'Big bottle' binges shock staid SwissPeter Beaumont
The Observer,
Sunday August 31 2008
IT IS the phenomenon scandalising large parts of Switzerland, launching a feverish debate about the behaviour of the younger generation. The country of John Calvin is in the grip of a sudden predilection of its youth for mass open-air drinking parties in public parks, called botellons
The tabloid newspaper Blick has warned that 'a wave of alcohol is washing over all of Switzerland'. Far from being a peaceful gathering, it added: 'Botellon is mainly about drinking until you drop.'
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