Compared to the other "democracies" in our so called western world. Bullshit. Just look at Europe. The people didn't want CETA, the governments signed it anyway. Switzerland truly is admirable.
very right the swiss did great with their politics. but we will hav ti try to rach their level as well ir be stuck with stuff everyone hates like ceta. Even if ceta would be something good. people dont want it and so it shall not be here. But the money given to our gov by lobbyists is more wearth then the people and their honour
Not that true. There were discusions about CETA and TTIP. But we didn't know that. the politics did this without us. Sooo.... They would sign that, even if we don't know anything. We only know about it, because of a few people.... But I agree, our democracy is good, (I think) even better than the German ones. Because we can decide about our laws. Not about all, but a few...
Well as a swiss i have to say, yes the swiss system is good (far from as perfect as it sounds at first) but you need the right mentalety to use it, in switzerland the saying is "you can argue bevour the vote and you can b**** a bit after it, but a vote is a vote and the people have spoken no matter if you like it or not" yea it seems logical, but if you see how many countrys in the world go creazy because some people didnt like the results... And the politcs are a bit more complicatet then just "yes / no" if we have say a 51% yes and a 49% no, witch is a rather close call, the legislative knows that "Yes it is yes, but we have to strongly take the needs of no in to account as well, becaus it was so close."
A Meier that makes your System even better I m so proud of the swiss showing the world how a real demograci works. (I know its just a direct democracy but its better then most other)
I think you exaggerated the resentment for the German just a bit... Switzerland has more of a friendly rivalry with it's neighboring countries, France, Germany and Italy alike... Additionally, the gun part was a bit misleading... the reason gun ownership is so high in Switzerland has more to do with the fact that military service is still mandatory for all men and that people then get to keep their service rifle so as to be able to be armed quickly in the event of an emergency. But, unlike the US, this means that almost everyone gets military training with their weapon... Probably leading to a more responsible attitude towards weapons... Nobody would just let their 10 yo have a gun here... Additionally, it is nowadays no longer allowed to keep the munitions for your service weapon at home, which certainly reduces the risk of an accident happening at home...
You can buy as many weapons and ammo you want with a background check and/or a WES. Even automatic weapons with an other permit. The main difference is that you can't "open/cancel carry".
Marcus Antonius Well i am from Termen. A little Village in upper Wallis near Brig. But the village next to us speak diffrent already with a a at the end of the most words. We say the words with o at the end.
I am from Switzerland :) I have to say somerthing to our famous foods: If you buy "swiss cheese" in the US it's not the same as in Switzerland. As you might know the cheese isnt from Switzerland. The word "swiss" is for 'good quality' Trust me. I was in the US. The "swiss cheese" there is litterly bad and disgusting compare to our cheese! Have a nice day :) Ade mittenand! Vielicht bis später ;)
@rexlexful That's what he means, though. Switzerland makes 300 varieties of cheese. None of them are called "Swiss" over here. Goat, cow, sheep, mixed, soft, hard, fresh, mouldy, all kinds. There is no one "Swiss" cheese. American "Swiss" cheese looks a bit like Emmentaler, has the consistency of plastic and practically no taste.
As a Swiss I feel like I need to bend a couple of things straight here: 4 (gun ownership): Most guns that we keep in our homes are service rifles on which we get properly trained in terms of tequnique, discipline but also responsibility. When it comes to civilians buying weapons, they undergo extensive background checks which must turn out flawless, otherwise guns are denied to them. Also, fully automatic weapons can't be bought. 2 (neutrality): We picked up almost 300'000 refugees during WW2, including jews but also allied soldiers, which is quite a lot compared to the only 4 million Swiss who lived here at the time. Combined with the shortage of food that occured in Europe during the war, which also affected Switzerland, and the Germans who threatened us in case we would keep rescuing Nazi victims, our country was put onder quite some pressure.
Its not right that you cant have full auto rifles. Its e long and anoying progress and the can come at every time they want to see that they are in your safe double locked.
problem is people do not have a scrit of their own, indians of india do, tamil, sanskrit, hindi, punjabi. these nordic people have been dominated by rome, not recoverd yet. they don't have fiaths of their own, but r catholics, a version of christianity forced on them by romw via conquest? u r not free people? your minds r fettered?but u r rich as nations, that is just colonial advantages?
As a Swiss citizen i need to specify some fact in your video (which was BTW pretty good). 1. Swiss German is a spoken language with no grammar or vocabular. Each Canton tend to write/speak the same thing different. In school we just speak "Hochdeutsch". 2. The things with the guns is just half true. In Swiss as a male you need to go to the army (this is nothing serious, just search for Swiss army fails and laugh). After the army you take your gun home without ammo. So nearly every male in Switzerland has a Rifle in his shelter, but no one ever use it again. So here you won't see anyone with a gun on the street and there is no Lobby like the NRA in the US. 3. direct Democratic system is the thing ever...;) 4. the beef with the German people isn't that bad. In Switzerland you need to come along with foreigners (more than 20% without a Swiss pass). So for the most people they like German more than Turkey or people from Balkan. But Swiss is a very tolerant country, and we won't builds a wall to our neighbours ;) Sorry for the bad English, as you may know it isn't my main language and i wrote it from my phone (which is called Handy in Swiss German IDK why)
For the number 3, there s just a few cantons (like 2 or 3 ) which use direct democratie, otherwise we use to use semidirect. we use direct democratie in (communes, oder kleine Stadt) as well. Grüss aus Vaud :D !
Agreed with your points. There isn't so much of a hustle inbetween the germans and the swiss. About the food: They forgot the "raclette" which cheese smolten over a small grill on a table and served with cooked potatoes. Much better than "fondue" in my opinion :) One thing left about the different cantons is that there is a heavy ideological border between the german and the french speaking part of switzerland. It's so called the "Röstigraben" which is a derivation of another famous swiss food in combination with a ditch/trench. In other words "the food that seperates us" and it's used as a differentiation of the culture and language. P.S auso du meinsch "natel" statt "handy" u z "natel" chunt vor swisscom. si hei's aus "NAtionales Auto TELefon" i de 90er la patentiere ;)
I agree with what you said, but I don't know if it is because I live in a small village or if it is like that everywhere but Switzerland isn't a tolerant country at all. (and that's coming from a portuguese girl living there who just happens to look asian and the number of racist comments I hear are too much.)
***** Actually you can say that about most of these kind of videos ;) I love Americans, but geography, world politics and history are their weaknesses.
As a Dutch guy I felt always so welcome in the "Schweiz". Nice people, clean country, good food and a beautiful countryside. As I also speak German verry well, I even can understand their 'Schwiizerdütsch' a little. Switserland is a fine example how a country should be run by the governement.
Funny how the Austrians and the Swiss both have the same view of Germans. Not necessarily saying I agree (no one can be defined by their nationality), I do find it kind of amusing.
Facefish You have a point, when people look at the UK they see 'Harry Potter! Austin Powers! London! The queen!' but it's more of a 'Brexit! Dumb Conservatives! Hospitals losing all their fucking cash! Racism to the Polish!'
Fun fact about Müsli: When you pronounce it in swissgerman, like you do it in english or high german, it means little mouse (Muus = mouse, Müsli = little mouse). Here in Switzerland we pronounce it Müesli. The video was really good (except no one says Chüche, its Chuchi, Chüchi, Chochi, Khuchi in every dialect I know)
Confederations are relatively rare in the world. There's probably less than 10 in total in existence right now, assuming multi-national entities such as the EU and the CIS qualify. Cantons aren't quite comparable to states either. They enjoy a great deal more autonomy than your average US state or European province.
You know, the interesting Part is that the „Bund“ (our national Gouvernement) only has as mutch power as the Cantons gave/give it. There are some things where the Cantons just said: „nope, we dont need your help, we can do this at our own“. I feel like that independency makes our swiss nation more stabil than a centralised state could ever be.
As a swiss person living in Genève, I really like France. I mean, why dislike a country when you can buy cheap food at 1 hour from your house? XD Most people in my school don't dislike France neither. I remember when we went for our school trip to Paris, everyone was so excited and trying to dress the best they could because "les Parisiens sont élégants"
If I had the resources, I would live in Switzerland....in Zurich. Beautiful country with special people. I can’t fault it....I love you, Switzerland....
I am from Switzerland, and this is a good video. But the reason gun crimes are so low in Switzerland is because it is pretty much impossible to obtain one without serving in the military, which is obligatory for all swiss males, and a lot of people who have received guns from the military don't actually have ammunition for them, so yes, pretty much all swiss men that have served in the military have guns but barely any have ammunition for them.
Not quite true actually. You don't even need a licence to buy rifles in switzerland (only for pistols) so it's really easy. Ammunition can be bought in stores as well and ammunition for army rifles can be bought at every shooting range.
