How Swiss National Day was celebrated around the world
Switzerland's citizens abroad shared how they celebrated Swiss National Day 2017 in style.
We heard from people all over the globe who ate Swiss foods and celebrated the day with family and friends, from Singapore to Canada, New Zealand, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Bangladesh and Qatar.
Potatoes and cheese were a recurring theme, from France to South Korea and Sweden:
Certain Swiss beverages featured heavily in England and Australia:
External Content
And there were plenty of sweet treats and decorations, from cakes in China to chalets in Canada.
Plus fireworks in France, stone throwing in Pittsburgh and music and dancing in Peru, with a certain local flavour.
External Content
Over on Twitter, we saw more flags, food and nature from Indonesia, Canada, the Czech Republic and England.
External Content
More
Azeri fossil-fuel cash cow brings controversy to Switzerland
More
Why cars still reign supreme in ‘rail-nation’ Switzerland
More
Is Switzerland as innovative as it ranks?
More
Taxes on pension payments: no problem for the Swiss Abroad
More
Heard the one about the Swiss company installing laugh detectors?
In compliance with the JTI standards
More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative
You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!
If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.