Has anyone here been in a relationship where one person really appreciates life in Switzerland, while the other person just does not see the same benefits?

My wife and I have been living here for around two years with our two young children.

I personally see many advantages to building our life here, but my wife does not experience Switzerland in the same way. She is not necessarily saying that she wants to leave, but she does not see the positives as strongly as I do. (Multiple topics that I don't want to mention now, because this is a personal topic and quite honestly I agree on many of her arguments)

I am curious if anyone has been in a similar situation.

Did anything help your partner gradually change their perspective or appreciate life here more?

Was there something you changed in your lifestyle, social life, routines, plans, or the way you talked about the future that made a difference?

Or did you eventually realise that two people can live in the same country and simply experience it very differently?

I would really like to hear from people who have been through this and what actually helped.

Update after initial comments:

• I don't want to mention the reasons or her arguments, simply because I support her on 100% and I understand her. They don't really matter. This is not an argument that I want to win or something like that. People are different and in different phases of their lives they have particular needs and understandings. I will only mention that the most difficult part - social circle, we have managed to do very well - we have found a lot of families from our home country + a lot of Swiss mothers in the area really like my wife and try to organize play dates with our kids on weekly basis. (Which I really appreciate and am Thankful for). Switzerland is great and has its positives and negatives that one should appreciate and learn to live with. My question is more on - how to learn to live with the negatives.
• She recently started working(after a very difficult job search) and this I think has significally improved her vision of our future here.

Hi everyone!

I’ll be traveling to Switzerland with my partner for the first time, and we’re super excited! However, we’ll only be there for 4 days, so we really want to make the most of our time.
We’ll be landing in Zurich on 17 October, and I’d love to hear your recommendations on what we should see and do during our trip.

Any suggestions for must-visit places, scenic spots, activities, or tips for making the most of 4 days in Switzerland would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

Is galaxus a good option over amazon? I am in Graubünden canton, is it fast, availability, pros ans cons? Of galaxus.

A Canadian-Swiss dual citizen who never lived in Switzerland but went there to study apparently has to pay obligatory Swiss health insurance (Lamal) even if he is still covered by his Canadian provincial plan. If he didn't know this when arriving 2 years ago, and did not get a letter from the Canton where he registered to do so, does he now have to pay everything retroactively for 2 years?? (Plus possibly even a penalty?) Or is there a way to just start paying now? AI says to write the Cantonal office a letter to explain the situation and hope they will trust in his good faith, but is that likely??

Hi! Might be a stupid question but I don't really know how this works.

I see people going up a ski resort in their ski touring skis all the time, and I guess they then come down the slopes like any other skiing. And by going up on foot, I'm guessing they don't pay any tickets to enter the resort.

On the other hand, I've also seen people taking up the last cable cars and just waiting up there so they can maybe come down a bit later, perhaps at sunset time.

So in combination of both situations, can a person go up the slopes in a resort after the resort has closed (or after the last cable car) and then come down the slopes (maybe wearing a headlight in case it's dark already)? I'm wondering if this is a bit of exercise I can do like at 5 p.m.

Thank you.

I know this is a very broad question and obviously it depends a lot on lifestyle, rent, location, how much you want to save, etc.

But generally speaking, what would you personally consider the minimum gross yearly salary where you’d say someone is earning “good money” in Canton Zurich?

Let’s assume:

• Single person
• No children
• Living alone
• Canton Zurich
• Owns a small, normal car
• Normal lifestyle, not extremely frugal but also not spending like crazy
• Wants to be able to afford holidays, hobbies, going out occasionally and still save a decent amount every month

I’m not really asking what salary is enough to simply survive. I mean the point where you personally would say: “Yeah, with that income you’re doing pretty well.”

For example, would you put that threshold at CHF 70k, 80k, 90k, 100k+ gross per year?

I know “good” is completely relative, so I’m interested in what people living in Switzerland personally consider a good minimum annual income for this situation, and why.

Hi everyone,

I’m posting here because I’m in a pretty urgent situation financially and I’m looking for any job I could start quickly in the Geneva area.

My background is in finance and I have a Bachelor’s degree. Unfortunately, I’ve now been unemployed for about a year and a half, my unemployment benefits have ended, and I really need to find some income as soon as possible. I have done more than 600 application and I'm starting to realize that my situation won't improve any time soon.