I once communicated with a Swiss German speaker who knew no English. He was in Los Angeles, at the airport; he wanted to get to the Swiss Consul office near the main railroad depot, Union Station. I told him, in the German I learned from some books, how to get to a bus in the airport that would take him to Union Station. I also told him that I knew that they speak different German in Switzerland from the standard language spoken in lower Germany which is standard in textbooks and I didn't know whether he would understand me. He told me he understood me very well! :) (As you might imagine, my first language is American English.)
The reason Switzerland is a safe gun legal country is because there's much more equality in Switzerland therefore less crime and less gun crime. You'd be surprised how much inequality has to do with crime and injustice.
as a swiss citizen I can tell you that it has nothing to do with that. I'll just paste the comment from MarcXW, he summed it up accurately: the reason gun ownership is so high in Switzerland has more to do with the fact that military service is still mandatory for all men and that people then get to keep their service rifle so as to be able to be armed quickly in the event of an emergency. But, unlike the US, this means that almost everyone gets military training with their weapon... Probably leading to a more responsible attitude towards weapons... Nobody would just let their 10 yo have a gun here... Additionally, it is nowadays no longer allowed to keep the munitions for your service weapon at home, which certainly reduces the risk of an accident happening at home...
Meddl On Great comment but that last bit needs some clarification. Yes, you are not allowed to take ammunition from the military home anymore and keep it there just in case. BUT you can go to a gunstore and buy ammunition in the same caliber if you want since storing privately purchased ammunition at home is allowed.
It's also hard to get citizenship in Switzerland. My cousin was born their and he was denied citizenship because his parents aren't Swiss nationals. He's gonna have to apply one day.
but you have to do tests like laguage and knowledge about switzerland they denied him because he sucked in these tests not because his parent were foreigns
Pascal Jakob He never took a test. Usually you get a country's citizenship at birth if you are born in that country. But he didn't get Swiss citizenship at birth because his parents aren't Swiss nationals. So like I said, he's going to have to apply for citizenship one day like he's a foreigner.
i have the swiss citizenship and i was born in england i have it because my parents are swiss. see thats what i ment he didnt get rejected because his parents are foreigns its because he didnt do the test thats what everyone here has to when the parents are not swiss. and by the way in the uk you also dont get the passport when you were born there i dont have it because we had to live there for at least 6 years to get it so.....
That's what I'm saying. He's going to have to apply one day for it. Apparently he'll have an easier time getting it since he was born in Switzerland and has lived their his entire life.
so glad, almost surprising that someone from outside gets the facts about Switzerland soooo damn right and even pronounce those words (more or less) correctly, one of the best videos so far. Great Job !!!
A note about our national languages, it is true that there are 4, but English is officially approved as an official language by the authorities. This is because a great many people worldwide have mastered English as their mother tongue or at least as a second language. Translated by Google Translate: If you have grammatical errors or word position errors, contact Google, thank you.
Hi Top List commentator, I like your videos a lot and I propose a sound explanation for your unanswered question in number 4 (high gun ownership and low crime): Nearly one-third of the 1.25 million (officially) registered weapons in Switzerland belong to army personnel. The reason; we have had obligatory military service for all able male citizens since 1848. My reasoning, is trained soldiers are more able to handle guns than an average American citizen. Just compare the statistic of accidents involving involuntary firing. The rate should be higher in the US of A, or T? But what poses a problem for Switzerland is its high suicide rate carried out with guns, that's something to think about...
well our average salary is pretty much the highest in europe. thats why other people often mistake us for rich as fuck. but to counter the high wages we have really high prices for even the simplest stuff. So for outsiders switzerland is reaally expensive. While for us its expensive but sustainable. A good comparison is the price of a McDonalds Menu. 15 to 18 Swiss francs XD so if you come to switzerland you better buy your groceries in germany ^^
A Meier Yes it´s just a dialect: als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Houptsyte_(Schwyzerd%C3%BCtsch) But yes even dialects differ from location to location. :D
I don't know how much the gun part is correct, it's true that there are a lot of guns, but this is because when you end the military training (mandatory) the army gifts you a rifle.
I know (I'm swiss myself) but personally in my life I never see any "gun culture" (I have the veeery rusty rifle of my grandfather, I think the last time they were shoot was 60 years ago :P). But maybe is because I live in Ticino? It does not seems "like 'Murica" at all.
Pro Libertate There are shooting ranges becouse you HAVE to go to shooting ranges. Then again, maybe in Ticino the "gun culture" is different (I don't see it at all where I live).
What in Romansch? I don't know, I'm from the French colony of Switzerland, well 1/4, I was born in London and have British in me, but I'm French-Swiss.
1. The number of guns is because every man in Switzerlande have to go in the army (or most of them). We get there a gun and our sons too. So every generation get a gun and hold it at home. The big differenc between US and switzerland is the gun-education that we have in the army so we know how to handel those guns.^^ In my family for example: I have my gun and a pistol plus two guns from my grandfather and from my grand-grandfather out of WW2 and WW1. ^^
Direct democracy actually sounds like a good policy. It gets so tiring having to do all this research, thinking, discussion, and then ultimately having to guess as to what politicians are actually going to do compared to what they say that they will
As Swiss I have to say it was pretty acurate, especially the relationship with germany ;). Just two things: 1. WW II: it is true that we acted far from perfect during that, however you shouldn't forget that we were surrounded on three sides by the Nazis (Germany, Austria and Italy) and that there was fear that Hitlier would attack us if we didn't play ball (and he had plans to do). Beeing such a small country, we would have been invaded in no time and the defence plan we had (every one running to the mountains) would have left many Swiss to die. So it was also a lot of "don't poke the crazy bear". In the first WW though, where we were also supposed to be neutral, it was later found out that the then general help decode messages for the germans (on his own initiative). That is why by the 2nd WW the parlament tapped Henri Guisan as general, as a French-Swiss he was unlikely to side with the germans. 2. about the guns: it is true, that we have many guns, however that is due to military and hunting rifles. Most people who are trained in shooting are actually the soldiers (military service is compulsory for men unless you're to ill to serve), so nearly half the population, and they are allowed to take the gun home (but not any ammunition). Other than that, if you are from a conservative farmer village, it is very likely that you're family has a hunting rifle, and that you may shoot in one of the traditional sport shooting events. Weapons do actually play a big role in male suicide and more rarerly in family dramas, however luckily so far no school massacre happened as far as I know. I read one reason that this is the case ist that we don't have such extreme bullying in the schools as other countries. Finland for example, who is comparable to switzerland in terms of gun numbers and regulation had many such tragedies. And apparantly schools can be pretty rough there. An important difference to the US is, that we are not allowed to carry weapons. You can transport them (with ammunition in a seperate case), but you are not allowed to carry them in public places, unless you have a carring permit. And you would only get that if you can prove that you need a weapon. Normaly only police and bodyguards are allowed to carry weapons, and they have to test shoot regularly to keep that right. Also more dangerous guns are illegal to buy, like the ones with quick fire rounds. The weird thing is for me that in the US only the Police has to proove they can shoot to keep their licence while every non-police officer can carry a loaded gun. Also of course it is very seldom that suspects get shot by police officers, as the police is here way more relaxed arround suspects and face severe investigation when they shoot someone.
Finally haha! And yea, high german is a foreign language here. There is so much more to talk about but you hit on some good points. Just to add, immigration seems to be a huge issue here now.
as a Swiss person I can confirm that I really don't like Germany xD like most of my friends are german but I hate that most of the time (like in school) we have to speak german and are not always allowed to speak swiss german. swiss german is like our own language here in Switzerland, let us speak it! you are not the ones to decide which language we are using and which not.
I don't mean to be rude, it's just really annoying. I have a lot of german friends, they are really cool and sometimes even ask me to speak in swiss german but it's really annoying that we have to use german most of the time. we also have this kind of "swiss french" and we can use it if we want, why not swiss german, too?
Our own language here in Switzerland? Speak for youself bitte. (I'm kidding camarade) My own language here is Switzerland is french and i'd like to add that i think we speak it way better that french people (we really have issues with countries that surrounds us don't we?) That said, I did'nt know that you weren't allowed to speak Swiss-german at school...Sad and stupid... Küsse from the french part.
+Charlotte Lou Velux ehhh, salut, toi! je viens aussi de la part française (Vaud) mais on a déménagé.. je trouve aussi qu'on est mieux en français que les français (et je déteste leur accent xD) bon, dsl si j'ai fait des fautes mais avec toutes ces langues (et surtout autant d'allemand) j'ai un peu oublié toute cette grammaire.. ._. mais au moins je peux parler xD
There are some varieties among Swiss German dialects though. For example in Grison, "ch" tends to be transformed into "cg" and -li is dropped. And in the canton of Valais the dialect is vastly different and considered to be the language closest to medievial German. The origins of the Swiss' pride of dialects goes back to the 30s and 40s. When Hitler proclaimed that all German peoples must be united due to their common heritage, origins, culture and language, the Swiss demonstratively rejected "high German" and promoted the use of dialect in all situations of life. Even some books were written in dialect which was unprecedented in Switzerland. It was part of the mental national defense (geistige Landesverteidigung).
