Swiss chocolate, to help celebrate Canadian gold at the Olympics
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Canadians may have loved their Olympic Games primarily for the sports, but the Winter Games 2010 also brought other great things to town. These included four tons of Swiss cheese and two tons of Swiss chocolate, consumed at the two Swiss Houses that were opened for the event.
Presence Switzerland says 60,000 guests visited the two locations between the opening ceremony 5 February and the closing ceremony 28 February. Some 1,700 fans registered on the Facebook account.
The two locations where a hub for the Swiss Olympic team, sponsors and partners and were also a meeting point for fans.
Swiss Emmental cheese
The Swiss House project was sponsored by Presence Swiss, which promotes Switzerland abroad. The project was subsidized by the federal government to the tune of CHF1.5 million.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 3 March 2010.
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Tags: cheese, chocolate, Presence Switzerland, Switzerland, Vancouver, Winter Olympic Games