ch where you’ll find a live webcam…
You need to include Ardon, in valais!
There’s also Bubikon and Titlis
Ha! Coincidentally, I grew up near Bubikon… The semantics never occurred to me as weird though until an American friend pointed it out! Once heard, I can never “un-hear” it ;-) ^Dimitri
Crapteig. (A13 tunnel)
Crap Sogn Gion.
I’ll never be in a crap mood no more around THESE. ;-)
E.P.I.C. (thanks for adding one to the list!)
PS: Cunter is in Graubunden not Zurich…
What about Mon? :-) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_GR
Then there’s Gland in Vaud which has raised a chuckle in the past and of
course the numerous Restaurants, Hotels etc. called “Friedegg”!
How did you omit Gland?!
There’s already a follow-up post in the works – including Gland! Thanks for the head’s-up.
Omg this is so funny and creative! Keep em’ comping dimirt!
how about this one?
Another one is Mount Titlis (mountain/ski area near Engelburg)
L’asse VD
Missy FR
Grandson VD
Apple VD
First: The Egg in the picture isn’t Egg (ZH). The Egg in the picture is located in Vorarlberg (Austria). On the first picture you see the true Egg (ZH).
Second: In Egg (ZH) you can find the Bad Egg. The bath in the Lake Greifensee.
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Gothard! is another one!!
My favourite is the swimming pool at Egg which is Bad Egg