Toblerone

Hidden within the mountain logo is the silhouette of a bear, a nod to Bern, the city where Toblerone originated.

Toblerone is one of the world’s most recognizable chocolate bars, famous not only for its taste but also for its unusual triangular shape, distinctive gold packaging, and deep association with Switzerland. The confection was created in 1908 in Bern, Switzerland, by Theodor Tobler and his cousin Emil Baumann.

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Matterhorn

A sharply pyramidal peak rising in isolation at the border of Switzerland and Italy.

The Matterhorn is one of the most instantly recognizable mountains in the world, a sharply pyramidal peak rising in isolation at the border of Switzerland and Italy, above the twin Alpine communities of Zermatt in the canton of Valais and Breuil-Cervinia in Italy’s Aosta Valley.

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