My mom wants to go with me but Im not sure if they’re worth it

Hey everyone!

I need your help—tomorrow I’ll be in Lausanne with my girlfriend, but I was supposed to plan something… and I totally forgot 😂. Now I’m trying to put together a last-minute activity.

We’re both 25 years old. Any ideas?

Edit: Something to do in the afternoon?

Oh, and thanks in advance!

Hey guys,

I was wondering how easy is it to get a job in switserland? My goals is to live somewhere else for a bit and save money over the summer. I would be up for seasonal work or any random job l. I plan to live in my van and cook most of my food. I also have experience teaching kids workshops and doing video work so anything in that field would be cool too! My german is basic but understandable and English is native.

Just putting this out there to get some tips and see how feasible this idea is and hopefully get some leads on possible job ideas 💡

Hi friends, my parents (75yo) did a trip to Switzerland about over a decade ago and fell in love with the region. They went through most of the touristy northern and central parts of the country in one very fast week and half trip.

As they've gotten older (still mobile, but definitely not fit enough to hike or do any sort of real walking longer than 10-20m at a time), they have had a dream to spend a few weeks in one place in Switzerland just taking in the views. They want to sit out during sun rise and sunset and just enjoy the beauty of the country they fell in love with.

Given their age and mobility issues, they'd like to largely stay in one place for this whole trip, though they will do day trips to other parts (so car accessibility as well as train accessibility) is important.

We've been looking at the Grindelwald or Lauterbrunnen area for them given it's relatively central, but wondering if I'm missing something and should be recommending elsewhere. They've never been to Valais, but I suspect a place like Zermatt would feel too claustrophobic for them and they want something a bit more open. Any thoughts? Welcome any and all suggestion.

How do I really get into it. Like I've been skiing all my entire life from school trips and camps as a kid but never snowboarding. Now that I have tried snowboarding once I'm hooked. It's just that I don't live in Zermatt or st.moritz but Stadt Bern. And I really don't know how to get into it and actually learn how to learn tricks and just snowboarding in general. Are there like any camps that I can take or stuff that doesn't cost like 1200 CHF for like 9 days. It's just that I really want to snowboard and learn how to, to become good at it.

Is there service provider that only provides Internet surfing?

I don't use Mobile SMS or Mobile telephone.

I mainly use social messaging apps and Emails.

Thanks in advance.

Dear all,

Our daughter was born 5 months ago. During the first 3 months, I thought that I insured her but turns out that I got for her some kind of supplementary thing, not the basic insurance. She then got a basic insurance after the three months period, and the insurance company claims that coverage cannot be applied retroactively. As a result, we are uncertain about the situation regarding this initial period. During that time, our daughter was under observation in the hospital for a week, which could potentially result in medical costs amounting to several thousand CHF. Do you know what is the legality of this? It can happen that we should pay for this period ourselves?

Thanks!

I have a question regarding noises.

Above where I live in Bern there is this 60ish woman who I'm not sure if she lives with her husband or alone. I usually hear them when the walk so maybe to a point the problem is related to bad floors or whatever.

The problem lays everytime her daughter brings her kids (her grandchildren). Every time she does so, I have to endure hours upon hours of the kid running, sometimes bouncing the ball against the floor and so on. I'm talking of stretches of 40 minutes non stop with the "pumpumpumpumpum" of someone running. Or bouncing a ball against the floor or whatever.

I particularly remember once a whole week during september 2023 where every single day from 16h to more or less 21h this was a constant noise. Another couple of periods where I was woken up at 8am because the kid was already up and playing.

I sent them a note politely explaining that I was hearing everything, it was bothering me and requesting them to stop because as I said, an appartment is not the place to be running. I really don't remember if that merited something or not because it was over a year ago.

This week, I guess because it's snow week, they have been living here as well, and starting with sunday afternoon, and every single day from 10am to 9/10pm I have to endure this. On Tuesday afternoon, between 8 and 9 it was like a wrestling contest or something with how noisy it was. It is always noisy, but this particular time it was even more so.

