A city lying where a river runs into a lake, a steep-sided city surrounded by green hills with snow-capped Alps on the hazy horizon, so far so Swiss. But Zürich is the big one; the largest city in the country, a great world city, a global centre of banking and finance. I have been through…

Up from Lake Geneva and away we head, across the high pastures of south-west Switzerland, until rural becomes urban, French becomes German, and we cross the river Aare and into the bustling but picturesque city of Berne. It would be nice to introduce the city to you in the company of one of its more venerable…