You might not find as many Swiss people fluent in English as you would in Scandinavia for the simple reason that English is a third language in Switzerland, while it is a second language in Scandinavia. read more
Because they have a history with England, they fought wars and proxy wars together and sometimes were on the same side. Switzerlands history with England is Zero, and its history with scandinavia is Zero. read more
They don't speak or understand it as well as people in the other Nordic countries, and usually the Finnish-speaking Finlanders (not so much the Swedish Finlanders or Finns who speak Swedish) speak English with a much more pronounced accent. read more
” I don’t mind when they don’t, they don’t need it, as long as they are not in Germany/Austria/Switzerland. But on the other hand, the same applies vise-versa to the German-speaking, as long as they are not outside of their country. read more
As for Belgium, in Brugge, many people seemed to prefer to speak English rather than French, even to fellow Belgians. » Well in Belgium that's common. The Francophones don't want to speak Dutch, and oftenly their English is very bad. Where the Dutch speakers in Belgium don't like to speak French but they can speak English kinda well. read more