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Tea plantationsare found in the central and southwestern parts of the country. They are most common in the area just west of Nuwara Eliya.
Tea plants look like small, compact shrubs with bright green leaves. They are usually planted in organised rows or clusters on hillsides.
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Horton Plains National Parkhas a very distinct and bait landscape, consisting of hilly plains covered in long grass. In the distance, you can see forests, but most of the park’s roads meander through a wide open landscape.
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Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, of which Norway has sovereignty over. As such, Svalbard is counted asNorwayfor country streaks purposes.
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Licence plates in Svalbard are generallyblackwithyellow text.
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The general landscape consists ofbarren, treelessmountains. Trees and greenery are a very rare sight, with the majority of vegetation consisting of moss and grasses. The sky is also often overcast, with a gloomy look to the coverage.
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Russiancan sometimes be found on signs.
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Longyearbyen is the largest settlement on Svalbard, with manyboxy, minimalisticbuildings around the town.
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Pyramiden feels more abandoned compared to Longyearbyen. Multi-storeysoviet-styleapartment blocks can be seen, however, with a lack of human-activity. As the name suggests, manypyramidalmountains can be seen in the distance.
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Of the three towns, Barentsburg feels the most desolate. Distinct,multi-colouredapartment blocks can be seen near the top of the hill. Coverage is also more overcast and gloomy than Longyearbyen or Pyramiden.
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This road going south-east of Longyearbyen can be recognized by the barren, treelessmountainson both sides of the road, withlakesleading up to the mountains. A small black mirror can sometimes be seen on the left.
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A trekker can be seen holding on to ared carheading up a winding road, south of the Svalbard Airport. If the car is not present, this distinctline of mountainsto the northeast is a good indicator that you are there.
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Thislarge shipcan be seen around the Northwest Spitsbergen National Park. The coverage gets increasingly late toward the east, where it eventually becomesdark.
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This boat with awooden deckcan be seen in these places.
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Thissmall red boatwith men inred jacketson board can be seen in the northwest.
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This boat with ablack deckcan be seen in Isfjorden, between Barentsburg and Grumant.
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This boat can be seen east of Pyramiden, and can be identified by theslanted front of the wheelhouse.
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Swedishlicence platesare long, white, and have the standard blue EU strip on the left side. Licence plates on taxis have a yellow background instead of white.
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Swedishis a North Germanic language that is closely related to Danish and Norwegian. The Swedish alphabet contains the special lettersÅ,ÄandÖ.
NOTE: The special letters found in Swedish can also be found in some of the other Northern Germanic languages:
Danish uses Å, but notÄ or Ö.
Norwegian uses Å, but notÄ or Ö.
Icelandic uses Ö, but not Å or Ä.
Finnish uses Ä and Ö. Å is also used, but is treated as Swedish. Finnish words are typically longer and often use double vowels, which are very rare in Swedish.
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On smaller roads, the outer road lines are white and dashed. They are distinctly shorter than the Norwegian dashed lines. In contrast to Norway and Finland,allroad lines arewhite.
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The outer road lines on highways look solid from a distance, but are typically divided intosmall sectionswith a unique pattern, which is different from the solid lines in Finland and Norway. Road lines in Denmark can have a similar pattern, however the individual sections should berectangular.
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Swedish bollards areblack-and-white, typically with a grey reflector. Reflectors by intersections are commonlyorangeinstead. They can be either wedge-shaped, round, orthin and curved.
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Snow poles are typicallyorange,with a tall white reflector slightly above the middle of the pole. Some poles have asecond, thinner reflectorabove the normal one.
NOTE: Finland and Norway both have similar orange snow poles. The reflector onFinnish polesis usually much thinner and very close to the top. Norwegian poles typically have eitheroneortwoslightly thinner reflectors, with one commonly being very close to themiddle.
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Swedish utility poles are usuallywoodenand can have a variety of poletops. There is commonly a small black metal cap on the very top, which is only found in Nordic countries.