10. ''hundreds of years'' You mean around 150-160. 8. No there in fact is a language barrier. No Idea where you got that idea from. 7. The pronounciation is so wrong (obviously) And In fact I doubt that anyone even says ''chüche'' rather Chochi, or Chüchi. 6. Hannibal knew that problem, but he knowingly did it in order to suprise-attack the romans. 4. Indeed, alot of people do own guns as you can keep it after your millitary service. But most people dont own the ammo so yea.... 3. Most germans understand the swiss-german here, they just reply in the normal one. 1. Shoot the apple on the head of his *SON* this makes stuff abit different.
LittleLion93 Well, the old confederation was really different from the one we have today, which was stopped by the takeover from Napoleon. Switzerland had alot of injustice like any other European country back then. So please don't think like we're a dream country in this matter.
I would learn high German. I had an English teacher from America who couldn't even build a proper sentence in German, but understood every word we said in Swiss German.
As a swiss, I can say that this video for the most part is very accurate. The things that are not can be found corrected in the top comments. @top lists
10 is well known. 9 is still not unknown. 8 is well known. 7 is well known. 6 is well known, come on now. 5 is well known. 4 is not very well known by a lot of people, to be fair. 3 is a sad truth. 2 is also not really known by many people. 1 Come on, you don't even know Wilhelm Tell? Might as well rename the video to "6 Things 'muricans Didn't Know About Switzerland"
1. No Trump 2. No invading countries for oil 3. No torturing people in secret and not so secret unconstitutional prisons 4. No letting people die because they don't have health insurance 5. No overthrowing democratically elected leaders 6. No institutionalized corruption 7. No systemic racism 8. No locking up people for weed 9. No locking up people for debt 10. No death penalty
Thanks for the video, great to see you take care of informations about my home country! Just a little remark: The german "Küche" translates to "Chuchi" in Schwiizertüütsch.
The Kanton where they speak Romansch is called Graubünden. BTW I live in Switzerland so I know. And there's also another kind of Fondue with chocolate or boullion. And he shot the apple of his sons head. I'm always so surprised how good that guy can pronounce the non english words especially in the video about the Netherlands. But still good video.
Kuunib but chocolate fondue, fondue chinoise and fondue bourgeoisie aren't typical swisss dishes (although fondue chinoise today is a really traditional christmas dish here in switzerland). And Chüche wasn't that good pronounced and I don't know one dialect where it is called Chüche. It's Chuchi, Chüchi, Chochi, Khuchi in all dialects I know
Viturin Catschegn well you're me as Aargauer pronounce it different too but still it was worth my time to watch not as videos about Switzerland that say we don't have a capitol and all that and confuse Bundeshaus Bern with the actual city Bern.
Your German pronounciation is pretty great, but I giggled at your Swissgerman. But I'll give you some slack, as not even Germans can correctly pronounce it correctly. However, I think it's a very unique language that can sound quite beautiful in some dialects:)
What is important to know about Switzerland is that we have a mandatory army service wich lasts abit less than 6 months (156 days). In those days you receive intense gun training, aim training and you also learn how to assemble and separate your gun pieces. After your service, you keep your gun at home, in a specially designed box, so that the army is able to see whether you’ve taken your gun out or not. The point of this is that, in case of war, people can just grab their gun, run out of their home and fight the ennemi. These are the reasons there is way less gun violence in Switzerland. Plus, 99% of gun violence cases are suicides.
Hey great video! I’m swiss and it’s a pleasure to see someone saying all this things about Switzerland most people don’t even know half of what you said congrats really! Just one little thing ^^ Wilhelm Tell is translated to Guillaume Tell in French not William Tell 😉
cool vid. i'm swiss btw... the thing with the guns and the way lower criminality rate is a result of very very strong gun laws. although you made one small mistake; kitchen is called CHUCHI. i thought maybe it's in one of the like 20 different dialects but there's no dialect in which you say chüche. it's a chompletely different word. cool video though, keep up the awesome work.
There is definitely a rivalry with Germany! A Swiss may say he is not against the German football team, but they will always cheer for whomever Germany is playing against!!
I'm swiss and I have something to say about one point in this list. Yes, there are a lot of germans coming to Switzerland for jobs or to study, but nowadays they're integrated pretty well and they get along with the locals. Furthermore, when germans live in switzerland for about at least a year, they understand swiss german. In fact, nowadays it's considered rude not to speak swiss german with them, as it implies that they don't understand the language. If they don't, they'll let you know. Frankly I love germans!
Das esch vode Coop werbig, niemerd seit das sösch xD Ond i wohne im Aargau mer säge chochi. Aber au die düütsche händ verschiiendi dialekt. Vergliich mal eine os Hamburg met eine wo os Bayern chont :P Oder die os Sachsen händ nomol en andere Dialekt. Aber eigentlich esch Schwiizerdüütsch nome e Dialekt, darom esches jo au kei landesssproch xD
naitomea14 Jede Dialekt us Dütschland oder Öschtrich tönt für Schwizer Ohre sehr ähnlich wie Hochdütsch. Däne ihri Sprachvarietät isch gar nit so gross wie die z gfühl händ und verzelled. D Gränzi Schwizerdütsch/Hochdütsch isch de scho einiges grösser.
Marcus Antonius Hesch scho mol Plattdüütsch khört? I verstohne kei Satz. Hesch gwösst das Dänisch sehr ähnlich esch zu Platt? Mer verstoht zwar einzelni Wörter, aber de ganz Satz checkt mer trotzdem ned. Esch öbbe so wie bi Holländisch oder bi Romantsch...
Also, the reason for the low gun crimes is definitely that we have much stricter rules than the US. Funnily enough, nobody here has a problem with that, since it keeps us much safer than the bogous american gun laws where everyone can just get a gun any time he likes. It is much harder to even obtain guns. You have to have special permits for the differemt kinds of weapons and that takes time and money, for normal citizens and potentional criminals alike. Because of that, the rate of impulsive gun crimes is practically zero. Most crimes here are done with knives, and a knife attack is much easier to survive. Prevention is much safer than taking action while the crime occurs.
Magi V even if the US stopped allowing people to get guns just like that, criminals would still get them from other places. Switzerland and the US are very different countries.
zack munez I'm not saying such a grand sale change would be easy, but in the end, with strict additional rules concerning illegal trade, the US would be much better off without their stupid cowboy fantasies.
As a Swiss citizen I salute you for this Video because it is really well made and mostly true. One general thing though: You say we rejected refugees and therefore were not neutral during WW2. Well that is part of being neutral! We did not participate in ANY way. We shot down german planes.. and we shot down allied planes. And we got bombarded (probably as a revenge) by the allies on more than one occasion.. I'm not defending the actions since we all know how cruel it must have been, being rejected as a jewish refugee. But there were also people who helped them and I would so, too.
Number 4: The reason is simply.. As a Swiss-man you must go to the army for about 21 weeks (and have 3 weeks per year after that till the age of ~30) That`s the reason why so many guns are in possession in Switzerland. BUT you only take the gun with you, the ammuntion not (nowadays). The idea was: I the event of a war, every army trained Swiss man should be able to himself and go to nearest assembly point. And so we have a other relation to guns. It is normal that almost every household have possession of a gun (or several when there are living serval generation for example). Also you have to know that atomatic rifles or machine guns are stric forbidden (exception of the army :D) and when you want to shoot with then on a shooting range you ned a promission. SO please don`t say "Nobody really knows....firearms...in Switzerland" cuz that is almost an insult too say in Switzerland..
Wilhelm Tell is actually a fictitious story of Friedrich Schiller who comes from germany. Schiller has nerver even been in Switzerland. But it's a nice story.
+Felix Roeck Actually the story of Wilhelm Tell existed before Schiller but was popularized by him. Whether he existed or not is another thing but he was not invented by Schiller.
johnNYgoesLA A study has prooft that Zurich is the most expensive city in the world and geneve is the third expensivst city in the world Sorry for my bad englisch Greetings from Zurich
Top Lists Dude I am Swiss ( swissgerman) And you are Guitar Right with THE Things what makes swizerland spezial but 2 Things: First . A funny fact All tourist go to Switzerland to do skying but all Swiss people go to Austria 😂 Second thing is that I didn't get it quite good with the ww2 thing So do you think if their bad( for Germans) or good ( allied & stuff ) Beacause Switzerland help US bombers and allied planes to land there and helped Jewish people for a new life. And the US bombed Schaffhausen( a kanton ( canton)) which sticks in Germany . And a joke: You now in Germany are right now many Turkish people: so the joke : Two Turkish men are in a bus and one says to the other : you now what there are 4 million Turkish people in Germany . And then a old women turns around and said : yeah and there where also once 6 million Jewish people in Germany. So maybe it's not funny for you but tada And sorry if my English is not so good .
