The arenas range from the largest – St Jakob-Park with a capacity of 34,250 – to Stade de Tourbillon in Sion, with just 7,750 seats. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The official language is German but most locals speak an Alemannic Swiss-German dialect that is specific to the city: Lucerne German. The city is twinned with Bournemouth in England and Chicago in the ...