1. What is worth buying in Switzerland? (1) chocolate
Zurich, known as the gourmet capital of the world, is a kind of chocolate which enjoys a high reputation all over the world. Spruanli, located on Banhoff Street, is the originator of all chocolate shops. As a heritage of Zurich, it is a must-see for chocolate lovers. The best gift you can buy before flying out of Switzerland is Swiss chocolate.
2) watches
Swiss watches are world-famous, and Swiss manufacturing itself is a guarantee of quality. Swiss watches can be divided into two categories, one is luxury and expensive watches that are highly combined with jewelry or high-end watches that are hand-made for special purposes, such as Earl. One is fashion watches with cheap plastic in season, among which Swatch is the earliest and most famous representative, and the lowest price is only a few tens of francs.
The biggest watch and jewellery chain in Switzerland is Boucher. Bucherer owns the most complete luxury watch brands, such as Rolex, Omega, Longines, Lado, Tissot, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Earl, Chopin of Xiao Bangbiao and Zhibai. Bogart has 14 branches, covering the most prosperous business districts and tourist attractions in Switzerland.
With the increasing appreciation of the Swiss franc, how can I buy a cost-effective Swiss watch? Someone summed up five strategies for buying watches, which provided rich information from five aspects: price, location, brand, tax bill and bargaining. Relatively speaking, the recommended brands of middle and low prices are Tissot, Longines and Omega in turn. In the middle price segment, TAG Heuer has the highest cost performance, and Rolex is the first in the middle and high price segment. Other brands include Wanguo, Baizhi, Cartier, Earl, Chopin and Blancpain.
3) cheese
Being Swiss requires three prerequisites: working in a bank, skiing and loving cheese. This shows the position of cheese in the eyes of Swiss people. There are more than 30 kinds of cheeses with different tastes. You must try them before you buy them.
4) Swiss army knife
There are quite a few kinds of Swiss army knives, and the combination of tools inside is also very innovative, such as brand-new LCD clock display, LED flashlight, lighter and even MP3 player, which is enough to dazzle knife friends and collectors. You can buy all kinds of Swiss army knives in Banhoff Street and Stewart Street.
Please note that knife items such as sabers purchased in Switzerland should be put in checked baggage and not carried with you, otherwise the security check will not release them.
5] Fraitag.
This is a well-known Swiss brand, and its flagship store is located in the west of Zurich. The flagship store consists of more than 20 containers, and its storefront is very distinctive and interesting. Fleita lattice is a 2 1.
A Swiss brand with a history of 2000 years, his bag is made entirely of recycled waterproof canvas, such as advertising canvas and discarded tires. Because the pattern and color of canvas are different, basically you will never collide with people The design concept of this brand is environmental protection and recycling, which is very casual and deeply loved by young and fashionable office workers, men and women or students.
2. Precautions for Credit Card Consumption The payment system in Switzerland is very developed, and most stores and supermarkets support credit card and debit card consumption. However, before using the credit card, please find out whether there is any extra handling fee, because now more and more merchants are slowly charging the credit card handling fee to the client. Large shopping malls and supermarkets also accept payment in euros, and Swiss francs are recovered, but the exchange rate will lose a little. The dollar is not universal. Credit cards (MasterCard, Visa and American Express) are generally accepted.