Switzerland is great, I wish I could live there, except the immigration process is apparently really, really, really, REALLY hard, that's probably why its become so successful, and has things like direct democracy.
It's good you also mentionned that "swiss-german" is in fact not "german" language. I mean, officially, Swiss are writing in german... but speak the dialect (and only speak german when needed). Same goes for the southern part. The italian dialect though is not unique, it's similar to the northern part of Italy (but very different from official italian). For the french part, well yes... French could hear a difference... but that is really a minor one. Nothing like a specific different dialect that differs largely from official language.
That moment when you realise that you are swiss level over 9000.. I live in the alps, speak romansh, just ate my müsli and have my SG 550 right next to me.. Jk with the SG 550, i don't own a gun^^
2. Doesn't make any sense. The Gold that ended up in Switzerland was sold by the Germans to Switzerland. If Switzerland wouldn't have traded with Germany at that time how could it be neutral? It would have picked a side, neutrality means you deal with everyone, not just a few, regardless of the current situation, thats the actually kind of the point.
Phil Robin This is because we traded with everyone equally. Neutrality means not taking a side. And we did not. For example we sold anti aircraft batteries and machineguns to the US. These where for example mountet on the iowa class battleship and on other vessels. Even today we sell anti aircraft weapons to america. The CWIS on the ships are swiss. But in the end we still payed huge reparations to jewish families and relatives.
I've gotta say a few things there! First of all! Great video. Informative and for the most part accurate. The few things you did get wrong (or simply didn't realize) are the following: 1. Swiss-German for kitchen is chuchi and not chüche (not a big deal but it's wrong none the less ^^) 2. You said that many Germans coming to Switzerland demand from us to speak there dialect and I gotta say I strongly disagree! In fact they mostly want us to speak Swiss-German with them so they can learn and understand it (The ones that move to Switzerland or work here at least). I've even encountered Germans that got angry when I spoke High-German with them, simply because it doesn't help (And maybe because our version of High-German sounds atrocious XD) The antagonistic view on the Germans of however correct, but a demand of us to change our language is not an issue. And lastly Willhelm Tell... Let me tell you: Willhelm Tell never existed! And that's not some controversial myth, it's simply a fact that we even get taught is school. His story was written by Friedrich Schiller (A German author). We all know that, but we simply don't care since it isn't about whether he really existed but what he stands for! As you said, that can be many different things, but most Swiss people would say it is about anti-authoritarianism (At least for the most part of the story). That said, it is still a great video so keep up the good work ^^
11 Switzerland is NOT Sweden.
The Sunshine YES!
White Lightning HQ needs to learn that
YES!!!
HAHAHAHA They'll never get thte difference...
in-fucking-deed!!!! xDDDD
I'm a simple swiss man, I see a video about Switzerland, I watch it!
guet so!
LittleLion93 De simmer scho z trett. :D
Wake Ich bin ein tessiener :P
LittleLion93 So ne Lachflash wo ner "Chüche "gseit he.t 😂
same for me as a german :P
They have real democracy. People are technically the president.
I admire that
Compared to the other "democracies" in our so called western world. Bullshit. Just look at Europe. The people didn't want CETA, the governments signed it anyway. Switzerland truly is admirable.
very right the swiss did great with their politics. but we will hav ti try to rach their level as well ir be stuck with stuff everyone hates like ceta.
Even if ceta would be something good. people dont want it and so it shall not be here. But the money given to our gov by lobbyists is more wearth then the people and their honour
Not that true. There were discusions about CETA and TTIP. But we didn't know that. the politics did this without us. Sooo.... They would sign that, even if we don't know anything. We only know about it, because of a few people.... But I agree, our democracy is good, (I think) even better than the German ones. Because we can decide about our laws. Not about all, but a few...
Well as a swiss i have to say, yes the swiss system is good (far from as perfect as it sounds at first) but you need the right mentalety to use it, in switzerland the saying is "you can argue bevour the vote and you can b**** a bit after it, but a vote is a vote and the people have spoken no matter if you like it or not" yea it seems logical, but if you see how many countrys in the world go creazy because some people didnt like the results...
And the politcs are a bit more complicatet then just "yes / no" if we have say a 51% yes and a 49% no, witch is a rather close call, the legislative knows that "Yes it is yes, but we have to strongly take the needs of no in to account as well, becaus it was so close."
A Meier that makes your System even better I m so proud of the swiss showing the world how a real demograci works. (I know its just a direct democracy but its better then most other)
I think you exaggerated the resentment for the German just a bit... Switzerland has more of a friendly rivalry with it's neighboring countries, France, Germany and Italy alike... Additionally, the gun part was a bit misleading... the reason gun ownership is so high in Switzerland has more to do with the fact that military service is still mandatory for all men and that people then get to keep their service rifle so as to be able to be armed quickly in the event of an emergency. But, unlike the US, this means that almost everyone gets military training with their weapon... Probably leading to a more responsible attitude towards weapons... Nobody would just let their 10 yo have a gun here... Additionally, it is nowadays no longer allowed to keep the munitions for your service weapon at home, which certainly reduces the risk of an accident happening at home...
You can buy as many weapons and ammo you want with a background check and/or a WES. Even automatic weapons with an other permit.
The main difference is that you can't "open/cancel carry".
I wouldnt call my encounters, as a german born and raised in switzerland, friendly rivalry.
God pls wish good luck to my country EU want do gun law in Switzerland and we are voting today🙁😭😭😭
It's not Chüche. It's either Kuchi or Chuchi, but there are many variations.
We in the Wallis speak it t'chüche :)
Swiss Pictures From which part of the Valais do you come from? The wannabe part? We say "Chuchi".
Marcus Antonius Well i am from Termen. A little Village in upper Wallis near Brig. But the village next to us speak diffrent already with a a at the end of the most words. We say the words with o at the end.
Swiss Pictures Ich bi va Saas-Fee und ha erli no nie en Walliser khert wo chüche seit 😂 Aber ich glöibu dier scho.
ja, mine oma seit das immer. Und meischto ältero lit wane känno. Mit ischer sprach isch alles durchenander.
As a swiss guy, I came when you said: "Schwiizerdütsch".
What the actual fuck...?
lmaooo, don't take it too serious buddy
Lol do you know what that means dat boi
nei Schwiizertitsch👍🏼😂
@viridus weisch überhaupt wa "came" uf englisch heisst?
I am from Switzerland :) I have to say somerthing to our famous foods: If you buy "swiss cheese" in the US it's not the same as in Switzerland. As you might know the cheese isnt from Switzerland. The word "swiss" is for 'good quality'
Trust me. I was in the US. The "swiss cheese" there is litterly bad and disgusting compare to our cheese!
Have a nice day :)
Ade mittenand! Vielicht bis später ;)
Eatjumper HD Gruyère et raclette > sheddar
zimThuet It's not like he is from Switzerland! It's not like the name of the cheese is on the fuckin' package!
Eatjumper HD Yes, same with all other cheese, unless imported it‘s not the same.
@rexlexful That's what he means, though. Switzerland makes 300 varieties of cheese. None of them are called "Swiss" over here. Goat, cow, sheep, mixed, soft, hard, fresh, mouldy, all kinds. There is no one "Swiss" cheese. American "Swiss" cheese looks a bit like Emmentaler, has the consistency of plastic and practically no taste.
Andreas Buehler if they where to try real Swiss cheese, they would never eat a slice of platic cheese of theirs ever again.
Wo sit d schwiizer? 😄
+Jannis David Zwahlen
Wie bitte ? ;)
Jannis David Zwahlen daa xD
Jannis David Zwahlen Hiiiieeeeerrrr
Jannis David Zwahlen da
Bärn Baby
As a Swiss I feel like I need to bend a couple of things straight here:
4 (gun ownership): Most guns that we keep in our homes are service rifles on which we get properly trained in terms of tequnique, discipline but also responsibility. When it comes to civilians buying weapons, they undergo extensive background checks which must turn out flawless, otherwise guns are denied to them. Also, fully automatic weapons can't be bought.
2 (neutrality): We picked up almost 300'000 refugees during WW2, including jews but also allied soldiers, which is quite a lot compared to the only 4 million Swiss who lived here at the time. Combined with the shortage of food that occured in Europe during the war, which also affected Switzerland, and the Germans who threatened us in case we would keep rescuing Nazi victims, our country was put onder quite some pressure.
Its not right that you cant have full auto rifles. Its e long and anoying progress and the can come at every time they want to see that they are in your safe double locked.
I don’t agree that you said the Germans who threatened “us”. If you didn’t go through all that, you can’t say “us” because you are not them.
Sonst noch jemand aus der Schweiz hier?
ja hier gibt es einen ! aus Vaud ;D
ja aus zürich :-)
Ja geboren in Glarus und jetzt wohne ich in Holland!
