I can confirm, this is what Switzerland is like. In all seriousness, this is the first anime I ever saw, before I even knew what anime was. The anime certainly lives up to being "a story for children, and those who love children". Heidi was the series of my childhood, and despite the somewhat dated visuals and sound, it still holds up very well today. What impresses me even after all these years is how well it translated the nostaglia for Swiss pastoralism from Johanna Spyri's novel. The beautiful alpine scenery and simple, down-to-earth story around the lives of the characters manages to make me homesick -even while I'm still in the country.