MEC Barrie, ON - Outdoor and Camping Store. Visit the Member Service Desk if you have gear to recycle or repair. Gear Swap. Buy, sell or swap your outdoor gear with the MEC Gear Swap. It’s our way of encouraging people to recycle their gear. Sometimes we host swap events in store or at events – check the events site for info. Repairs. Zippers, jackets, packs, bikes, snowshoes – if it needs repairing, there’s a good chance we can help fix it (or know someone who can). Everything you buy from MEC is covered by our Rocksolid Guarantee. Make sure your gear is clean before you bring it by for us to take a look. Recycling. If you bought any of the items below at MEC, you can bring them back to our store for recycling: Batteries (no broken or corroded ones please). Bike tires (no tubes) – they can get ground up for tarmac or playground surfaces.
Empty LPG fuel canisters that are butane or butane- propane blends, and green propane cylinders (no big BBQ propane cylinders please). Have a question about something that’s not on the list above? ![]() ![]() Give us a call or contact your local municipal recycling program. Switzerland - Wikitravel. Switzerland. Location. Flag. Quick Facts. Capital. Berne. Government Federal Republic. Currency Swiss franc (CHF). Population 7,9. 52,6. December 2. 01. 1) including 1,8. Language. Swiss- German[2], German, French, Italian, Lombard, Romansh. Religion 3. 8. 8% Roman Catholic, 3. Protestant, 2. 0. Muslims, 2. 4% other Christian communities, 1. Judaism. Electricity 2. Deregulation of the US rail freight industry in the 1980s heralded a remarkable turnaround for the country’s secondary railways after years of seemingly-terminal. ![]() V, 5. 0Hz. Country code +4. Internet TLD . ch. Time Zone UTC+1. Switzerland (German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansch: Svizra, Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It has borders with France to the west, Italy to the south, Austria and Liechtenstein to the east and Germany to the north. The climate is temperate, but varies with altitude. Switzerland has cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters and cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers. Switzerland is known for its mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) but it also has a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes. The highest point is Dufourspitze at 4,6. Lake Maggiore is only 1. Understand[edit]Switzerland's independence and neutrality have long been honoured by the major European powers and Switzerland has not been involved in any military conflict since 1. The political and economic integration of Europe over the past half century, as well as Switzerland's role in many UN and international organizations has strengthened Switzerland's ties with its neighbours. However, the country did not officially become a UN member until 2. Switzerland remains active in many UN and international organizations, but retains a strong commitment to neutrality. Switzerland showcases three of Europe's most distinct cultures. To the northeast is the clean and correct, 8- to- 5- working, stiffer Swiss- German- speaking Switzerland; to the southwest you find the wine drinking and laissez- faire style known from the French; in the southeast, south of the Alps, the sun warms cappuccino- sippers loitering in Italian- style piazzas; and in the centre: classic Swiss alphorns and mountain landscapes. Binding it all together is a distinct Swiss mentality. Economy[edit]Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and stable modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labour force, and a per capita GDP larger than that of the big Western European economies. The Swiss in recent years have brought their economic practices largely into conformity with the EU's to enhance their international competitiveness. Switzerland remains a safe haven for investors, because it has maintained a degree of bank secrecy and has kept up the franc's long- term external value. Reflecting the anaemic economic conditions of Europe, GDP growth dropped in 2. Even so, unemployment has remained at less than half the EU average. Regions[edit]Politically, Switzerland is divided into cantons, but the traveller may find the following regions more useful. Lake Geneva. On the northern shores of Lac Léman, from the Jura to the Alps. Basel and Aargau. Home of the Swiss pharmaceutical industry; launching point to Germany and France. Zurich. The country's largest city, a tourist region in its own right. Valais. Europe's highest peaks and largest glaciers. Graubünden/Grisons. Officially, tri- lingual, the region is very mountainous, lightly populated and home to many great tourist cities and includes the ancient Romansh minority language and culture. Ticino. Italian speaking region including famous alpine lakes. The Swiss Alps stretch through the regions of Valais, Bernese Highlands, Central Switzerland