Salve dal Ticino! :D
Yanick Marti ich wohne in glarus
nobody says „Chüche“, it‘s actually „Chuchi“
problem is people do not have a scrit of their own, indians of india do, tamil, sanskrit, hindi, punjabi. these nordic people have been dominated by rome, not recoverd yet. they don't have fiaths of their own, but r catholics, a version of christianity forced on them by romw via conquest? u r not free people? your minds r fettered?but u r rich as nations, that is just colonial advantages?
Happy to be living in Switzerland :)
Steph It's an Islamic shit hole.
Ironsides You surely mean France, right? Most of the people that live in Switzerland NEED to have a Swiss passport.
Absolutely Savage Most of Europe is an Islamic shit hole
Most, but not Switzerland tho.
Absolutely savage is right, almost no islams here, although that would not be a concern.
As a Swiss citizen i need to specify some fact in your video (which was BTW pretty good).
1. Swiss German is a spoken language with no grammar or vocabular. Each Canton tend to write/speak the same thing different. In school we just speak "Hochdeutsch".
2. The things with the guns is just half true. In Swiss as a male you need to go to the army (this is nothing serious, just search for Swiss army fails and laugh). After the army you take your gun home without ammo. So nearly every male in Switzerland has a Rifle in his shelter, but no one ever use it again. So here you won't see anyone with a gun on the street and there is no Lobby like the NRA in the US.
3. direct Democratic system is the thing ever...;)
4. the beef with the German people isn't that bad. In Switzerland you need to come along with foreigners (more than 20% without a Swiss pass). So for the most people they like German more than Turkey or people from Balkan. But Swiss is a very tolerant country, and we won't builds a wall to our neighbours ;)
Sorry for the bad English, as you may know it isn't my main language and i wrote it from my phone (which is called Handy in Swiss German IDK why)
For the number 3, there s just a few cantons (like 2 or 3 ) which use direct democratie, otherwise we use to use semidirect. we use direct democratie in (communes, oder kleine Stadt) as well.
Grüss aus Vaud :D !
Yes, i know you can't explain oir political System by one sentense, but I tried.
Grüsse aus dem Aargau...
"Handy" maybe because of English "handy" (handlich). A small phone.
Agreed with your points.
There isn't so much of a hustle inbetween the germans and the swiss.
About the food: They forgot the "raclette" which cheese smolten over a small grill on a table and served with cooked potatoes. Much better than "fondue" in my opinion :)
One thing left about the different cantons is that there is a heavy ideological border between the german and the french speaking part of switzerland. It's so called the "Röstigraben" which is a derivation of another famous swiss food in combination with a ditch/trench. In other words "the food that seperates us" and it's used as a differentiation of the culture and language.
P.S auso du meinsch "natel" statt "handy" u z "natel" chunt vor swisscom. si hei's aus "NAtionales Auto TELefon" i de 90er la patentiere ;)
I agree with what you said, but I don't know if it is because I live in a small village or if it is like that everywhere but Switzerland isn't a tolerant country at all. (and that's coming from a portuguese girl living there who just happens to look asian and the number of racist comments I hear are too much.)
Anyone from Switzerland here. ..?
Rises hand!
B1
me :)
Valais nom de Tcheu
sälü
Let's be honest.. we are just an amazing country 😌💁🏽
GameAndElse Let's be honest..... We are the best
We could be if it werent for the people living here
White Rabbit no we aren‘t xD
because of DJ Bobo ?
DJ Bobo hahaha
10 things only Americans don't know :D
Halli Hallo I'll subscribe to that!But than again, have you seen their president, I mean president-elect?
***** Actually you can say that about most of these kind of videos ;) I love Americans, but geography, world politics and history are their weaknesses.
Trump is loved in Switzerland.
@@@Route-fs3ue you are kidding right? he's widely hated here in switzerland
@@FCJONEN Wrong
Wer au schwiitzer isch... er hets nid schlächt erklärt!
Er isch en Ammi ich erwart au nid meh😂🤙🏼😝
Melvin isch so
😑
Haha
Guet das är nix falsches gseit het
As a Dutch guy I felt always so welcome in the "Schweiz". Nice people, clean country, good food and a beautiful countryside.
As I also speak German verry well, I even can understand their 'Schwiizerdütsch' a little. Switserland is a fine example how a country should be run by the governement.
dutch has somethings where its more similiar to swissgermand than german, in my opinion
ALL SWISS PEOPLE UNITE! From Zürich here, up for a chat?
ReOn hoi bin fo luzern:D
Ayy salli, was machsch grad? Ich bin so dumm und blieb am 23 uhr wach und lueg mer es video mit falsche fakte ah xD
ReOn Zurich!
ayy wie laufts? müesst eig. lerne aber bi iwie do ane cho :D
wassup
Romansch sounds like french/italian words with german pronunciation
It is actually.
Is it like Rhaeto-Romance?
Germanisch Weiß Eau sun superba per avair imprais quista lingua Rumantscha !
Jimin Suga noch mal in Deutsch?
Jimin Suga buna saira. Da che cumün?
thanks for this video :)
just two things:
1. "chuchi" and not "chüche"
2. "Müesli" and not "Müsli"
I would'nt eat Müüsli, it's Mice!
In Swissgerman, there’s no right or wrong.
@@ELHDSPM bratte das sind 2 verschiedeni wörter es tier und öpis zum esse also was es git kei falsch heb sie
zh 11 aaaaww ist jemand wütend? Ja, mein Fehler, Müsli ist aber nicht falsch aber auch kein Schweizerdeutsch. Heb sie :)
@@ELHDSPM ja ha denkt bisch eine vo dene lüt wo "ish" und "xsi" schribed und denn rechtfertiged mit "schwizerdütsch hed ja kei rechtschribig"
Funny how the Austrians and the Swiss both have the same view of Germans. Not necessarily saying I agree (no one can be defined by their nationality), I do find it kind of amusing.
*but
Well, actually the part about or relationship with germany was a bit extreme. We actually have quite good relations compared to other countries...
They have, but neither of them hates Germany or Germans. It's more like a brotherly rivalry.
BouncingCookie Yeah
niää... i wouldn't say we hate them, bus it's also not like a brotherly rivalry, we just don't like them.
Ah switzerlad,the most democratic country,the USA democracy is like a kid
Bove Maverick every other decmocracy*
Actually a lot of small European countries have great democracy, like Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark.
llukav klein
Ehh. Same goes for Russia, France, Spain, Uk and so on. No reason to bash the US specifficaly
Facefish You have a point, when people look at the UK they see 'Harry Potter! Austin Powers! London! The queen!' but it's more of a 'Brexit! Dumb Conservatives! Hospitals losing all their fucking cash! Racism to the Polish!'
Leo Johnston
Exactly
Fun fact about Müsli:
When you pronounce it in swissgerman, like you do it in english or high german, it means little mouse (Muus = mouse, Müsli = little mouse).
Here in Switzerland we pronounce it Müesli.
The video was really good (except no one says Chüche, its Chuchi, Chüchi, Chochi, Khuchi in every dialect I know)
wier im wallis säge chuchi oder kuchi
Swiss Pictures Chuchi sägemer au da bi Züri zue
What is "wier" in English? Is it "who" or "where"? Or something else?
trevor corso its we or us. depence on waht you want to say.
Thanks. Of course it's a affirmative statement not a question. Like Hoch Deutsch "wir" Now that you told me it seem obvious.
NEWS FLASH: democracy is "strange"
Cantons in a confederacy are strange.
Top Lists A Canton is a state, and the definition of confederation is an association of sovereign states, so not so strange ;)
Confederations are relatively rare in the world. There's probably less than 10 in total in existence right now, assuming multi-national entities such as the EU and the CIS qualify. Cantons aren't quite comparable to states either. They enjoy a great deal more autonomy than your average US state or European province.
@@TopLists A lot of hte largest countries in the world are federal, though. The US, Canada, Mexico, Brasil, India, Australia, Germany...
You know, the interesting Part is that the „Bund“ (our national Gouvernement) only has as mutch power as the Cantons gave/give it. There are some things where the Cantons just said: „nope, we dont need your help, we can do this at our own“. I feel like that independency makes our swiss nation more stabil than a centralised state could ever be.
Swiss who speak french actually don't like France •3•
"I speaking"... Ich dachte man lernt in der Schule Englisch...
VillagerFX nicht alle schweizer sind schlau
As a swiss person living in Genève, I really like France. I mean, why dislike a country when you can buy cheap food at 1 hour from your house? XD Most people in my school don't dislike France neither. I remember when we went for our school trip to Paris, everyone was so excited and trying to dress the best they could because "les Parisiens sont élégants"
No one likes france
I asked my husband why they hate france and he said it's because they steal their jobs. 😂
About Wilhem Tell: It was not only a child, it was his own son. I think that`s make the Legend more dramatic :P
Aso ich ha alles gwüsst 😏
euere rotzlöffel alde!
Tortzdem.
De Adi bitte Deabonniere ;)
Aditotoro dich findet mer scho unter jedem video😂
Heeeyy adii 😂
Ja bro bisch hald schwiizer
If I had the resources, I would live in Switzerland....in Zurich. Beautiful country with special people. I can’t fault it....I love you, Switzerland....
