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In his video blog series for swissinfo.ch, author Diccon Bewes provides insights into Switzerland and its people. In this episode he travels to New Glarus in the United States to discover how much Swissness is left in this former Swiss settlement. Bewes is the author of non-fiction books on Switzerland: Swiss Watching, Swisscellany and Slow Train to Switzerland. (swissinfo.ch)

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