Or, tuck into the Australian-Swiss chef Mark Thommen's interpretation of spaetzle: Swiss noodles topped with a poached egg.

BBC: Business trip: Zurich

Before the advent of the euro, Germany's mark was Switzerland's main point of reference including a period in the 1970s when the Swiss National Bank pegged the franc against the mark to rein in a surge in the Swiss currency.

WSJ: Banks Prep for Life After Euro

Murphy saw a half-volley well-saved before Frei stepped inside Stephen Kelly but a poor touch enabled Mark Schwarzer to foil the Swiss striker.

BBC: FC Basle 2-3 Fulham

These Swiss minimalists made their mark in America last year with the Dominus winery in Yountville, California.

ECONOMIST: Museum architecture

In another life Mark Zylstra might have been a Swiss watchmaker.

FORBES: Too Much of a Good Thing?

Alinghi built a 16-second lead at the final mark and despite NZL 92 pushing hard behind, the Swiss side maintained their advantage to the line.

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The Swiss had led the German veterans up to the halfway mark, but when it mattered they were unable to match the form they had shown on the first day.

BBC: Germany take two-man title

Administrator Mark Fry is now hoping to sell to another buyer and is understood to be in talks with a Swiss consortium.

BBC: Pinnacle pulls out of Saints bid

The German mark and the German Central Bank, the Bundesbank, ruled the roost during those times, with the Swiss not too far behind.

FORBES: Currency Manipulation

The Swiss franc represents, in UBS's view, the modern equivalent of the old D-mark.

ECONOMIST: The paper currency that everyone seems to like