NOTE: Norway and Finland also use primarily wooden poles.
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These wooden electricity markers, with ablueand awhite stripeat the top, are often found near utility poles and pylons, and are not found in any other Nordic country.
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Swedish pedestrian signs havefour stripes. There is notably a version featuring afemale silhouette.
NOTE: Finnish and Danish pedestrian signs have five stripes. Norwegian pedestrian signs usually have four stripes, but can also have five.
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Mostdirectional signsare blue with a white font and border. A thin arrow shows the direction.
Yellow signs with a black font and red border are also common. Places showcased on yellow signs are typically very small and thus hard to find on a map.
NOTE: Norwegian directional signs are yellow or white, and the white arrow onFinnish signsis filled in.
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Swedish road signs have ared borderand ayellow background.
NOTE: Finnish road signs have a thin yellow border outside the red one.
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Sweden is the only country in Europe whose chevrons haveyellow arrowson abluebackground.
NOTE: While very rare, yellow on blue chevrons also exist inLuxembourg.
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On smaller roads, it is common to see these blue signs with alarge whiteM.
NOTE: Similar signs can be found inNorway, however the font is distinctly different. The middle point of the M extends to the bottom of the letter. There are no similar signs in Finland.
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Signposts will often havestriped markings. Blue and white, and red and yellow are the two most common, but you can also find other colours such asblue and redorwhite and red.
NOTE: Blue and white markings can be found in several other countries, such asFinlandandEstonia, however the other colour schemes are essentially unique to Sweden.
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On top of having red and yellow road signs and signpost markings, Sweden often has a lot of road infrastructure, such as road work signs androad blocks, painted red and yellow. You can even come acrossred and yellow chevrons.
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Swedishstreet namesmost commonly use the suffixes “vägen” and “gatan”. They are often shortened into “v” and “g” respectively on street signs. Street names can also use “väg” or “gata” as a separate word in a street name. Additionally, the suffix “gränd” can be found near city centres.
NOTE:Norway uses veien or vei, gate or gaten, and gata attached to the rest of the street name, rather than as a separate word. Denmark uses vej and gade.
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Houses in the Swedish countryside are most commonly wooden and often painted with a distinctdark redpaint, which is almost exclusively found in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Urban architecture is usually modern and made of concrete and bricks, while suburban buildings are commonly freestanding single family houses built of either wood or brick.
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Sweden has a varied landscape, with a lot ofboreal forests, small to medium-sized farmlands and many lakes. The northern and western parts of the country are quite mountainous, with long, narrow lakes and rivers, while the southern and eastern parts are generally flatter.
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This type of traditional wooden fence, made out of thin spaced out vertical tree trunks and slightly diagonal trunks stacked on top of each other, is commonly found in Sweden.
NOTE: Similar fences can be found in other Nordic countries, particularly in Norway near the Swedish border, but are significantly less common.
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The most common car brand in Sweden isVolvo, which makes up almost 30% of all passenger cars.
NOTE: Approximately 10% of all passenger cars in both Norway and Finland are Volvo.
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TheSwedish church flaghas a red cross on a yellow background with a crown in the middle, and is often found near churches throughout the country.
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Awhitestreet view car with along antennais featured on a lot of Generation 3 coverage.
NOTE: A similar car is found on all road coverage in Iceland and is also somewhat common in Finland. While it exists in both Norway and Denmark, it is extremely rare in both.
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Generation 4 coverage in Sweden features three Street View cars: a red, awhite, and abluecar. Each of the cars can be seen with or without a visible antenna.
NOTE: Only the blue car is found in Norway, Finland and Denmark.
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Sweden also has generation 4 “smallcam” coverage, which is mounted lower than regular generation 4 and has a relatively big circular blur with a small protrusion at the front. The blur can also be fully transparent, making it harder to spot.
NOTE: Most of Northern Europe also has smallcam.