So, I drafted another letter, not so mild, stating that they were behaving like bad neightbours, that she already knew everything was heard and that my sleeping time, or when or not to work couldn't be decided by a kid that is not mine.
I told them that I completely understand a tantrum, or a kid running because he is excited or whatever, because they are kids and that can't be controlled, but that when the running spans for a whole week 10h per day that is not kids being kids but an adult not educating their children.
Also, I requested to put an end to this, or else I would raise a formal complain to the landlord of the building.

On Wednesday things were calm, but on Thursday and today, as I'm writing this at 9:13pm, has been the whole day again.

On Thursday the caretaker came to ask because I guess upong receiving the letter they must have spoken with him or whatever, and he told me that the kids don't usually live there (I know) and that it should be quieteer from then on, which so far, hasn't been.

The problem is, I guess (and hope) they will be gone this weekend, but I can't live based on how much this f** family comes to visit, and this couple of days clearly show they don't give a damn about being bad neightbours.

Should I send a complain to the landlord? Am I even in the right here? Believe me, it hasn't been a few noises for a couple of days. Is slightly less noisy than a hammer.

I am thinking of visiting Switzerland beginning of June after a few days in Vienna, and I have never been before. I am planning a 5-6 day itinerary. What would be some underrated and/or must-do activities in the country. I am planning on departing from Zurich at the end of the trip, but don't have a starting point planned.

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I wanna do a long distance train ride inside Switzerland in June. What is the cheapest way if I already know the exact date and locations.

Hello, I recently asked this r/ about visiting in Winter (March), specifically trying to figure out which passes, cable cars, gorges, and general activities are not accessible or closed during that time. With the intention on finding out what we would be missing out on. We have visited locations (not Switzerland) before without researching in advance, only to find we could not do some seasonal thing, and that is disappointing.

Our two primary travel months are March and November because we have a tradition of birthday trips (I do realize these months give some challenges with closures in Switzerland).

But what about November instead vs March? Are there less closures of the above mentioned? Weather? What about the info I have read that many accommodations/cable cars/trains/funiculars close in November for maintenance? Does this all begin by Mid-Nov or more end of the month? Are waterfalls flowing well still at this time?

Which is the better time to visit of these two? We just like to move around locations a lot in a kind of fast-paced way to literally put eyes on scenic areas, experience activities and move on and experience as much as possible.

Hi! I know that the job of Physician Assistant is just starting recently there. Physician assistant, not a medical student or artzhelferin hahaba. If anyone here is one,may i know the details like could PA from Germany work there? How much do they earn brutto, work details, et

I moved to Geneva a month ago and started working immediately as I simply transferred entities from Germany. They issued my payslip with all the correct amounts deducted on 24.01 but I have yet to receive the salary. In Germany I would usually receive it 2-3 business days after issuance of the payslip. I double checked the IBAN and deposited some money into that account just to test as its a new account with UBS - everything is fine on my end.

Ive reached out to the employer today but the person who can help is out of office.

What do I need to be aware of here? The company never failed to pay me on time for the last ~2 years I was working in their German entity so I think this is just a mistake. However, I would like to be conscious of the laws and I cannot seem to find a lot of information online about the absolute deadline for a salary. Is it the last working day of the month? Is it legal for them to pay the January salary in February?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I am in Geneva and my employer is in Zug.

Edit 2: I had asked one of the HR people for the contact of someone that I can use in my email and I was told that they cleared everything up and I’ll get the money today. Hm 🤔

Edit 3: Salary received an hour later, all good. Im glad it was just an error and not something worse.

Hi all,

I'm considering moving to Switzerland to work as a postdoc, and I'm making some calculations to see if I would save significantly more money there compared to my home country. Salary would be around 90k CHF/year, so ~6k CHF/month after taxes, right? I would be moving with my partner, so rent in Zurich would be 1000-1500 CHF/month each.

