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July 24, 2019

“In five years there will be five tech hubs in Europe that matter, and Lausanne will be one of them”

Lausanne creates about the same number of startups as Zurich does, with only a third of the population. This is how the city’s tech community manages to punch above its weight. 


Maija Palmer

7 min read

Photo by Remi Moebs on Unsplash

There is a friendly rivalry between French-speaking Lausanne and German-speaking Zurich for Switzerland’s tech crown. 

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