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This article is from the Switzerland
FAQ, by Marc Schaefer schaefer@alphanet.ch with numerous
contributions by others.
3.4 5th Switzerland
There are 4 cultures in Switzerland. However, there is a fifth: the
Swiss who have left the country. They keep their voting right (at the
federal level only) and they can keep contact with Switzerland. Every
year, a delegation of young foreign Swiss is received in Berne. It is
certain that a lot (if not most) of the readers of soc.culture.swiss
are indeed foreign Swiss.
The Swiss Abroad have a ``Secretariat'' in Berne:
Secretariat for the Swiss Abroad
Alpenstrasse 26
3000 Berne 16
SWITZERLAND
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