SWITZERLAND

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CURRENCY:

Swiss Franc - CHF, Symbol SFr

DENOMINATIONS:

NOTE: SFr1,000, 200, 100, 50, 20 and 10.

COIN: SFr5, 2 and 1, and 50, 20, 10 and 5 centimes.

US DOLLAR ACCEPTED?

CREDIT/DEBIT CARDS AND ATMS:

All major credit cards are available and ATM machines are also widely available.

CURRENCY EXCHANGE:

Easily available at banks and bureaux de change.

TRAVELLER'S CHEQUES:

These are widely accepted. These are best Euros, Sterling or US dollars.

BANKING HOURS:

Mon-Fri 0830-1630.

CURRENCY RESTRICTIONS:

N/A

COUNTRY OVERVIEW:

Switzerland is officially called the Swiss Federation and is a country in Western Europe. It is well known as one of the richest countries in the world, and has main global cities such as Zurich, Basel and Geneva. It is a multilingual country and the national languages are German, Italian, French and Romansh. The capital is Bern.

POPULATION:

Around 8 million.

ECONOMY:

Switzerland's economy is highly developed and very stable. It is heavily capitalist. Many multilingual companies and corporations are based in Switzerland. Important industries include banking, tourism, chemicals, real estate, insurance and many more.