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Switzerland is known for its stunning scenery, mountains, lakes, and wide range of cities, from its capital of Bern to cosmopolitan Zurich and the Alpine ski city of St. Moritz.

Lakeside cities include Lucerne, with medieval buildings and old churches, Lugano and Locarno, on Italys border, and Geneva, home of the United Nations.

Many travelers visit the mountainous Jungfrau Region for a scenic train ride or gondola trip to the mountaintop for panoramic views.

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A train traveling through a mountainous landscape with a village and a church on a hillside

Prehistoric Pile dwellings in Switzerland

Streets of a beautiful old Swiss town

A lake in Switerland, in winter, surrounded by snow

Cow grazing on a green alpine meadow in the Swiss Alps, Switzerland

People sitting on a dock in Zurich during the summer

Scenic view of snowcapped mountains in Zermatt, Switzerland

Skiing on fresh snow in the Swiss alps, Verbier

Scenic views of Ascona, Switzerland. A quaint and charming lakeside village.

Lights and Christmas trees line a street in Zurch during Christmas

Ski lifts in winter in Nendaz, Switzerland

Orma Corvatsch distillery in the mountains

A street in downtown Andematt, showing the Hotel Sonne

View of the Rhine River and Basel Cathedral in Basel, Switzerland, seen through branches on the riverbank

Two scenes in Switzerland’s Engadine Valley, including a view of the Inn River, and the white and wood exterior of the Museum Susch

Interior of Lindt’s Chocolate Museum with oversize spoon of dripping chocolate

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Clear sky on Bernina Express train crossing the forest covered with snow, Chapella, Graubunden canton, Engadine, Switzerland

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Exterior of hotel on a river with a boat passing by

Geneva, Switzerland Skyline Towards Lake Geneva