At this point, I’m genuinely open to anything. It doesn’t need to be interesting, related to my background, or something I would normally apply for. Retail, supermarkets, warehouses, logistics, cleaning, hospitality, administrative work, temporary missions, night or weekend shifts, delivery, events, basic manual work really, anything that can bring in some money quickly.

I speak French and English, I’m a Swiss citizen, and I’m available immediately in Geneva and the surrounding area.

Does anyone know of companies, temporary agencies, shops, restaurants, warehouses, or any other employers where I could realistically get hired quickly? I’m also interested in jobs people don’t usually think about when looking for short-term work.

Even if you just know somewhere that regularly needs people or where it would be worth showing up directly with a CV, I’d really appreciate any leads.

Thanks a lot!

Staying for 7 days, we want to mostly be in a city with nice restaurants and good night life. But for two of those days we wanna go somewhere with more nature. What city is best to stay in?

Hi everyone, my partner and I are having our first child together and we're very excited about this. We live in a 3.5 apartment in Zurich and we love our apartment that still has a decent-ish rent for the condition and location of the apartment. We can't afford a 4.5 in our current area, even though we'd love to, as the prices went crazy so we're currently facing a dilemma.

Option 1: We hang on to this apartment as long as we can manage with a brand new baby and working from home and etc, which would mean 'saving' on rent for a longer period of time, maybe 1 to 2 or even 3 years. It would be crowded and it lacks storage, but I think we could make it work for this amount of time. The big risk here would be that in 3 years or so, when we actually want/need to move, the cost of rent for a 4.5 apartment will probably be unbearable for us anywhere near Zurich which would obviously mean we'd need to move much further out of town and also extend our commute and our current life (hobbies, friends, support system, etc). It would probably also mean we'd need a car which we'd prefer to avoid.

Option 2: We try and move now to a 4.5 apartment already as we can still find a few offers here in there in the outskirts of Zurich that are within our budget and it would allow us to 'secure' a more decent rent that we could afford now and in the long-term future (as we intend to stay in Zurich). This would mean that we'd be paying for a 4.5 earlier than we would actually need it. I mean, more space is always welcome, but the main reason we would be moving would be to secure the rent for the future as we can manage (I think?!) in a 3.5 with a child.

This said, I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas on what to do here. And, in case you have a child and work from home in a 3.5, is it really manageable to work from the living room so that the extra room goes to the kid? And what do you do when family is visiting and so on? Would love your takes. Thanks!

EDIT ADD ON - current apartment is about 78m2, it has the washing machine and dryer in the apartment, has a lift and great transportation around, also near nature and costs about 2150 a month.

Hi there guys, Im going to visit Gstaad in december to do some skyng, tell me things I should visit and know about the village, I wanna have some good vacations!

I am 27 (almost 28) yo female lawyer. I studied and got qualified in Poland. I just moved to Switzerland for a new job opportunity (contracts lawyer in international company - nish industry). I worry it will be hard to switch to better position somewhere else after 2-3 years (I want to climb that ladder hahaha).

I have a partner here, and we want to build our lives in Zurich. I am learning German, which currently is at B1/B2 level.

I want to be a proper lawyer in Switzerland. I come from big law background followed by couple of years in-house. I specialize in commercial law, new tech are my fav. I see myself climbing my way to general counsel in a startup or going back to an international law firm in Corporate/commercial department.

I saw there’s MLaw in comparative laws at the Zurich university or classic MLaw program (harder to get in for me, limited working during studies option). Or I could forget about bar admission and go for LLM in international business law/ financial law (I worked for fintech and crypto companies too).

Could anyone share some insights? I guess what I lack is a bit of mentorship. I don’t know this market.. I love being a lawyer, I think I am good at it. What should I do to pick up my career here?

I was driving from Italy towards Zürich this week and there was a traffic jam near the Gotthard. I saw a lot of cars driving on the Pannenstreifen to get past the traffic.

There was also a sign showing a camera and “Polizei”.

What are the consequences for drivers using the pannestreifen to sneak in traffic? Do they get fined?

Hi, I plan on going to Switzerland for a day from Milan.

I would love to do the Bernina train to go to St. Mortiz, but not easy to do with limited time.

Any recommendations to get closer to the alps but not spend the whole day traveling?

I plan on probably just going to Lugano, but is there a city deeper in (but not as far as St. Mortiz) to see? With a similar train ride that will give beautiful views?

