Emily Explains the Swiss

An Outsider's Inside Look From Apéro to Zurich

A tongue-in-cheek guide to Switzerland from one of the country's best-known Canadians.

Emily has been in Switzerland for 12 years and has taken the whole integration thing a bit too far. She uses Aromat. She knows how to play the alphorn. She has even come in 13th place in a Jass tournament. Her entertaining videos about her experiences in Switzerland have been viewed more than ten million times on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Now she is finally sharing her knowledge in print. “Emily’s Guide to Switzerland” includes everything from Apéro to Cows, all the way through to Heidi, Jass and Znüni.
Illustrated by PanPanCucul (you may recognize his adorable stick figures), this one small book might not tell you everything you need to know about Switzerland, but it will make you laugh.

Emily Engkent came from Canada to live in Switzerland twelve years ago. She is mildly Internet-famous because of “Emily National”, her video series on watson.ch explaining Swiss quirks from her outsider perspective.