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Broad leafed trees, other than birches, only grow naturally in the southern half of the country, and become increasingly common the further south you get.
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Fernsare mostly found in southern and central Sweden. It can occasionally be found further north in the east.
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While it is possible to see forested mountains in several regions in the country, mountains withno trees at the topcan only be found in the northwestern parts of the country.
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This type of vegetation, consisting of thin,weak-looking boreal treesand somewhat sandy soil can be found in the far north of Sweden.
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Beech forests, which can generally be recognised by the barren ground covered in brown leafs, are mainly found in the far south.
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Rock wallsare mainly found in the south, with the largest concentration being in several coastal areas, on Öland, and on the southern and northern tips of Gotland.
Beware that rock walls aroundchurchesand cemeteries are common further north.
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It is very common to see exposed, often somewhat round,rockson the Swedish west coast. They will often have lower vegetation, such as small bushes, growing on them.
NOTE: Exposed rocks around Stockholm are also fairly common, however these typically looksharperthan rocks on the west coast, and commonly havethick mossgrowing on them.
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In Skåne you will find themost open agricultural landscapein Sweden. It is the only region where, rather than a dense forest in the distance, you can get only a few small patches of trees strewn across the fields. On top of that, crops are oftenmore diversethan thecereal crops, which are typical for the rest of Sweden.
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The area surrounding lake Mälaren can often be recognized by the fairlyflatground with medium sized agricultural fields, forests beyond them, and small “islands” of bushes and trees in the middle of the fields.
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The agricultural landscape of Västergötland and Östergötland is mostly flat, similarly to the landscape around lake Mälaren. The two most consistent differences is that this landscape ismore openand has lots ofwind turbines. While you can almost always see a forest in the distance, it will typically be much further away than around Mälaren.
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On the west coast, and particularly in Halland, you will see a lot of flat agricultural fields with small, round,forested hillsin the distance. Generally, the hills get larger and the fields get smaller further north. The area also has more precipitation than most of the country, and as such it typically looks very lush.
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If you seeflat, medium-sized to smallagricultural fields, and you suspect that you are in the northern half of the country, you are likely somewhat close to the coast between Umeå and Luleå.
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In most of Jämtland County, particularly around lake Storsjön, you can find large farmlands, commonly situated in the middle of wide, often somewhat steephills, which is uncommon in the rest of the country, where most farmlands will be either on flat ground or in valleys. The fields are generally not cultivated and will mostly consist ofordinary grass.
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The landscape around the High Coast in Västernorrland can be recognised by the manyforested, rocky mountainssurrounding agricultural valleys. The valleys are rarely straight and the mountains are of varying heights and shapes.
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Agricultural fields in and around Södermanland very often go throughsmall valleys, with forests up on the sides of the valleys. The fields are typically medium to small sized.
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White sandcan often be seen next to roads on Gotland. It is typically more noticeable in the northern half of the island and on Fårö.
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Red dirt roadsare mainly found in Dalarna, but can also be found in and aroundKalmar county, the border between inlandNorrbotten and Västerbotten, and rarelybetween lakes Vänern and Vättern.
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Dirt roads which have adeep grey colourand are aligned with low,green grassy vegetationon either side are commonly found in the northern half of Jämtland. This is mostly found in Generation 4 summer andGeneration 3 fallcoverage.
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Öland is anextremely flatisland with a somewhat barren south half with many small bushes, while thenorthis typically slightly lusher with fewer, but larger bushes and some trees. The island also contains a very large number of small rock walls.
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It is very common to see long, neat rows of moderately thinbirchesin urban areas along the north coast.
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Grey metal roofson residential buildings generally get more common the further north in the country you get. Note that metal roofs on barns and sheds can be found significantly further south.
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Houses in Skåne commonly have either a white stone, or ared brick wallwith acoloured wooden trianglebeneath the roof on the sides. Similar houses with other materials (such as grey brick) for the walls can be found elsewhere in the southern half of the country.
