Tunnel vision: Switzerland's Gotthard train pass

By Keith Austin
Updated December 31 2016 - 1:23am, first published 12:15am
The severe switchback roads of the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland are worth the effort. Photo: iStock
The severe switchback roads of the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland are worth the effort. Photo: iStock

In the National Museum of the San Gottardo at the very tip of the 2106-metre Gotthard Pass in the heart of Switzerland there is a papier-mache model of the Devil in a sort of Uncle Sam "I Want You" pose. He's wearing blue-and-white striped shorts for some reason and is holding his long tail in a suggestively priapic manner.

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