Dimitri Burkhard
Dare we say more? It's the post you have been waiting for! It's instant bragging rights for your Facebook wall because these are without doubt some of the funniest FAILS found in Switzerland!
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Our flagship online magazine is all about looking at Switzerland in a tongue in cheek way. Here at Newly Swissed, we love uncovering oddities about Switzerland and truly bizarre things that not even the locals knew. You’ve come to the right place for weird world records, random tidbits of knowledge and strange facts about Switzerland!
Born to be Wild with the Swiss Motorcycle Toeffli
In order to get from Point A to Point B, many Swiss living in the countryside ride their Toeffli bikes. Although they are getting less, these light motorcycles are the perfect way to check on your cows...
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Truck?!?
It looks like a scene straight out of a James Bond movie: A 48 ton excavator truck flying 2000 m above sea level! However, it is just daily business for the Swiss...
Inventions You Didn’t Know Are Swiss: Traffic Sheep
On a recent flight from Amsterdam to Zürich, I was completely taken by surprise as some strange looking sheep were staring at me from a magazine... Can you guess what they are used for?
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5 Road Related Oddities from Switzerland
Maybe you need a conversation starter for this Friday's happy hour party. Or you want to earn some bragging rights with your Swiss parents-in-law. Either way, Newly Swissed is hooking you up with the latest oddities...
Do you know the 7 stages of becoming Swiss?
From the perspective of an expat in Switzerland, here is a humorous theory on becoming Swiss. This is based loosely and unashamedly on the Kübler-Ross model of grief...
Meanwhile, in Switzerland… Some interesting news updates 🇨🇭
Reporting live from Switzerland, here is a random collection of recent news headlines which struck us as odd. But then again, it may be just us and you consider this kind of news to be no big deal. Japanese lovebirds...
Korean beats Swiss as world’s biggest chocolate addict
Kim Do-yeon, a 21-year-old woman from South Korea, has become an overnight celebrity in her native country after admitting to being a chocolate addict on live television. On Nov 2, Kim Do-yeon (who calls herself...
An unabridged history of the Swiss Army Knife
The Swiss Army knife was designed in the late 19th century by Karl Elsener. It has since appeared in pop culture and is as iconic as ever...
