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Greening façades and flat roofs creates vital habitats for plants and insects while combating urban heat.
🍃 The canton of Basel-City 🇨🇭 leads the way with 46% of flat roofs greened and counted as ecological compensation areas.
🎶 Over 1,000 alphorn players gathered at the Klewenalp Festival in Switzerland to set a new world record on Saturday! 🌍
An epic celebration of Swiss tradition! 🇨🇭
"Let's build the world’s fastest racing wheelchair." From this idea was born
the OT FOXX racing wheelchair.
Aerodynamics experts, racing sport specialists, and wheelchair athletes collaborated in its development — all to create a Swiss 🇨🇭 masterpiece in racing wheelchairs.
🇨🇭 In Switzerland, 1.707 million employed foreign nationals contribute to our vibrant economy, with 21.7% of them crossing borders daily to be part of our workforce. 🌍💼
#MoreThanNeighbors
In 2022, the Swiss consumed 293 kg of milk and dairy products per person. 🧀🥛 Meanwhile, fruits and veggies? Just 211 kg combined! 🍎🥦
Priorities, right? 😄
Zurich and Geneva are in the top 10 of the Global Liveability Index and Zurich crowned the
#1
Smart City.
The
@BBC
has investigated
#WhySwitzerland
is considered as "one of the best places in the world to live".
Read more 👇
At 33 years old, the researcher from
@unifr
🇨🇭 might revolutionize breast cancer detection!
She has just won the City of Fribourg's Innovation Prize.
Learn more in this video:
"Switzerland isn’t just a pretty face with good food, as the Swiss biotech industry counts numerous innovative companies."
We couldn't agree more!
#WhySwitzerland
Read the full article from
@Labiotech_eu
👇
🔅 The solar facility is located in Cressier (NE) 🇨🇭 and was inaugurated in summer 2023.
It is composed of 19,000 photovoltaic panels, which covers an area of 47,000 m2 of industrial land.
Did you know that no other country in the world has a network of
#hiking
trails as dense as in
#Switzerland
?
For comparison: 🇨🇭 has 71,400 km of roads, 5,100 km of railroads and 65,000 km of hiking trails.
Pictured: seealpsee, a popular hiking destination.
In 2023, Switzerland exported 16.9 million wristwatches, marking a significant increase of 1.1 million watches from the previous year.
Asia alone accounted for nearly half (49%) of these Swiss watch exports.
Swiss National Day is just around the corner!
August 1st, which marks the Swiss National Day, is the only public holiday celebrated throughout the country.
Organic farming is on the rise in Switzerland! The canton with the highest percentage of organic farms is Graubünden, boasting an impressive 64.3%!
#sustainability
Swiss inventor Roger Perrinjaquet had a revolutionary idea: a handheld kitchen appliance that can do everything.
The Bamix blender is produced in Mettlen, Thurgau, and is sold in 45 countries, with 90% of production exported globally!
Do you have one at home?
Conflicts cause severe
#MentalHealth
issues. Addressing this is a precondition for lasting
#peace
.
@SwissDevCoop
supports systemic and locally-led efforts in 🇺🇦 and other countries.
The HelloSafe Index factors in criteria such as occurrence of natural disasters, societal violence, armed conflict involvement, health infrastructure, and militarization.
Bravo to Iceland 🇮🇸 , Singapore 🇸🇬 , and Denmark 🇩🇰 for making the podium!
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هناك 705 محطة للطاقة الكهرومائية تعمل بقدرة تزيد عن 300 كيلووات في #سويسرا، أي أكثر من 12 منها منذ أكثر من عام 💪
الكانتونات ذات الإمكانات الإنتاجية الأكبر هي فاليه (27.8%)، غراوبوندن (21.2%)، كانتون تيتشينو (9.5%) وبرن (9.1%).
#sustainability