I asked the opposite question a while back.

Hey everyone!

Are there any Swifties in Geneva who’d love to commemorate the end of The Eras Tour with a fun karaoke party? I thought it would be amazing to come together, sing our favorite Taylor songs, and just vibe as a community of fans.

If you’re interested, reply here or DM me so we can plan a date, venue, and all the details together! Open to all levels of Swiftie-ness!

Let’s make it a night to remember! 🌟

Hello,

I work as the sole IT Support professional in a multinational company based in the French-speaking region of Switzerland. There are around 60 employees onsite, plus another 15 remote users whom I assist. My responsibilities include onsite support, server management, IT projects, imaging computers, and managing the entire IT infrastructure.

I hold a bachelor’s degree in a non-related field (science’s), but I have several IT certifications, including ITIL v4, CompTIA A+, Microsoft AZ-900, MS-900, and I am continuously pursuing further education. I speak English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese fluently.

I have one year of experience, and the feedback on my work has been very positive—my colleagues and management seem pleased. I earn CHF 60,000 annually, working at 80%.

I feel like I might be underpaid. What do you think? What would be a fair salary for my role and responsibilities?

Edit: I’m saying this because several people in the field have told me that, given my responsibilities, they believe I’m being paid below the standard.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I’m based in Geneva and am looking to learn how to ski for the first time! I’m an adult in my early 30s with absolutely no prior experience on the slopes. I’d prefer ski schools or locations that are relatively close to Geneva, as I’d like to keep travel time to a minimum.

I’d appreciate recommendations for beginner-friendly resorts, ski schools, or even advice on what to expect as a complete novice. Bonus points for places that offer English or beginner-friendly instruction!

Thanks in advance for your tips and suggestions!

Hello all, how should I search and find the following:

1. A place or marketplace to buy kids second hand clothed directly from owner
2. A place or marketplace to buy second hand household goods or art from people who are moving away and/or selling stuff.

Based in Zurich if that helps. Thank you!

I don’t see this culture in switzerland, When I speak to people about ideas and try to find someone to share a project with it seems that they all are afraid, don’t like to take risks, and also they think that it is impossible if you don’t have a lot of money.. There’s no one that tries to hustle after his job into some idea maybe an online business or creating some Partnership to open a little fisical one?

Is there a food that you consider unique to Switzerland, or more so Luzern that you rate as a "must try"? I am looking for a dish that helps capture what Swiss cuisine is all about, and where in Luzern you might go to get it

Hi!

I’m traveling to Switzerland December for around 2 weeks and would really appreciate any advice on my itinerary. We’ll be landing in Zurich and staying for 2 nights then moving to interlaken which we’re using as a base to see Jungfraujoch and Grindelwald. Then I’m kind of stuck what to do because we really want to visit Zermatt but can’t find accommodation so we want to stay in another area close by to day trip it. Looking between Visp, Sion, and Brig, they all look amazing and are an hour from Zermatt I believe. Any recommendations? Also we’re a group of 20 yr olds interested in the culture, views, and nightlife.

Hello everyone,

In two weeks, I’ll be visiting Milan for 3 days, and my girlfriend never saw snow, so I’d love to go somewhere where i could get her to see it, and i decided to plan a trip to Luzern.

I was looking at FlixBus tickets, but I noticed the bus drops you off at a service area in Neuenkirch, not in the city center.

I would arrive at 11:15 and would have to go back there at 17:15, I have a few questions for those who are familiar with the area:

1.	How easy is it to get to the center of Luzern and back from there?
2.	What transportation options are available to reach the center? Are they reliable or do they fail often?
3.	Is it manageable to return to the service area in time to catch the FlixBus back?

Any advice or tips would be really helpful! Thanks in advance.

Hello ! My partner and I live in the German-speaking part of CH. Recently, he has had to quit his job, and is now looking for a new one.