I am from Switzerland, and this is a good video. But the reason gun crimes are so low in Switzerland is because it is pretty much impossible to obtain one without serving in the military, which is obligatory for all swiss males, and a lot of people who have received guns from the military don't actually have ammunition for them, so yes, pretty much all swiss men that have served in the military have guns but barely any have ammunition for them.
Not quite true actually. You don't even need a licence to buy rifles in switzerland (only for pistols) so it's really easy. Ammunition can be bought in stores as well and ammunition for army rifles can be bought at every shooting range.
It's actually pretty easy to buy weapons in Switzerland. Military service is not required.
Speaking from Switzerland here.
Beyluta same 😂
Same
El Gertrude mier möged eu halt scho meh als die dütsche mier sind halt Alpeländer und die hebet zämme🇨🇭❤🇦🇹
I once communicated with a Swiss German speaker who knew no English. He was in Los Angeles, at the airport; he wanted to get to the Swiss Consul office near the main railroad depot, Union Station. I told him, in the German I learned from some books, how to get to a bus in the airport that would take him to Union Station. I also told him that I knew that they speak different German in Switzerland from the standard language spoken in lower Germany which is standard in textbooks and I didn't know whether he would understand me. He told me he understood me very well! :) (As you might imagine, my first language is American English.)
The reason Switzerland is a safe gun legal country is because there's much more equality in Switzerland therefore less crime and less gun crime. You'd be surprised how much inequality has to do with crime and injustice.
BobaNineFive and race
There is several races in Switzerland : welsch, risotto and chuchichäschtli. And, we go on well tho!
as a swiss citizen I can tell you that it has nothing to do with that.
I'll just paste the comment from MarcXW, he summed it up accurately:
the reason gun ownership is so high in Switzerland has more to do with the fact that military service is still mandatory for all men and that people then get to keep their service rifle so as to be able to be armed quickly in the event of an emergency. But, unlike the US, this means that almost everyone gets military training with their weapon... Probably leading to a more responsible attitude towards weapons... Nobody would just let their 10 yo have a gun here... Additionally, it is nowadays no longer allowed to keep the munitions for your service weapon at home, which certainly reduces the risk of an accident happening at home...
Meddl On Great comment but that last bit needs some clarification. Yes, you are not allowed to take ammunition from the military home anymore and keep it there just in case. BUT you can go to a gunstore and buy ammunition in the same caliber if you want since storing privately purchased ammunition at home is allowed.
Meddl On oder wells eifach jede ahschisst ds Militär zs mache ;P
It's also hard to get citizenship in Switzerland. My cousin was born their and he was denied citizenship because his parents aren't Swiss nationals. He's gonna have to apply one day.
but you have to do tests like laguage and knowledge about switzerland they denied him because he sucked in these tests not because his parent were foreigns
Pascal Jakob He never took a test. Usually you get a country's citizenship at birth if you are born in that country. But he didn't get Swiss citizenship at birth because his parents aren't Swiss nationals. So like I said, he's going to have to apply for citizenship one day like he's a foreigner.
i have the swiss citizenship and i was born in england i have it because my parents are swiss. see thats what i ment he didnt get rejected because his parents are foreigns its because he didnt do the test thats what everyone here has to when the parents are not swiss. and by the way in the uk you also dont get the passport when you were born there i dont have it because we had to live there for at least 6 years to get it so.....
MattSchneider44 in many european countries its not that easy to get the passport
That's what I'm saying. He's going to have to apply one day for it. Apparently he'll have an easier time getting it since he was born in Switzerland and has lived their his entire life.
so glad, almost surprising that someone from outside gets the facts about Switzerland soooo damn right and even pronounce those words (more or less) correctly, one of the best videos so far. Great Job !!!
A note about our national languages, it is true that there are 4, but English is officially approved as an official language by the authorities. This is because a great many people worldwide have mastered English as their mother tongue or at least as a second language.
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Hi Top List commentator, I like your videos a lot and I propose a sound explanation for your unanswered question in number 4 (high gun ownership and low crime):
Nearly one-third of the 1.25 million (officially) registered weapons in Switzerland belong to army personnel. The reason; we have had obligatory military service for all able male citizens since 1848. My reasoning, is trained soldiers are more able to handle guns than an average American citizen. Just compare the statistic of accidents involving involuntary firing. The rate should be higher in the US of A, or T?
But what poses a problem for Switzerland is its high suicide rate carried out with guns, that's something to think about...
Switzerland is my guilty pleasure:)
im from here:D
Why is it soo expensive there?
The History Nerd becose we get paid better. For ex. there is a minimum payment of 4000 SF.
well our average salary is pretty much the highest in europe. thats why other people often mistake us for rich as fuck. but to counter the high wages we have really high prices for even the simplest stuff. So for outsiders switzerland is reaally expensive. While for us its expensive but sustainable. A good comparison is the price of a McDonalds Menu. 15 to 18 Swiss francs XD so if you come to switzerland you better buy your groceries in germany ^^
ehm 3000.- isch de Mindeschdlohn wenimi ned tüsch^^
I wished we had that Neutrality! Oh and the democracy like Switzerland.
Swiss German is of the Alemanic branch like my dialect Swabian.
An the funny thing is that "swiss german" is not one monolitc language, there are swiss dialects even swiss people have problems to understand.
A Meier Yes it´s just a dialect:
als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Houptsyte_(Schwyzerd%C3%BCtsch)
But yes even dialects differ from location to location. :D
SvenQ45 The worse is Walliser Tütsch, they are the only one who can understand their language 😂
Switzerland tried to develop a atom bomb in the sixties
I am Swiss and, considering that an American made the video, it is very well done. Kudos!
I don't know how much the gun part is correct, it's true that there are a lot of guns, but this is because when you end the military training (mandatory) the army gifts you a rifle.
I know (I'm swiss myself) but personally in my life I never see any "gun culture" (I have the veeery rusty rifle of my grandfather, I think the last time they were shoot was 60 years ago :P). But maybe is because I live in Ticino? It does not seems "like 'Murica" at all.
Because swiss people are peaceful
Pro Libertate There are shooting ranges becouse you HAVE to go to shooting ranges. Then again, maybe in Ticino the "gun culture" is different (I don't see it at all where I live).
Dove abiti in Ticino ?
DwarfWarrior67 Locarno
Nice vid :)
PS: Most people say "Chuchi" for kitchen ;)
Ja das hani ai dänkt! ;D
Oder Chochi
What in Romansch? I don't know, I'm from the French colony of Switzerland, well 1/4, I was born in London and have British in me, but I'm French-Swiss.
In Romansch Küche means cuschina.
Gian-Luca ma buna saira. Da che cumün vainst? XD
what about the humble swiss army knife?
The reason I love Switzerland
yea and computer bags. how do establish such quaility? indian is, chale ga, whihc measn, it'll do.
1. The number of guns is because every man in Switzerlande have to go in the army (or most of them). We get there a gun and our sons too. So every generation get a gun and hold it at home. The big differenc between US and switzerland is the gun-education that we have in the army so we know how to handel those guns.^^ In my family for example: I have my gun and a pistol plus two guns from my grandfather and from my grand-grandfather out of WW2 and WW1. ^^
Direct democracy actually sounds like a good policy. It gets so tiring having to do all this research, thinking, discussion, and then ultimately having to guess as to what politicians are actually going to do compared to what they say that they will
As Swiss I have to say it was pretty acurate, especially the relationship with germany ;). Just two things:
1. WW II: it is true that we acted far from perfect during that, however you shouldn't forget that we were surrounded on three sides by the Nazis (Germany, Austria and Italy) and that there was fear that Hitlier would attack us if we didn't play ball (and he had plans to do). Beeing such a small country, we would have been invaded in no time and the defence plan we had (every one running to the mountains) would have left many Swiss to die. So it was also a lot of "don't poke the crazy bear".
In the first WW though, where we were also supposed to be neutral, it was later found out that the then general help decode messages for the germans (on his own initiative). That is why by the 2nd WW the parlament tapped Henri Guisan as general, as a French-Swiss he was unlikely to side with the germans.
2. about the guns: it is true, that we have many guns, however that is due to military and hunting rifles. Most people who are trained in shooting are actually the soldiers (military service is compulsory for men unless you're to ill to serve), so nearly half the population, and they are allowed to take the gun home (but not any ammunition). Other than that, if you are from a conservative farmer village, it is very likely that you're family has a hunting rifle, and that you may shoot in one of the traditional sport shooting events.
Weapons do actually play a big role in male suicide and more rarerly in family dramas, however luckily so far no school massacre happened as far as I know. I read one reason that this is the case ist that we don't have such extreme bullying in the schools as other countries. Finland for example, who is comparable to switzerland in terms of gun numbers and regulation had many such tragedies. And apparantly schools can be pretty rough there.
