August 29, 2008
Dubious Youth Trends from Spain
Partygoers Alarm Zurich Officials, Who Say Revelry Isn’t Swiss
“Spontaneous revelry and drunkenness are shocking to the Swiss, who value orderliness. Armies of street sweepers clean up cities daily, garbage police inspect household refuse, and 95.9 percent of the trains run on time.”
Zurich is the most uptight place we’ve ever lived — I could tell a hundred stories, but won’t. (I do miss the trails and beautiful trail maps).
Cat: | Time: 6:35 pm (utc+8)
August 30th, 2008 at 1:07 am
http://www.botellon.ch/
Don’t worry, even for “spontaneous revelry and drunkenness”(Bloomberg) there are rules and regulations (…-ordnung) for proper behaviour: see the “Flaschenordnung” at the bottom of the page..
August 31st, 2008 at 5:46 am
The Swiss have my sympathy and the sympathy of anyone else who has had to endure a bottelon outside their window (or heaven forbid! participate in one actively).