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Zürich, Switzerland
5 customs and traditions in Zürich — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
A spring festival where a snowman effigy is exploded; how fast its head burns supposedly predicts the summer.
One of the largest technoparades in the world, in August.
Trains are timed to the minute and lateness is a genuine social discourtesy.
Shops close and noise rules apply, including in apartment buildings.
Medieval guilds still exist as societies and run the spring festival.