An important difference to the US is, that we are not allowed to carry weapons. You can transport them (with ammunition in a seperate case), but you are not allowed to carry them in public places, unless you have a carring permit. And you would only get that if you can prove that you need a weapon. Normaly only police and bodyguards are allowed to carry weapons, and they have to test shoot regularly to keep that right. Also more dangerous guns are illegal to buy, like the ones with quick fire rounds.
The weird thing is for me that in the US only the Police has to proove they can shoot to keep their licence while every non-police officer can carry a loaded gun. Also of course it is very seldom that suspects get shot by police officers, as the police is here way more relaxed arround suspects and face severe investigation when they shoot someone.
Finally haha! And yea, high german is a foreign language here. There is so much more to talk about but you hit on some good points. Just to add, immigration seems to be a huge issue here now.
as a Swiss person I can confirm that I really don't like Germany xD like most of my friends are german but I hate that most of the time (like in school) we have to speak german and are not always allowed to speak swiss german. swiss german is like our own language here in Switzerland, let us speak it! you are not the ones to decide which language we are using and which not.
I don't mean to be rude, it's just really annoying. I have a lot of german friends, they are really cool and sometimes even ask me to speak in swiss german but it's really annoying that we have to use german most of the time. we also have this kind of "swiss french" and we can use it if we want, why not swiss german, too?
Our own language here in Switzerland? Speak for youself bitte. (I'm kidding camarade)
My own language here is Switzerland is french and i'd like to add that i think we speak it way better that french people (we really have issues with countries that surrounds us don't we?)
That said, I did'nt know that you weren't allowed to speak Swiss-german at school...Sad and stupid...
Küsse from the french part.
+Charlotte Lou Velux ehhh, salut, toi! je viens aussi de la part française (Vaud) mais on a déménagé.. je trouve aussi qu'on est mieux en français que les français (et je déteste leur accent xD) bon, dsl si j'ai fait des fautes mais avec toutes ces langues (et surtout autant d'allemand) j'ai un peu oublié toute cette grammaire.. ._. mais au moins je peux parler xD
Hey there, greetings from Ticino.
We don't get along with Italians, seems like it is part of our swiss culture to despise our neighbours ;)
***** haha, yeah, it's really possible xD
it is possibe to understand swiss german as a german. If you get used to their ''ch''.^^ ''chr chhrr chhrhrh chhrr''
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There are some varieties among Swiss German dialects though. For example in Grison, "ch" tends to be transformed into "cg" and -li is dropped. And in the canton of Valais the dialect is vastly different and considered to be the language closest to medievial German.
The origins of the Swiss' pride of dialects goes back to the 30s and 40s. When Hitler proclaimed that all German peoples must be united due to their common heritage, origins, culture and language, the Swiss demonstratively rejected "high German" and promoted the use of dialect in all situations of life. Even some books were written in dialect which was unprecedented in Switzerland. It was part of the mental national defense (geistige Landesverteidigung).
No not exactly the ue in Muesli for example is non existent in high German and not in any dialect that I'm aware of either
10. ''hundreds of years'' You mean around 150-160.
8. No there in fact is a language barrier. No Idea where you got that idea from.
7. The pronounciation is so wrong (obviously) And In fact I doubt that anyone even says ''chüche''
rather Chochi, or Chüchi.
6. Hannibal knew that problem, but he knowingly did it in order to suprise-attack the romans.
4. Indeed, alot of people do own guns as you can keep it after your millitary service. But most people dont own the ammo so yea....
3. Most germans understand the swiss-german here, they just reply in the normal one.
1. Shoot the apple on the head of his *SON* this makes stuff abit different.
No offense, still a great video tho ;P
10. Modern Switzlerand is 150 years old, the old swiss confederacy was born in the 1291, I think I meant that.
LittleLion93 Well, the old confederation was really different from the one we have today, which was stopped by the takeover from Napoleon. Switzerland had alot of injustice like any other European country back then. So please don't think like we're a dream country in this matter.
Shadowww Ehi I'm swiss too :P
#4
OFFICALLY.
There are many cases where civilians have ammo, explosive, etc.
I want to learn Swiss German, just so I can go to Switzerland
Flying Wafflez it's not possible to learn swiss german, since it doesn't really exist, but german or english is mostly enough
JD. Warszawski Well German then
Well it's hard. I had to stop learning it because of the effort was too much for me being in school and me not leaving the US any time soon
Also Switzerland is EXPENSIVE, so just a heads up
I would learn high German. I had an English teacher from America who couldn't even build a proper sentence in German, but understood every word we said in Swiss German.
As a swiss, I can say that this video for the most part is very accurate. The things that are not can be found corrected in the top comments. @top lists
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yo nice vid. Btw William or Willhelm Tell was a story written by Schiller... but yea, nice try anyways, most info is correct
That Romansh flag was pretty cool
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10 is well known.
9 is still not unknown.
8 is well known.
7 is well known.
6 is well known, come on now.
5 is well known.
4 is not very well known by a lot of people, to be fair.
3 is a sad truth.
2 is also not really known by many people.
1 Come on, you don't even know Wilhelm Tell?
Might as well rename the video to "6 Things 'muricans Didn't Know About Switzerland"
Respect for people of Switzerland! Unique country, last stand of old Europe
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Thanks for the video, great to see you take care of informations about my home country!
Just a little remark: The german "Küche" translates to "Chuchi" in Schwiizertüütsch.
Schwizerdütsch don't have any grammar or wrong spelling
The Kanton where they speak Romansch is called Graubünden. BTW I live in Switzerland so I know.
And there's also another kind of Fondue with chocolate or boullion. And he shot the apple of his sons head.
I'm always so surprised how good that guy can pronounce the non english words especially in the video about the Netherlands.
But still good video.
Kuunib Well "Grisons" = Graubünden
Kuunib but chocolate fondue, fondue chinoise and fondue bourgeoisie aren't typical swisss dishes (although fondue chinoise today is a really traditional christmas dish here in switzerland).
And Chüche wasn't that good pronounced and I don't know one dialect where it is called Chüche. It's Chuchi, Chüchi, Chochi, Khuchi in all dialects I know
Viturin Catschegn well you're me as Aargauer pronounce it different too but still it was worth my time to watch not as videos about Switzerland that say we don't have a capitol and all that and confuse Bundeshaus Bern with the actual city Bern.
Graubünden in German/Swiss German
Grisons in French
Grigioni in Italian
nice Video! greetings from Switzerland
very well researched, congrats and greetings from switzerland.
as swiss i have to say i really liked how you described our language :D they really can't understand us.. that's great ;D
The reason Switzerland could easily be neutral all the time is easy: YOU DON´T ATTACK YOUR BANKACCOUNT!
Das wusste selbst unser guter Onkel Adi.
Your German pronounciation is pretty great, but I giggled at your Swissgerman. But I'll give you some slack, as not even Germans can correctly pronounce it correctly. However, I think it's a very unique language that can sound quite beautiful in some dialects:)
What is important to know about Switzerland is that we have a mandatory army service wich lasts abit less than 6 months (156 days). In those days you receive intense gun training, aim training and you also learn how to assemble and separate your gun pieces. After your service, you keep your gun at home, in a specially designed box, so that the army is able to see whether you’ve taken your gun out or not. The point of this is that, in case of war, people can just grab their gun, run out of their home and fight the ennemi. These are the reasons there is way less gun violence in Switzerland. Plus, 99% of gun violence cases are suicides.
Hey great video!
I’m swiss and it’s a pleasure to see someone saying all this things about Switzerland most people don’t even know half of what you said congrats really!
Just one little thing ^^ Wilhelm Tell is translated to Guillaume Tell in French not William Tell 😉
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5:40 wo zur höll seit me "chüche" in dr Schwiiz? Ich kenns als "Chuchi"
Haha isch so
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cool vid. i'm swiss btw...
the thing with the guns and the way lower criminality rate is a result of very very strong gun laws.
although you made one small mistake; kitchen is called CHUCHI. i thought maybe it's in one of the like 20 different dialects but there's no dialect in which you say chüche. it's a chompletely different word.
cool video though, keep up the awesome work.
There is definitely a rivalry with Germany! A Swiss may say he is not against the German football team, but they will always cheer for whomever Germany is playing against!!
I'm swiss and I have something to say about one point in this list. Yes, there are a lot of germans coming to Switzerland for jobs or to study, but nowadays they're integrated pretty well and they get along with the locals. Furthermore, when germans live in switzerland for about at least a year, they understand swiss german. In fact, nowadays it's considered rude not to speak swiss german with them, as it implies that they don't understand the language. If they don't, they'll let you know. Frankly I love germans!
For all english speaking what means : e chli stinke muess es.