Do you have any tips on where to go if he is seeking a job opportunity that does not require German ? He is currently learning the language but he is at an A2 level. It will be a while before he can comfortably work in German. Browsing through LinkedIn to identify job opportunities has not been ideal to say the least. He is looking for mid-senior, or director level position and fluently speaks English and French. He has worked in law, finance, business, franchising. and consulting, and is looking for a role as Chief of Staff or the like. Any tips or advice would be laregly appreciated ! Thanks !!!

Wanted to get some suggestions on what kind of men shoes/boots people wear for daily commute to work (more so in winter season). I have been advised earlier to stock up on shoes from here in US and I can use these tips to shop in Thanksgiving sale!

It seems Swiss people are very well off, rich, living with abundance. It seems all the Swiss people are living in paradise. So what are the social, economic and political problems Switzerland are facing?

Hi there! I want to buy dark hardwood (like the colour of buche/Akazie) but in OBI or BAUHAUS the thickness is not enough, I want to make furniture out of it. Where is a good place to look for dark hardwood platten?

Hello - Would someone be able to recommend winter hikes in or near the Romande which aren't shared with skiiers?

Thanks!

I have a couple of fold-out trail maps from places like Gstaad and Crans-Montana that show the various trails in their areas. They usually have one for winter and one for summer. Is there one place that I can go that carries these maps from different places - maybe cantonal tourism offices, or a sportshsop? Or do I just need to suck it up and go to the region that I want a map from and pick it up at the local Tourist Information office?

I live in Lausanne and I like using these maps for planning hikes - I just find them so much easier to use than online maps, plus it seems that a lot of the trails don't show up on apps like SwitzerlandMobility or Swisstopo.

Ich stell die Frage aus Neugier. Mittelhochdeutsch war vorwiegend auf Schwäbisch (ein alemannischer Dialekt) basierend und Schweizerdeutsche Dialekte sind alemannische Dialekte.

Should be free at this point if you're getting it bundled with internet.

I installed the ZVV app to buy tickets while in Zurich. I have bought and paid the correct amount for 3 zones (14CHF) for 24 hours, on the app The app seems to show the ticket correctly (QR code and timer countdown correctly present)

Two questions: Do I need an accompanying travel card to make it valid? and, How do I indicate which zones I want the ticket to be valid for (110 and 121).

The electronic ticket does not indicate any zones, unlike the paper version (nor was I offered the chance to specify them at the time of buying).

Any help - I don't want to be on the wrong side of any inspectors.

Hello people. Since I was a little boy my dream was to live in Switzerland. I have visited a couple of times as a tourist, and loved it.

I am currently working remotely for a German bank, in the department of fraud (prevention, investigation). I also have experience working in payment systems (credit/debit cards, 3d secure, etc). I am 24 years old, EU citizen (Romania), can speak German at C2 level, and English at C1 level. I don’t have studies, only German Realschulabschluss and some other certifications related to banking.

I am also a qualified LKW driver, but that has to be the last option, since it’s not the job I am currently practicing, so I wouldn’t know where to start at, especially in a foreign country, but I am willing to give it a try if necessary.

For anyone working in the finance sector (or in the mentioned Logistic - LKW driver) in Switzerland, I would like to ask, what are my chances in moving and getting a job there? I have around 20k€ saved up. I plan on moving by myself, in the german speaking part of Switzerland (Zürich (Kanton, not city), St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, maybe Bern, etc.)

We are three volunteers interested in opening a calisthenics gym in Canton Solothurn, specifically between Olten and Oensingen. Our goal is to promote the sport and create a welcoming training environment.

Questions:

• Are there any interested participants? We are looking for individuals who would like to join and support our initiative.

• Does anyone have local knowledge or suggestions for a suitable location? We are seeking recommendations for potential sites that could accommodate our gym.

Thank you for your feedback!

Me and my girlfriend are looking to visit my mom in Bern and stay for 6 days in January. We are arriving and leaving by plane in the Basel airport.

