1. Switzerland is the only country with a ‘plus’ in its flag

2. The British actually invented winter tourism in Switzerland in 1864

3. The Matterhorn is the most photographed mountain in the world and is featured on the Toblerone packaging?

4. Switzerland has the most beautiful cows in the world, which are dressed up in flower head gear every September

5. Swiss inventions include the pencil, fondue, milk chocolate, optical and contact lenses, the Swiss army knife, Nescafé, fonts such as Helvetica, Meridien and Universe, and the computer mouse

6. The Swiss consume around 94,000 tonnes of chocolate – that’s around 12kg per person per year

7. Switzerland is THE home of the mountains – we have 48 peaks that are over 4,000m above sea level

8. You can cross the country and never be further than 10 miles from a lake

9. Switzerland has won more Nobel prizes than any other country

10. Switzerland has the best-integrated public transportation system in the world

11. Switzerland has the highest per capita gold reserves in the world, followed by Lebanon and Germany

12. The Swiss Alps account for about half of the country

13. Switzerland had the first hotel in Europe – The five-star hotel ‘Les Trois Rois’ (Three Kings) in Basel was established in 1026

14. Switzerland is home to the highest railway station in Europe, the Jungfraujoch

15. The Jungfrau Region is a frequent setting for shooting Bollywood movies