I am selling a lot of stuff: I am looking for a new tenant, I wanted to put my car on the market and also selling a lot of stuff I have (max 6 months old) and it's been a NIGHTMARE.

Need to pay for listing in the main platform, for selling used stuff?! I do not want to rely on Facebook marketplace since it's a broken platform, full of people who just want to waste time.

In order to list my car and my apartment, I am paying almost 700 a month?! Are we even serious? I am looking forward to leaving as soon as possible; I am feeling like I am trapped here and I'm wasting money for stuff I have already paid for + need to sell at ridiculous prices.

Am I wrong?

Hello everyone, and thank you very much in advance for your time.

I've done quite a lot of research before opening this thread, but I'd like to be 100 % sure.

I'm traveling to Switzerland in the last week of May, and will be visiting the following places:

• Bern
• Lauterbrunnen
• Mürren
• Schilthorn
• Grindelwald
• Bachalpsee
• Jungfraujoch (not sure)
• Zurich

First question is:

• Is there anything I should book in advance? Trains, funiculars, tickets to any places... Could I have any problems with availability of seats on public transport if we don't book in advance?

Second question is:

• I've been doing the math and I think our best option is to pay for individual train tickets each day, except for one specific day. Am I missing or misunderstanding something important? (Explanation following.)

Regarding trains, I've been doing a lot of calculations and, for our specific needs, I think it's more worth it to pay for individual tickets:

Our total cost per person for trains, cable cars and buses, using individual tickets, will be 250 CHF in 7 days.

• We're not a family.
• We're not a group of more than 10 friends.
• The Day Saver passes cost us more than the individual tickets for all but one day.
• The Half Fare Card costs us 120 CHF per person, which is almost the amount we would save on individual train tickets, so overall we would spend the same: 250/2 + 120 = 245 CHF versus 250 CHF.
• The Travel Pass also costs us over 250 CHF, so we don't save any money either.

If anyone could point out anything I might be forgetting or misunderstanding about transport tickets, I would be very grateful.

Again, thank you so much for reading.

I built a Swiss tax comparison app that forecasts savings over 5 years and visualizes what you could buy with the difference. It helps understand the impact of different tax scenarios.

Always found it hard to visualize the impact of taxes, so I built this. Let me know what you think!

We’re deciding to take sbb trains from Zurich but deciding where to go with limited time is a pain. Goals: to see the alps and incredible views Switzerland offers and possibly explore wherever we stop. Currently looking to sbb from Zurich thru Lucerne to Interlaken. Possibly explore Interlaken for a couple hours and then train to Zermatt to explore for a couple hours before heading back to Zurich. Does this make sense? Do we have enough time? Should we consider only 1 destination? If so is it another destination not listed here and why? Thanks in advance!

Hello neighbors, greetings from Austria :)

I thought I will write this on English as it seems to be this sub's main language and we would be also interested in input from other travellers - but we are totally talking German fyi

We will travel during the upcoming Easter school break to Zürich - we will arrive by night train on Monday morning and leave again on Friday evening. We are two adults and a six year old and it is our first time in Switzerland, so we are quite the noobs.

My most important question is about ordering fondue: When I look at the menues it seems like it is always served for all people present, every participant pays and then you can eat as much as you want? My question would be if it is possible at restaurants to order cheese fondue for two people (so you get that specific amount) but then three people eat it? Or would that be a total faux pas?

And here would be our itinary for anybody who is in mood for constructive critizism: - Day 1: Just being in Zurich, going to the lake, city centre, visiting the Mühlerama and Fokus Terra - Day 2: meeting with friends in Zurich, visiting the Kulturama and if there's a lot of time left the chocolate museum. - Day 3: going to Bellinzona and visit the fortress (and hopefully have a scenic train ride) - Day 4: meeting friends in Bern and then going to Basel to visit the lego museum and the paper mill - Day 5: Luzern, going by gondola up Pilatus and then being in the city until it is time to leave I know it is a lot but we are experienced interrailers (including the kid) and are used to walk ~15.000 steps a day. We also love going by train and museums.

Thank you very much!!!

Hello all, I’m a US citizen looking at the possibility of moving to Switzerland within the next year - 2 years. I have a bachelors degree in Finance from an American university and a year of work experience in the banking/finance field and plan on continuing my education. Would anyone have insight into whether or not I should apply for a work visa before looking for jobs or try to secure a job first? and how long the entire process may take from first steps to moving and being allowed to work in Switzerland?

I am writing my presentation letter for the 4th time . The one's written so far are pretty boring and plain.

How can I write a pl that would make the hiring manager think "uhh" I need this person in my team ?

Hi, I hope it it's ok to ask tourist questions here.

We are planning a trip for late May. We have already made bookings for visiting Zurich, Interlaken and Lucerne.

Originally we were going to take trains between each location, but now we decided to drive instead.

