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Listed below are comments made by pompey_4_europe between Wednesday, 28th May 2008 and Tuesday, 1st July 2008.

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Farewell Euro 2008 9:43pm on 01 Jul 2008 You dipped out on not going to Zurich Fletch. As I live nearby I went into town to watch a few matches and the place was absolutely heaving until well into the small hours. According to Swiss TV there were 40,000 out on the town in Geneva and Basel on Final day and 100,000 in Zurich. I thought Zurich did a superb job - brilliant street bars, the Münster looked great, modern trains home all through the night. Probably just as well that only the Italians, French and Rumanians played in Zurich. Do the Italians and French travel outside of their land to support their team?

Of the games I was at, I really enjoy the party with the Dutch and Croatian fans. They know how to enjoy themselves.
Last stop before the Euros 5:10pm on 28 May 2008 "Bazel" sounds more like English than Swiss German. OneDaveBamber got it right "Bar-sul".

Well Fletch here is what I can tell you. Switzerland is cheaper than London.
Public transport is excellent and runs all night in and around Zurich on Fridays and Saturdays (probably it will be 7x24 nationwide during Euro2008)
Strongly recommend people to get either a General Abonnement or a half tax abonnement for train/tram/bus/boat if they are out here for a while (www.sbb.ch). Laze a day away on a boat trip on one of the lakes.
Bern and Zurich are superb. If you're in Bern on a sunny day hang out at Bärenplatz during the day. Plenty of good bars including cellar bars in the old town. Zurich - Niederdorf is really lively as is Langstrasse. Don't really know a great deal about Basel and Geneva.
I can recommend taking a trip up some of the local bumps. You can either do it the lazy way with a chairlift/cablecar, but it's more enjoyable to hike it. There's nearly always a restaurant at the top with a great panoramic view. Or take a journey up a big bump to see some snow.
Other recommendations - practically anywhere in Switzerland and the places just over the border in Germany/Austria/France/Italy(Como) are worth a visit.
For those who want cheap booze, supermarket booze is dirt cheap.

Have fun!

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