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there are 1484 lakes in Switzerland?
the Lac de Neuchâtel is the biggest Swiss lake?
the Caumasee in Flims is the warmest Swiss lake above 1000 metres a.s.l.?
the highest shipping line is on the Silsersee at 1800 metres a.s.l.?
in Switzerland, you are never more than 20 km away from the next lake?
at the Umersee on the “Weg der Schweiz” (Swiss Path) 5 mm of path is dedicated to every Swiss citizen?
15 shipping companies ply our lakes?
Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) is the biggest lake in Europe?
there are 637 mountain lakes in the Grissons?
Did you know that the first Swiss steam ship was commissioned in 1823?

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