Switzerland

Geneva hosts more international organisations per capita than any other city on Earth, including the UN, Red Cross, and WHO.

Lugano sits in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino and enjoys a Mediterranean microclimate unusual for Switzerland — palm trees line its lakefront promenade.

Basel hosts Art Basel, the world's most prestigious contemporary art fair, every June — transforming the city into the global art capital for one week.

Albert Einstein developed his Special Theory of Relativity while working as a patent clerk in Bern in 1905. His apartment at Kramgasse 49 is now a museum.

Zurich consistently ranks as one of the world's most liveable cities, yet it also hosts one of Europe's wildest street parties — the Street Parade techno festival, drawing 1 million visitors each August.