Das esch vode Coop werbig, niemerd seit das sösch xD Ond i wohne im Aargau mer säge chochi. Aber au die düütsche händ verschiiendi dialekt. Vergliich mal eine os Hamburg met eine wo os Bayern chont :P Oder die os Sachsen händ nomol en andere Dialekt. Aber eigentlich esch Schwiizerdüütsch nome e Dialekt, darom esches jo au kei landesssproch xD
naitomea14 stimmt
naitomea14 Jede Dialekt us Dütschland oder Öschtrich tönt für Schwizer Ohre sehr ähnlich wie Hochdütsch. Däne ihri Sprachvarietät isch gar nit so gross wie die z gfühl händ und verzelled. D Gränzi Schwizerdütsch/Hochdütsch isch de scho einiges grösser.
Marcus Antonius Hesch scho mol Plattdüütsch khört? I verstohne kei Satz. Hesch gwösst das Dänisch sehr ähnlich esch zu Platt? Mer verstoht zwar einzelni Wörter, aber de ganz Satz checkt mer trotzdem ned. Esch öbbe so wie bi Holländisch oder bi Romantsch...
Also Platt chani zwar nid rede, aber verstaa tuenis ämu super... Isch zwar gewöhnigsbedürftig, aber machbar. :D
Also, the reason for the low gun crimes is definitely that we have much stricter rules than the US. Funnily enough, nobody here has a problem with that, since it keeps us much safer than the bogous american gun laws where everyone can just get a gun any time he likes. It is much harder to even obtain guns. You have to have special permits for the differemt kinds of weapons and that takes time and money, for normal citizens and potentional criminals alike. Because of that, the rate of impulsive gun crimes is practically zero. Most crimes here are done with knives, and a knife attack is much easier to survive. Prevention is much safer than taking action while the crime occurs.
Magi V even if the US stopped allowing people to get guns just like that, criminals would still get them from other places. Switzerland and the US are very different countries.
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I'm not saying such a grand sale change would be easy, but in the end, with strict additional rules concerning illegal trade, the US would be much better off without their stupid cowboy fantasies.
bleady hell im eating meusly while watching this video
Daniel rogers *müäsli
Stefan Stuber hahahaha
Müsli
Müesli
As a Swiss citizen I salute you for this Video because it is really well made and mostly true.
One general thing though: You say we rejected refugees and therefore were not neutral during WW2. Well that is part of being neutral! We did not participate in ANY way. We shot down german planes.. and we shot down allied planes. And we got bombarded (probably as a revenge) by the allies on more than one occasion.. I'm not defending the actions since we all know how cruel it must have been, being rejected as a jewish refugee. But there were also people who helped them and I would so, too.
Number 4: The reason is simply.. As a Swiss-man you must go to the army for about 21 weeks (and have 3 weeks per year after that till the age of ~30) That`s the reason why so many guns are in possession in Switzerland. BUT you only take the gun with you, the ammuntion not (nowadays). The idea was: I the event of a war, every army trained Swiss man should be able to himself and go to nearest assembly point.
And so we have a other relation to guns. It is normal that almost every household have possession of a gun (or several when there are living serval generation for example).
Also you have to know that atomatic rifles or machine guns are stric forbidden (exception of the army :D) and when you want to shoot with then on a shooting range you ned a promission.
SO please don`t say "Nobody really knows....firearms...in Switzerland" cuz
that is almost an insult too say in Switzerland..
Wilhelm Tell is actually a fictitious story of Friedrich Schiller who comes from germany. Schiller has nerver even been in Switzerland. But it's a nice story.
Felix Roeck Still a national hero
Yes, but Tell is on the back site on the füüfliiber (we in Switzerland say this to our 5 franc coins). Because he is a national hero xD
+naitomea14
Actually that is a common misconception officially on the back of five franc coins is an alpine shepherd.
chnuesp We learned in school, that this is Tell...... Every class learn the story behind Tell...
+Felix Roeck
Actually the story of Wilhelm Tell existed before Schiller but was popularized by him. Whether he existed or not is another thing but he was not invented by Schiller.
You could have said that Geneve and Zurich are the most expensive cities on the word 😊
*One of the most expensive cities, Dubai is always in the way.
nope :D
dragoloco700 Seriously?
not true you know these things are not black and white. and why did you put a smile there. how is expensive good? are you out of your mind?
johnNYgoesLA A study has prooft that Zurich is the most expensive city in the world and geneve is the third expensivst city in the world
Sorry for my bad englisch Greetings from Zurich
You forgot raclette. Where you toast cheese with meat under a raclette pan and is better than fondoue.
Sam Clay sooooo delicious !!!
wow this is actually reeally good! i come from bern and i can tell you, that this sums up our country really good haha! good work done👏🏻
seems quite helpful Bro😃lots of love❤
We got the guns because every man needs to serve in the military
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Dude
I am Swiss ( swissgerman)
And you are Guitar Right with THE Things what makes swizerland spezial but 2 Things:
First . A funny fact
All tourist go to Switzerland to do skying but all Swiss people go to Austria 😂
Second thing is that I didn't get it quite good with the ww2 thing
So do you think if their bad( for Germans) or good ( allied & stuff )
Beacause Switzerland help US bombers and allied planes to land there and helped Jewish people for a new life. And the US bombed Schaffhausen( a kanton ( canton)) which sticks in Germany .
And a joke:
You now in Germany are right now many Turkish people: so the joke :
Two Turkish men are in a bus and one says to the other : you now what there are 4 million Turkish people in Germany .
And then a old women turns around and said : yeah and there where also once 6 million Jewish people in Germany.
So maybe it's not funny for you but tada
And sorry if my English is not so good .
Switzerland is great, I wish I could live there, except the immigration process is apparently really, really, really, REALLY hard, that's probably why its become so successful, and has things like direct democracy.
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Robert McCarthy yeah your right
Jan Keller me or him ?!?
I live in Switzerland, Zürich. So I was happy
ReOn Zurich is a beautiful city !!!
It's good you also mentionned that "swiss-german" is in fact not "german" language. I mean, officially, Swiss are writing in german... but speak the dialect (and only speak german when needed).
Same goes for the southern part. The italian dialect though is not unique, it's similar to the northern part of Italy (but very different from official italian).
For the french part, well yes... French could hear a difference... but that is really a minor one. Nothing like a specific different dialect that differs largely from official language.
Thanks for the update.
That moment when you realise that you are swiss level over 9000.. I live in the alps, speak romansh, just ate my müsli and have my SG 550 right next to me.. Jk with the SG 550, i don't own a gun^^
hello from switzerland
2. Doesn't make any sense. The Gold that ended up in Switzerland was sold by the Germans to Switzerland. If Switzerland wouldn't have traded with Germany at that time how could it be neutral? It would have picked a side, neutrality means you deal with everyone, not just a few, regardless of the current situation, thats the actually kind of the point.
Phil Robin This is because we traded with everyone equally. Neutrality means not taking a side. And we did not. For example we sold anti aircraft batteries and machineguns to the US. These where for example mountet on the iowa class battleship and on other vessels. Even today we sell anti aircraft weapons to america. The CWIS on the ships are swiss.
But in the end we still payed huge reparations to jewish families and relatives.
They also traded with the U.S. and UK. That is why they were neutral. Sweden and other countries did the same.
No one in switzerland says "CHÜCHE, we say "CHUCHI"
I've gotta say a few things there!
First of all! Great video. Informative and for the most part accurate.
The few things you did get wrong (or simply didn't realize) are the following:
1. Swiss-German for kitchen is chuchi and not chüche (not a big deal but it's wrong none the less ^^)
2. You said that many Germans coming to Switzerland demand from us to speak there dialect and I gotta say I strongly disagree! In fact they mostly want us to speak Swiss-German with them so they can learn and understand it (The ones that move to Switzerland or work here at least). I've even encountered Germans that got angry when I spoke High-German with them, simply because it doesn't help (And maybe because our version of High-German sounds atrocious XD) The antagonistic view on the Germans of however correct, but a demand of us to change our language is not an issue.
And lastly Willhelm Tell... Let me tell you: Willhelm Tell never existed! And that's not some controversial myth, it's simply a fact that we even get taught is school. His story was written by Friedrich Schiller (A German author). We all know that, but we simply don't care since it isn't about whether he really existed but what he stands for! As you said, that can be many different things, but most Swiss people would say it is about anti-authoritarianism (At least for the most part of the story).
That said, it is still a great video so keep up the good work ^^
So we‘re all just gonna ignore the fact that he said „Chüche“ instead of „Chuchi“ wich would be correct?😂
Who cares as long as it’s not Wallis dialect
11:33
"a" child?
"HIS" child 😉
I'm from Switzerland and I've never heard anyone saying "Chüche"....it's more likely called "Chochi"
Great vid. Very objective and accurate.
Eversince, Switzerland has been my most favorite country to live in given a chance. ❤❤❤
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Andrin ich bin ned us Schwizer, ich bin us solithurner
@@swisschocolateram hmm..
I knew everything!
It is probably because I'm Swiss
1:28 Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno - Ave Helvetia!
Well researched ; ) . Greetings from switzerland.