Why Switzerland Has No Capital City

Or, text, "hai" to 500-500

Video written by Tristan Purdy

[daikicipolloni]

As someone living in Lausanne, I’ve never heard someone call my city Lasagna.

[julienperroud]

Switzerland: “Lausanne”

HAI: “Lasagne”

[Inescapeium]

If Switzerland is neutral, why is its flag positive?

[braindeadgaming]

Imagine tryna take over switzerland but you cant find the capital

[edmundthespiffing]

Switzerland is so neutral that they are neutral on where their capital is.

[Mortifer_I]

In short, it is the de-facto capital not the de-jure.

[shadowllght]

"Larger cities like Zurich, Geneva and Lucerne..."
Lucerne: *literally half the size of Berne*

[rosenbergsbiochicoree]

The Video: Bern isn't the Capital City of Switzerland
Me, as a Swiss: It isn't?

[TrollalexploratriceOnche]

As a Swiss myself, I can tell you that most Swiss people don't know about this and assume Bern is their capital.

[aMhc]

As a swiss person I am surprised to learn this. I did not know that.

Edit: yes, it’s a technicality that Bern isn’t our capitol

[spartaninvirginia]

"industrious can speak German, pretentious can speak French, and the spicy meatball can speak Italian."

This is Romansch erasure.

[gooseman]

No wonder Switzerland has such stunning nature, they’re so neutral they don’t get acid rain

[TheOlis]

I told someone that Bern is capital of Switzerland, they yelled at me in from of my whole family until I started crying and than they told me to go watch this video and gave me a link to audible

[tobila]

dropping your bread into the fondue as a capital offense is just perfect

[Hecker]

Nice video, but Switzerland has FOUR languages: German, Italian, French AND a Romansh language.

[imnotsocreative]

swiss people: see the swiss flag
swiss people: “i have been summoned”

[foughtstatue]

Switzerland doesn’t have a capital? Idk man, they have lots of gold.

[azuraligthfeilt]

People: "Is Bern your capital?"
Swiss: "Well yes, but actually no"

[dina]

romansh is a swiss language too... why does everyone forget about us :(

[kilagen]

You went from saying that Bern isn't the capital of Switzerland, to explaining how Switzerland is arguably not even a country.