Aliens in Gruyères: A (Not So) Traditional Swiss Village
7 min readMar 4, 2013
Cheese, chocolate, aliens and dog costumes. Only in Switzerland.
Stereotypes can be misleading, but they often contain a grain or two of truth.
Take Switzerland: staid, predictable.
Like that most quintessential of Swiss villages, Gruyères: cheese, chocolate, cobblestones and a castle.