and Graubünden. The capital city of Berne. All Swiss cities, villages, regions, (or whatever geographical object) do have official spellings in all four national languages; sometimes they are just the same. However, major cities and tourist regions also know official English spellings. Nevertheless, only a few years ago, the official Swiss tourism office started to advertise major spots and cities with their original, local spelling; with some exceptions of course, such as Geneva, Zurich, and Lucerne for example. Obviously, it was too disturbing for Anglo- Saxon tourists to remember all the different spellings. But their real spellings are really important to the locals and helpful to know as a tourist of the respective region. So, therefore, the following list will give you the advertised spelling first, followed with its local spelling, if different, then its English version, if different, and its other national spellings. You could even enlarge these lists with other different, but hardly any more used or even outdated spellings in other national languages (e. Bellinzona used to be spelled Bellenz in German or Bellence in French, or even more outdated: Lugano was known as Lauis in German). And this can even get escalated if you would want to refer to the different spellings of the different dialects in the different national language regions of Switzerland: the many 2. Swiss- German dialects, the four Romansh dialects, the Franco- Provençal from the French speaking Switzerland, or the Lombard in Ticino ; -). And how to speak them is even another issue, since even if they are written the same, they are quite often not spoken the same way in the different languages/dialects, of course! Basel (ger ; eng: Basle (somehow outdated, however still used in the English press: fre: Bâle; ita/roh: Basilea) — the traveller's gateway to the German Rhineland and French Alsace with an exceptional medieval centre at the knee of the Rhine river; excellent museums numbering 4. ART BASEL, the world's largest art fair; also famous for its huge and contemplating carnival around February (Basler Fasnacht); German- speaking world wide renowned theatre (including opera and ballet). Bellinzona (ita/eng/ger/roh ; fre: Bellinzone) — renowned for its medieval castles, world UNESCO heritage, pretty centre and capital of the canton of Ticino, overlooking one of the few flat rural areas of Switzerland towards Lake Maggiore. Chur (ger ; roh: Cuira; eng/fre: Coire; ita: Coira) — capital of the canton of Grisons (ger: Kanton Graubünden; roh: Chantun Grischun; ita: Cantone dei Grigioni), the only trilingual Swiss canton, in the east- south of Switzerland, dates back almost 4,0. St. Moritz, Davos, Arosa, Lenzerheide, Flims/Laax and many more; major hub to the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express. Bern (ger ; eng/fre: Berne; ita/roh: Berna) — capital of Switzerland at the shores of the crystal- clear green- blue Aare river with an amazingly well preserved old- town with arcades along almost every street; great restaurants abound, as do bars and clubs. Geneva (eng; fre: Genève; ger: Genf; ita: Ginevra; roh: Genevra) — this centre of arts and culture is an international city that is home to around 2. UN organizations) at the end of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman flows into the river Rhône), founding place of Calvinism and THE Red Cross (ICRC); almost every second inhabitant is a foreigner. Interlaken (ger/eng/fre/ita/roh) — the outdoor and action sports capital of Switzerland; anything from skydiving, bungee jumping, hiking, white- water rafting, to canyoning; between the two lakes Brienz and Thun; starting point for many, many tourists for excursions into the Bernese Alps. Lausanne (fre/eng/ger ; ita/roh: Losanna) — scenery, dining, dancing, boating and the Swiss wine- country are the draws at the shores of the great Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) with a view of Swiss and French Alps; world- wide renowned for its Béjart Ballet Lausanne. Lucerne (eng/fre; ger: Luzern; ita/roh: Lucerna) — main medievial city of the Central region with direct water links to all of the early Swiss historic sights at the end of the many branched lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee ends into the river Reuss) along of many steep mountains; also famous for its tremendous and ethnic carnival (Lozärner Fasnacht) around February; host of the world- renowned Lucerne Festivals, a classical summer music festival in the Culture and Congress Centre (KKL) designed by Jean Nouvel; starting point for many excursions into the Alps. Lugano (ita/eng/ger/fre/roh) — a bustling old- town in Italian- spoken Switzerland, at the southern end of the Alps with a Mediterranean climate at the pretty lake of Lugano in the middle of forested mountains; much Italianata combined with Swiss seriousness.
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