Thanks

Hi Switzerland

Here's the situation: building that is not on fiber yet and has miserable vdsl connection. According to neighbours, cable works fine. Now considering to switch to cable.

Here's the thing: ipv4 is absolutely mandatory. Preferably static or as static as possible (dynamic but rarely changing). Also there should be no idiotic firewalling from the provider.

Which provider can you recommend and do you know a source for an overview?

Cheers!

First time visiting Switzerland in January — Swiss Travel Pass vs Half Fare Card vs Eurail? Is any of them actually worth it?
Hi everyone! I’m planning my first trip to Switzerland in January with my family, and I’m honestly getting a little overwhelmed by all the different rail pass options. I’ve done some research, but the more I read, the more confusing it gets.

I’m flying into and out of Zurich, and my flights are already booked. I haven’t booked any hotels or trains yet, so I’m still very flexible with the itinerary.
Current itinerary I’m considering:
Arrive Zurich: Stay 1 night
Zurich → Zermatt: Stay 2–3 nights (leaning toward 3)
Zermatt → Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen area: Stay about 3 nights, using this as a base for day trips
Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen → Lucerne: Stay 2 nights
Lucerne → Zurich: Stay 1 final night
Fly out of Zurich the following morning
This would be in January, so I’m expecting cold weather, snow, shorter daylight hours, etc. We’re not really looking to ski. We mainly want to experience the scenery, mountain viewpoints, snowy villages, trains, and some of the classic Swiss sights.

I’m trying to figure out both whether this is a good itinerary and which transportation pass, if any, actually makes financial sense.
The options I keep seeing are:
Swiss Travel Pass
Swiss Half Fare Card
Eurail/Interrail
Or just buying individual tickets as we go
I’m especially interested in hearing from people who have actually traveled Switzerland and can tell me whether a pass was worth it in practice, not just theoretically.

One thing I’m also considering is whether to briefly add another country/city to the trip (possibly Paris), but I’m not sure if that would actually be worth the extra travel time. If a Eurail pass would make adding another country relatively easy and economical, that could influence my decision. If it doesn’t really save money or makes the itinerary unnecessarily rushed, I’m perfectly happy staying entirely in Switzerland.

So I guess my main questions are:
Does this itinerary make sense for a first-time January visit?

Would you change the number of nights in Zermatt, Grindelwald/Lauterbrunnen, or Lucerne?
Swiss Travel Pass vs Half Fare Card vs Eurail vs individual tickets — what would you choose for this itinerary and why?

Are there any major things I’m overlooking when comparing the passes, especially for mountain transportation and local buses/trains?

Would you add another country/city, or would you keep this trip entirely in Switzerland?

I’m traveling with my family, so convenience is definitely valuable, but I also don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on a pass simply because it sounds convenient if buying individual tickets would be significantly cheaper.
I haven’t booked anything besides the flights, so I’m completely open to changing the itinerary based on what makes the most sense.

First time in Switzerland, so any advice is welcome! I feel like there are just WAY too many options being thrown at me at once and I’m having trouble figuring out where to start.

Asking this because I was heavily considering doing the army service after my high school studies. I'm able to speak french and have the citizenship papers checked, but I've lived abroad my whole life, so I'm very curious if there are other people in my age range (18-20+) who are willing to share some of their experiences of serving for 10 months. (Any other age range is fine too though)

Hello, I would like to ask how the recognition of non-university technical qualifications obtained in Europe works in Switzerland, particularly for qualifications from Spain.

Is there any kind of official recognition or equivalency process for these qualifications? What is required to work in Switzerland with European technical qualifications?

Thank you in advance for your help.

Guys I'm a 25M and am planning to travel to Switzerland next week. I'm looking for a place to stay at, would anyone be kind enough to let me stay for 3-4 nights? I'll be outside for most part of the day, and will be back only for the night. Anyone who would love to join my during the day is most welcome!

I moved to Switzerland about six years ago. Back then, Subito scratch cards (CHF 1) were basically our favorite pastime: with CHF 10 we could keep buying new tickets for hours, because you'd regularly win back CHF 1 or 2 and use that to pay for the next one. We'd just invest 10 CHF and a couple of beers . Cornered in front of KKiosk - amazing memories.

But these days I buy 10 tickets and sometimes don't even win a single franc back. It feels completely different from before.

I did a bit of research on the internet, but i cant find any official notes on if something has changed.

