Western Switzerland Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
French-speaking part of Switzerland
About Western Switzerland
This part of Switzerland, also called Romandy, has its own culture and customs, well different from the German speaking part of Switzerland. The towns might look the same to you, as neat and clean as anywhere else in Switzerland, but ask any local on either side of the language border and they will tell you about the weird people on the other side. There is even a name for this separation, calledRöstigraben(Rösti ditch, named after the Swiss German dish). This difference in culture and ideology is best seen during one of Switzerland's many referendums, where Western Switzerland tends to favour more state intervention in foreign policy and social matters as compared to the rest of Switzerland. Culturally Western Switzerland is also much more influenced by France. This is where many of its t
Western Switzerland Travel Guide Sections
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