How Switzerland Engineered the Perfect Country

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Secret Behind the World’s Most Efficient Train System Special Thanks to Adobe - explore Creative Cloud: https://adobe.ly/exploreCC_JH The locals made this story happen! Join the Newpress waitlist here: https://newpress.com/ Check out this interactive map of the Swiss Train System and my route for the canton challenge: https://labs.newpress.com/swiss-trains/#/story Check out all my sources for this video here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X61tezER7ZxlrQUXKm-AKJZZJL7v0cuYQOSpuSgd_xU/edit?usp=sharing Very grateful for the access to trains given to me by: - SBB: https://www.sbb.ch/ - Jungfrau Railways: https://www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/ Special thanks to: - Jean-Luc Rickenbacher, Historian & Curator at Swiss Museum of Transport - Philipp Fröhlich - ETH Zurich, Institute of Transport Planning - Sven Paulin - & everyone who joined Johnny in Switzerland: Niklaus Gammeter, Tom Vaillant, Dalibor Itze, Elias Schmidt, Cédric Apitzsch, Julian Ceska, Dalibor Itze, John Trajkov, Nico Suter, Neils Lehner, Argyris Sarris, Simon Steffan, Joshua Lohr, Gregor Thom, Elias Schmid My American mind cannot comprehend the expanse and efficiency of Switzerland’s rail network. Follow along as I race the clock to cover all of Switzerland in just 24 hours using only trains. MORE CHANNELS: Check out my new channel with Christophe Haubursin - Tunnel Vision https://www.youtube.com/@christophe Check out my channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party https://youtube.com/@SearchParty All the music for this video was created by our in-house composer Tom Fox and is available to license or just to listen to on our music channel: @tomfoxcatalog Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing Get our World Map t-shirts now! White "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-white?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf Tie Dye "World Map" shirt: https://store.dftba.com/products/world-map-t-shirt-tie-dye?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=product_shelf I made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster -- VIDEO CHAPTERS -- 00:00 Intro 02:59 Simplon Tunnel 04:28 Swiss Train History 11:00 Climbing the Alps 20:16 Always On Time 25:12 The Canton Challenge About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox