The Alpine country has a rather urban heart. Outdoor adventure here swings between the more traditional and the contemporary. You can ski, snowboard and also hike and bike down when the frost melts and the slopes are once more carpeted in green.
To watch the rural scenery unfold, take a train ride from Zurich into the countryside. Fields of sunflower, vibrant pastures with cows grazing in them, distant chalets and a waterfall snaking down from a jagged cliff is a typical summer scenery one would associate with Switzerland. But Switzerland is also castles and craft beer, medieval old towns, neoclassical buildings and waterfront cafes and bars along the Limmat and the several other rivers.