When the groom carries the bride over the threshold, she should enter the door feet first.

.....in 2001 approximatley 35'000 couples got married in Switzerland, which is down 12% from the previous year.

.....in 1999 the Swiss government decided to reorganise the Registrary Offices. The implementation of this decision shall be finalised by the end of June 2003 in the Canton of Zurich. From July 2003 onward there shall be twenty-six regional offices rather then 171 community registaries.

..... thanks to the "flying" registrar officers, couples will still be able to marry at their local registrary or any other registrary of their choice.

..... Couples who have decided to do with out a church wedding, are advised to take their time in choosing the Registrary, as there are some really pretty ones. For a handful of Swiss Francs you are able to marry in another village then your own.