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Half-timbered housescan be found mainly in the southern half of Skåne, but also in the northern half and southern Halland. It can also be found in Visby on rare occasions.
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A lot of single family houses in Skåne are built out ofred brick. They typically look slightly older than red brick houses in other parts of the country.
NOTE: Red brick architecture is also very common in Denmark.
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Corrugated square metal roof panelswithmossgrowing on them are typically found in southern Sweden, particularly in Skåne and Blekinge. It is mainly found on large barns, and the roofs are often very steep.
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Greydiamond-tiled roofsare mainly found in Skåne, Blekinge, Öland, and occasionally on Gotland.
NOTE: Gotland and Öland are normally more easily recognised from landscape alone. Houses in western and southern Skåne typically use a lot of stone and bricks, while houses in northeastern Skåne and Blekinge are mostly made of red painted wood.
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While houses in Sweden are mostly very colourful, on the west coast they are commonlymuch lighter. There are an especially large number of white and light yellow houses along the coast between Gothenburg and the Norwegian border.
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Dense rowsof verysmall red shedsare commonly found in coastal towns on the northern west coast.
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Central Dalarna has a strong tradition ofwooden craftsmanship, and as a result much of the architecture has a unique, picturesque look to it. Most commonly, you may find red timbered houses,portalsmade of logs, and so-calledhärbrenwhich have a very distinct design.
NOTE: Similar buildings can be found elsewhere in the country, but it is by far most common in central Dalarna.
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Hälsingland has many big, mostly red, farmhouses. They are characterised by many largewindows, 2–3 floors, and the front facade being long and grand-looking. Barns can also be seen having an unusual amount of windows in the region.
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Along the northern coast you will commonly encounter agricultural sheds which are eitheroctagonalor rectangular, with the walls noticeablyleaning outwards. They will typically be made out of red-painted logs.
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Houses on Gotland are commonly made oflimestoneand often have a dirty-looking white facade. Churches on Gotland are very distinct looking, with either grey walls or white walls with grey corners, a large portal around the door and small windows typically divided in two by a pillar.
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This type of unevenstone brickis typically found in houses and rock walls on Öland, and less commonly in rock walls on Gotland.
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By far the most important way to recognize Switzerland, is that all car coverage islow-cam. This means that the camera on the Google car is intentionally set up lower than in most other countries. This can be recognized in two ways:
The car blur is significantly bigger.
Roads look wider and objects around you are seen from a lower angle.
Generally, the bigger car blur is the most consistent way to recognize low-cam.
NOTE: The only other countries that always have low-cam areJapanandLiechtenstein.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@35.8415638,139.9145236,3a,75y,305.11h,83.84t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sLyYnyrI7fgLeL5Ev09XeJg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DLyYnyrI7fgLeL5Ev09XeJg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D33.088177%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
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Swisslicence platesdiffer substantially from other European plates. They are fully white and lack the blue strip found in most other European countries.
Front platesare extremely short compared to most in Europe.
Rear platescan be either long or tall. In both cases the red country emblem can be seen on the left, while the canton emblem can be seen on the right.
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Swiss bollards areblack-and-whitewith white or grey reflectors. They can be either wedge-shaped or cylindrical with a rounded top.
NOTE: Liechtenstein uses almost identicalround bollards.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@47.1206954,8.0692266,3a,50.4y,114.81h,68.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFZCUXqe-KLDmbKXcEj8DAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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The colour ofdirectional signsindicates which type of road you are on. Main road signs will be blue, while side roads are white.
Major place names will frequently appear on blue signs, while smaller places tend to be on white signs. However, you can still find large city names on awhite sign.
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Swiss pedestrian signs haveseven stripes, making it almost unique for Europe. Furthermore, rather than the typical European square shape, the signs appear as tall blue rectangles.
NOTE: Liechtenstein uses identical signs.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@47.4740255,8.0507911,3a,15y,355.26h,91.13t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sqb-1uwoO4jwFuYpDwvxJHw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dqb-1uwoO4jwFuYpDwvxJHw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D338.48508%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
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Long dashed yellowroad lines are a good clue for Switzerland.
NOTE: These road lines are also common in Liechtenstein.
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Pedestrian crossings are typically paintedyellowand exclusive to Switzerland andLiechtensteinwithin Europe.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3350065,8.3040221,3a,43.1y,82.36h,76.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEmvYucUMah0tD2Wdu_uceg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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Swiss road signs commonly have a round, greymetal borderaround them.
NOTE:Liechtensteinuses almost identical directional signs. Somewhat similar metal borders are found on some directional signs inDenmark.
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Town entry signs in Switzerland are usuallywhite or blue, with ametal framearound them.
NOTE: On the back of these signs you may often find the distance to larger, nearby cities. Furthermore, the abbreviation for the canton can often be seen on the bottom of the sign, especially when the town is situated near a canton border.
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https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3848991,8.3864539,3a,15y,352.81h,82.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4XnqWNUCKp_qOwcpTiSQow!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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Chevronsare black with a white arrow. You may also rarely find chevrons that arewhite with a black arrow.
NOTE: Austrian chevrons are red and white, or red and yellow.
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While the southern half of Switzerland is extremely mountainous, with long, thin valleys between the mountains, the northern half mostly consists of large farmlands on either flat ground or rolling hills, typically with forested hills in the distance.
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Swiss and Alpine architecture in general largely consists ofstone buildingspainted in light and warm colours, often combined with wooden parts and details. Roofs are typically tiled and of a gable type. It is extremely common for windows to have wooden shutters which open horizontally in two parts.
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These bus stop signs, with thickmetal signpostsgoing around them, are unique to Switzerland.
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Switzerland hasfour official languages: German, French, Italian andRomansh, which are spoken in the regions shown. Note that some areas, mostly near the region borders, are bilingual.
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The text on thespeed limit signsvaries depending on the official languages in the region.
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Cantonsare the first-level administrative division of Switzerland. It is very common to find the two-letter abbreviation for the canton that you are in, as seen on some town entry signs. As such, remembering these can be a great asset when region-guessing Switzerland.
NOTE: If you happen to come across anunblurred licence plate, the first two letters will correspond to the canton that it is registered in.
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The first digits of Swiss postal codes are a good way to regionguess the country. The general pattern is that the numbers increase from the west to east.
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Elevationis an important part of region-guessing Switzerland. The southern half of Switzerland is extremely mountainous, while the northern half mostly has smaller mountains and hills.
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A fairly flat landscape with a long chain of medium-sized, forested mountains northwest means you are likely south of the Jura Mountains.
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Exposed limestone rocks, protruding from forested hills, are commonly found in the Jura mountains.
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Rock wallsare mainly found in the Jura mountains, but can also be found in the Alps, particularly in the Italian speaking parts.
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Not unexpectedly, seeing typicalItalian architecturein Switzerland should imply that you are in the Italian-speaking areas in the south, principally the canton of Ticino.
The architectural style is characterized by, typically very smooth, orange-yellow stone walls with multiple floors and orange or brownish tiled roofs. Green and brown Italian-style window shutters are common.
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Large houses with thick roofs, which are shaped like anarchunderneath, are common around Bern.
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Elaborate timber frames, which are commonly painted red, are found in the northeast.
NOTE:Simpler timber framesin other colours can be found in other parts of the country.
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Around Appenzell, most houses will consist of a large living house connected to a long barn, such that the roof of the living house and the barn are at a90° angle.
The front facade of the living house will often be divided into small squares, with each window being perfectly contained within a square.
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In the canton of Graubünden, you will often come across houses entirely made of stone, with, most commonly white,decorative painted detailsaround windows and the edges of the house.
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Theselargetown entry signs can sometimes be found in the canton of Vaud.
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