The capital of the Swiss canton of Vaud is located on Lake Geneva, next to the modern centers of Geneva, Montreux, and Vevey. Lausanne is a rich student city, tourist attraction, and the headquarter of the International Olympic Committee and two major universities.

Lausanne is in the French speaking canton, but most people speak Swiss-German and Italian. Considering that English is taught in schools, you won’t have a problem with communication here.

The first settlement on the Lausanne Hill is dating back to the Stone Age, and historical data speaks about a Roman military camp called Lausanne, which was located at the foot of today's central hill closer to the lake, at the location of today’s village Vidy.

During the middle age, the city was slowly moving toward the hill from where it was easily defended and soon began to grow his importance as a place located on an important route between Italy and the North Sea. It was the first big city located north of the mountain pass St. Bernard.

In 1538. The Duke of Savoy lost Lausanne, and Lausanne fell under the authority of the Canton of Bern, which was all part of the tactic to strengthen the southwestern borders. It remained under the jurisdiction of Bern until the end of the 18th century, when Lausanne regained its independence after the invasion of Napoleon Bonaparte in Bern. Finally, in 1803 the city became a member of the Swiss Confederation and the capital of the Canton of Vaud.

In the last 150 years, the entire area from Lausanne to Montreux (Switzerland Riviera) has become a meeting place for writers, artists, and musicians, from Shelley to Lord Byron. Urban legend has it that Frankenstein was written right here. Ernest Hemingway was spending winter break in Lausanne when he wrote A Moveable Feast. Charlie Chaplin lived in the town of Vevey from the mid-1930s.