What is the most cost effective way to plan our days in Switzerland? We plan to visit every day except the first and last some nearby cities or attractions, so I thought that maybe a 6x day passes would be appropriate, but it seems really costly.

Alternatively, I could try renting a car but I haven’t done the math to see if it’s more affordable this way.

What would you recommend?

Booked this impulsively as its the cheapest flight and am getting pretty concerned... is this far too risky?

Hello all, my cousin is visiting me in summer 2025. He has been to Switzerland before and visited Basel, Zurich, Bern, Lucerne, Interlaken, Oeschenensee, Spiez, Grindelwald and Jungfraujoch. It was a haphazard trip, we didn’t plan an itinerary per se. This year, he comes back for a 7-10 days and I want to put together an itinerary including Zermatt, 1–2 beautiful Swiss villages, a visit to Riederalp to see Aletsch Glacier, and maybe Montrex or Lugano side using public transport and staying in hostels or airbnbs along the way. Please could you share some ideas for villages, beautiful cities to include. Thank you. Also, I think he would like to see snow. How’s Glacier 3000 in summers? Note: he cannot hike really, easy walks up the mountains are fine, infact he might enjoy them.

I was an Erasmus exchange student from USA in 2022. I noticed that the cashiers at Migros were generally well paid, and off of conversation I learned they were paid around 4K CHF a year. Teaching assistants were paid 25-27 CHF an hour. I talked to farmers in Bern and Valais while I was travelling, and they seemed to be doing quite well for themselves and their families. The median wages in Switzerland are around just 1.6-1.7 times the minimum wage, at 6.5-7 CHF a month. In United States we have a lot higher income inequality, and median wages are something like 2.5-3 times the minimum wage.

What is it that is making Swiss minimum wages high? Is it economic policy, social attitudes, or both?

For example, in the US, there is still a lot of people who are making minimum wage at $7.25 an hour (around 7 CHF) while our prices are not great either. Even in SF or NYC the minimum wage is $15-18 dollars, which is impossible to even cover rent on unless people are living with family.

We'd like to rent a car in Luxembourg and travel to Zurich, stopping at Basel on the way and then back to Luxembourg on the same day. I'd like to understand if that's a worth while trip given 10 hours of it will be spent driving, if the roads are safe during early December (we plan on renting a 4wheel drive) and if there are any suggestions for things to see along the way.

Thank you in advance!

Almost no countries in the world elect judges this way. Bolivia and America elect judges by the people. Some parliaments do elect judges for their highest court with the power to declare legislation unconstitutional and void (such as the German Constitutional Court), although not for other courts in most cases. It often isn't even necessary for judges to be lawyers, especially at the low levels of courts which might be quite local, and a good number of judges are not lawyers or law professors.

Switzerland is an odd outlier.

Do you think the decisions made by those judges tends to accurately reflect the law which is relevant to the case, and that the judges are fair and reasonably impartial?

I suspect that the fact that Switzerland is so multi party, and that legislation tends to be enacted frequently (as are constitutional amendments) so there is not much room for a judge to make a decision that is seen to be incorrect, and judges usually work in panels with other judges which evens out any biases that any one judge might have, means that there is some confidence in the judicial system.

I am currently weighing a surprise birthday trip in early March for my husband to Crans-Montana or Park City, Utah. As an Epic pass holder, I'm set on Crans Montana or Andermatt. However, Crans Montana seems easier to access via train.

But we are Boston area skiers, green-blue skiers at Stowe and Okemo Mountain. Compared to those mountains, how is Crans Montana and the Andermatt suite of mountains to ski. Will we struggle?

We plan to ski / ride for 2 days (3 nights), before exploring Geneva for 2 more nights and then a long layover (15 hours) in Copenhagen before flying back to Boston. The total trip will 7 nights.

(If we do Park City, it would be a 4 day trip, since the flight is direct and the airport is less than 45m shuttle).

Thanks in advance for your opinion! - Jeff