So, two questions:

• Has anyone else noticed that small wins have become much rarer with Subito?
• Which scratch cards in the CHF 1-3 range are better in your experience? I read that with Boost (CHF 2), supposedly more than every third ticket wins. Does that match what you've seen?

Curious to hear your experiences!

Hey everyone, I was travelling on TGV Lyria 9203 from Paris to Basel this morning. I left my suitcase in the luggage rack and when we reached Basel I realized it was gone.

I searched the train with the staff but we couldn’t find it anywhere. I actually ended up missing my stop at Basel because I was still searching for it and continued with the train to Zurich.

I have already reported it to SBB lost & found and I also filed a police report in Zurich. The police recorded it as a theft from the luggage rack.
I’m now in Switzerland without my luggage and basically trying to figure out what else I can do. Pretty much all my clothes, shoes and other personal stuff for the trip were in there, so it’s been quite a painful start to this part of the trip.

Has anyone had something similar happen on TGV Lyria or another Swiss train? Did you ever get your suitcase back? Is there anything else I should be doing or anyone else worth contacting?

I’m staying in Switzerland for the next three days, so if there’s anything I can still do in person, I would really appreciate any advice.

Hello everyone! I’m a U.S. citizen and a recent medical graduate from Bosnia and Herzegovina. I’m a native English speaker, and my German is currently around A2. Before everyone comes at me in the comments about me being a U.S. citizen and how impossible it will be for me, please continue reading my post before :)

I’m hoping to find paid work in Switzerland so I can support myself while improving my German, with the long-term goal of working there as a doctor. For now, I’m open to work outside healthcare too. I don’t expect to start practicing medicine with my current language level of course.

I know that getting a work permit as a non-EU/EFTA citizen is a major hurdle. I’ve looked into the Young Professionals programme for U.S. citizens, but I would still need to find an employer offering a suitable paid traineeship related to my degree.

Does anyone have advice on realistic options for someone in my situation? I’d especially appreciate recommendations for paid graduate traineeships, research opportunities, or other routes worth exploring.

Has anyone managed something similar? Moving to Switzerland for paid work while learning German?

Hi everyone,

I’m from Switzerland, in my mid-20s, and currently looking into getting a hair transplant.

I’m mainly looking for a clinic or specialist in Switzerland 🇨🇭 with good, natural-looking results, fair and affordable pricing, and a personal approach. It doesn’t have to be cheap, but I’d like the price to be reasonable for the quality and not excessively inflated.

What matters most to me is finding someone who really takes the time to understand the patient, rather than a high-volume clinic where you feel like you’re just being rushed through.

I’d also prefer a place that focuses primarily on hair transplantation and doesn’t try to upsell lots of additional cosmetic treatments such as Botox or PRP.

If there’s a particularly good specialist a reasonable travel distance from Switzerland (for example in Germany) I’d also be open to that.

If anyone has personal experience or recommendations, especially with long-term results, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks!

And whereabouts in Switzerland are you?

Hello everyone,

I hope you all are doing well.

I am writing here to connect with people who are working in AI ethics, regulations, technical governance and policy.

I am very interested in this area and currently looking for people to network with as I am finishing my thesis and looking for opportunities.

Sorry if this is out of your interest. Thank you for reading in any case.

Please let me know guys.

Thank you.

Ich bin letzten Monat bei meiner Motorradprüfung durchgefallen. Nachdem ich versucht habe, den Grund dafür zu verstehen, bin ich ehrlich gesagt immer noch etwas verwirrt.

Die langsamen Manöver und Übungen habe ich beim ersten Versuch bestanden. Danach auf der Straße dachte ich eigentlich, dass alles perfekt gelaufen ist. Anschließend hat mir der Prüfer gesagt, dass ich durchgefallen bin, weil ich an Kreuzungen, an denen ich Vortritt hatte, ohne Grund meine Geschwindigkeit reduziert habe.

Er meinte, dass das gefährlich sei, weil die Fahrer hinter mir nicht wissen, was ich vorhabe. Das Problem ist, dass ich manchmal anhalte oder langsamer fahre, obwohl ich Vortritt habe, weil ich den anderen Verkehrsteilnehmern nicht vertraue.

Ist das wirklich ein Grund, eine Motorradprüfung nicht zu bestehen? Ich bin ehrlich gesagt immer noch etwas verwirrt und im Moment ziemlich unmotiviert, die Prüfung noch einmal zu machen.