The thing is, I'm concern about medical expenses. I have a chronic illness which requires a monthly medication that costs an estimated of ~100 CHF/month in Switzerland, which I'm not even sure it's covered by the mandatory insurance. I may not need many doctor appointments throughout the year, but some surely, and hospitalization is unlikely but possible. So, if I get a low deduction and high premium insurance, plus medication, I may end up expending >700 CHF/month as an average, just because of my health. In my case, would you recomment a lower or higher deduction?

So, considering insurance, groceries, transport (I may also need to use my hybrid car), occasional eating out + entertainment, etc, how much would you say I may be able to save monthly? Thanks!

I’m planning a trip to Switzerland with my partner in the last week of April. Need suggestions for an itinerary.

We will be travelling to Switzerland from Florence(after spending a week in Italy), spend 5 days and 5 nights there, and then take return flight from Zurich or Milan(whichever is cheaper).

We are currently thinking to spend 2 nights in Lucerne and 3 nights in Interlaken/Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen. We want to keep this a cozy and relaxing vacation with at most a day doing hiking.

What all places should we cover and what would be the best place to stay in among Interlaken/Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen?

Ich (28f) habe zwei Kinder mit meinem Ex-Partner (nicht verheiratet) und lebe seit mehreren Jahren getrennt von ihm. Die Kinder leben bei mir. Der Vater der Kinder zahlt monatlich Unterhalt. Jetzt lebe ich mit meinem neuen Partner zusammen, wir möchten gerne heiraten. Könnte eine solche Heirat die Unterhaltszahlungen vom Kindsvater gefährden? Wie sieht hierzu die gesetzliche Grundlage aus?

I used to live in Singapore, where you can only board public transport if you tap your card (like the Octopus card in Hong Kong). The system is straightforward—if you don’t tap in, the barriers won’t let you through. There’s no need for random ticket checks, and you never get fined just because your ticket was "a few seconds too late."

Now that I’m in Switzerland, I find the SBB’s random ticket inspections ("Billet Kontrolle!!") create a weird atmosphere of mistrust. If you're lucky, you're let off scotfree and if you're unlucky, you accidentally buy your ticket a few seconds too late, treated like a fare dodger and hit with a CHF 90 fine.

Wouldn't a simple tap-in system be better? It would remove this unnecessary stress and make everything clearer for passengers. Plus, it might actually be more economical—instead of hiring teams of inspectors to hand out fines, SBB could automate the process with entry/exit scanners. Other countries have already done it, so why not Switzerland, which prides itself on efficiency Thoughts?

Hullo, swissians! In about 2 weeks, I'll be visiting your wonderful country with the purpose of observing the biathlon races in Lenzerheide. I'd also like to go to a cinema in that time, and thus would appreciate recommendations for cinema chain sites and whatnot, places I can see what movies are currently playing. Bonus points if you can direct me to a Lord of the Rings session. I'll probably be moving by train so getting around shouldn't be a problem. Cheers!

Hello guys i wanted to ask if there are any special steps to do before publishing an eBook in Switzerland and if there is anything i need to do if i get some sales tax wise like report somewhere that i made money off of that and stuff like that and where can i do that.

Are Swiss companies allowed to silently renew consumer product subscriptions based on payment? The T&Cs of this company state that payment means you agree with the renewal, but I have never actively agreed with them by way of signing a contract or anything.

Often information that individuals living with MS look for could be either hard to find or not easy to understand or don't cover the information they are looking for or are too detailed to be useful. And, yet many times, these individuals have to make their own day to day health related decisions, which require reliable and easy to understand information. Often research related to health information are about patients and yet they miss to include actual patient voices. At the University of Basel, we want to hear what those living with MS in Switzerland experience when they look for health information and how they use it in self-Management. This is being done as part of an interview study approved by the University ethics committee for a PhD research project. The findings will be used to educate those developing health information materials for patients on how to make them more accessible, easy to understand and usable in the real world. No personal information will be collected; data will be anonymised before analysis; only core research team of four will have access to the transcripts. More information will be shared eith anyone keem to know more and participate. The study flyer can be obtained via email to avishek.pal@unibas.ch. Please share and get in touch with avishek.pal@unibas.ch to make a difference.

