Comment by Lukas_Skywalker
21 hours ago
No, I wouldn't say it's an English-speaking country either. No one talks in English to their peers that are from the same language region.
But yes, I can mostly speak of the German-speaking part. People generally have little problems switching to English, and are used to speaking as well.
Would you say this is also true of Swiss living in more rural areas? And among older people, too?
This is just a feeling, and I am still speaking for the German part only, but I think age matters less than urban/rural.
Many older people I know have no problems communicating in English when they‘re abroad.
Would be interesting to have the BFS statistics split by age group and region as well…