Episode 1: The language border within Switzerland

This content was published on April 21, 2016 - 15:57

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Diccon Bewes

In his video blog series for swissinfo.ch, author Diccon Bewes travels around Switzerland with the aim of giving insight into this alpine country and its people. In this episode, he looks at the French-German language divide. Bewes is the author of non-fiction books on Switzerland: Swiss Watching, Swisscellany and Slow Train to Switzerland. (Diccon Bewes for swissinfo.ch)

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