I’ll be im Gstaad for the month of February. I’ll be working there as a travel nanny with a local family . Its my first time going to Switzerland and I realized it will be very cold.

I’m posting on here because I need advice about what to pack for the cold and what are some necessities to take. Im not very familiar with ski fashion/ culture or cold climate - so i wanted to ask on here about what I should be packing ? Clothes? What type of shoes for the snow? Do i need to wear fancy-ish clothes? Layers? Thermals, ski clothes/snow gear?? I feel so lost and have no idea what is appropriate to take for 30 days . Any tips will be greatly appreciated ! I’m from a tropical climate so I want to be prepared 🥶 ❄️

So far I have two coats i’ll be taking. One columbia puffer jacket and another Karl aviator style coat . I have some rain boots i’ll take from the brand Lemon . And i have a couple sweaters 1 cashmere/wool mix and the others are cotton.

Also just wondering what is it like there ? Whats the food like, how expensive it is? How are the people/culture. And what is there to do around aside from the skiing ? Any recommendations on places to see and cool things to do are welcomed too!

Please help! Thank you in advance !

Hii,

I am genuinely interested in learning your culture. Is there anyone (native) who's willing to share with me?

You don't need to type me an essay, I'll just ask some questions and we could probably exchange, if you're willing to learn too!😀

Traveling from Colmar to Zurich for 4 days, then leaving for Austria.

With the high expense of daily parking in old town (50 CHF)it seems better to me to park at Zurich Airport for 4 nights and take the train in.

Guaranteed spot ....less driving in the city ?

Any reason not to do this?

Just visited Zermatt and absolutely loved it. Got me thinking about the other side, specifically from a swiss point of view.

For those of you that have visited the US, what's been your favorite and least favorite part? Especially compared to Switzerland. Would you come back? Why or why not?

Hi all

so a few months ago, the people who live upstairs from me, had a problem with their washroom, basically they were dumb enough to unscrew their shower drain and the cap of their shampoo bottle got stuck in the drain.

as a result, all their sewage flew into my apartment and spoiled/destroyed a lot of stuff in my washroom AND my apartment

when i bought the replacement, it was about 350 CHF in total. since i wasn't sure how dirty the water was, i replaced EVERYTHING that was affected as i could not take a risk on my health

now, i asked them for several months to reimburse me, they kept delaying and then finally the woman who lives above me, texted me that,

"the stuff that was damaged is not considered 'valuables' by their liability insurance company, therefore they will not pay any money to me. I should contact my OWN insurance to get reimbursed for this"

as you can obviously see, they screwed up and are asking me to talk to MY insurance to reimburse. which sounds like a poor attempt from them at shifting blame/responsibility

A few things,

• i am a student and every franc counts for me
• i don't have liability insurance
• how come i am responsible for stuff that was destroyed due to the neighbors idiocy?!

do i have to hire a lawyer? (i really don't have the money to do that)

please guide me what action can i pursue against them, as this sounds EXTREMELY unfair from their side

i am not aware of the swiss rules and regulations in this regard

Any help and legal guidance is appreciated!

P.S : i asked the real estate company which manages the apartments and they flat out refused to help me, saying that this is a 'private' dispute.. so i am on my own

P.P.S people on reddit are pricks.. i literally got my stuff destroyed and people are blaming me..

We (62F and 75M) are visiting Switzerland, Austria and Poland from mid September to late October (6 week trip).

We fly into Zurich from Australia arriving at 20:30. We want to spend one night in Zurich before catching the train to Innsbruck at 12:40 the next day. We will have flown for 27 hours so just want a hotel to get a good night's sleep, a nice breakfast and be within walking distance of Zurich HB.

We would like to spend no more than CHF 200.

We will return to Switzerland for a 12 day organised tour later in our trip and will spend time in Zurich then so aren't planning to try to see anything on our first day.

Any recommendations are very welcome.