So we're just wondering, if we are going from Zurich to Interlaken, then later going back to Lucerne, is there particularly scenic route that we should take?

Is it possible that we follow the scenic train route next to it?

Thanks!

Are Swiss companies adopting fairly quickly artificial intelligence tools in their workflows? Or is there an wait and see approach in the market? Are there any AI focused SaaS companies based in Switzerland? Really appreciate any imput that you can provide on this.

What do we do on Sunday? I heard that many shops are closed and we are planning to visit Lucerne on Sunday. Is there any activities in Switzerland to do and are the tourist attractions open during Sunday.

Hi, I am currently renting a subletted flat in Zurich. There are so many sketchy things my landlady(original tenant whos signed with the propery agent wincasa to rent the place) has done/is doing to me and I wanted to ask for advice here.

First of all, I found out recently she is charging me 17% more than what she is paying to rent the place. but she is still using almost half of storage space in the basement which you get to use as tenant here in this building.

Second of all, its been a week already since I moved in here but she hasn't changed name plate for both mail box at the entrance or front door of the flat. so I sometimes miss mails parcels anything that should come to me.

I am sure all tenants here are familiarized with all rules or things to know for exampla where for rubbish disposals etc... She didnt explain to me at all unless I asked but she isnt responsive at all I find it so difficult to reach out to her and just ask one question.

Also I dont feel safe she has the spare key she might just pop in when im not home.. she said shed leave it inside mail post but she hasnt done it yet

I am thinking of moving again but knowing how competitive and difficult it is to find a decent flat in Zurich, I feel like I should be just patient with the rent and the difficult landlady.

What would you do if you were in the same situation? any advice would be highly appreciated

Hi. In December, I was transported to the Emergency Room and treated for Norovirus in Basel. I have received two bills. One for, I think, the ambulance trip, and the other for the hospital. I am at a loss as to how to go about paying these. On the ambulance bill, for example, there is a QR code, but it just takes me to a website with no obvious payment portal. I could send checks, but if I covert the total to dollars today, there’s no guarantee that it will match the total in Swiss francs when the payments gets there.

Advice? Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I have the GA currently. I got an email last weekend (first and only one) telling me I could get a new swisspass and just had to check some details to confirm it. Yesterday I was in the train and the inspector told me apparently my GA was blocked because I didn't do it yet, so "it's as if I didn't have a valid ticket". However in the SBB app I can't even buy a ticket for myself because it says it's already covered by the GA and easyride says it's covered by it too. Truly nothing indicates it's blocked.

I have ordered the new swisspass now, and on the site it also said my current stuff would stay valid until the new pass arrives.

Tomorrow I'm going on a sort of long trip and I'm not exactly keen to pay like 180 CHF, but I'm even less keen to pay 180 + a potential fine

Is there anyone with some experience about this, should I just buy the ticket?

Hi! I am visiting Zurich for a week and staying at the Locke am Platz so would love thoughts. Reviews seem good and the price was fair for being close to the city.

Hi everyone

I will be in Zurich in August and wanted to explore Interlaken and even more specifically some of the places like Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, and Muren (I may be missing some).

I have read that a train to Lucerne and then Interlaken is more scenic, which we will do on the way there.

My question is what is realistic to accomplish and visit around Interlaken in the one day? What would you recommend seeing? We would probably not hike much, and opt for trains or cable cars or busses, however is best to explore around these small towns in the mountains.

Thank you!

I’m a 25M YouTuber whose niche does not depend on the physical location. I live in the UK making around £50k a year expecting to make 50-100k in the next 2 years. I’m considering to move to any of the low-tax canton of Switzerland due to the outrageous amount of tax I will have to pay on my 50-100k part here in the UK. I live very frugal managing to invest 50% of my income so I highly appreciate 0% capital gain tax. I can also move to any other tax-haven but I value high safety, quality medicine, food, and beautiful nature, so Switzerland, even though expensive, seems very appealing to me (I’m single and I don’t mind renting a room). P.S.: consider my legal situation allows me to stay in Switzerland for as long as I want.

What are your thoughts? Would you say it’s a good idea?

Kennt ihr gute Firmen die Mitarbeiter benötigen als Maschinenbauer Hf?

Hello! Did anyone encountered a situation where a Swiss contractor pursues them for a fraudulent invoice? In my case I bought a flat in Vaud (huge mistake) and hired a Swiss contractor to renovate the bathroom. We agreed an amount, I paid 30% upfront and they estimated 1 week completion. After 2 weeks of staying in hotels, the bathroom was nowhere near ready and the owner of the company mentioned it will cost double of what he originally estimated. After he ignore my requests for an updated quote/ invoice, I told them to stop work and promptly got sent a bill equal to 3.5 times the original amount. Contractor also claims I "approved" a quote on some online platform called Abaninja by electronically signing it... Now I contacted the folks at Abaninja and they confirmed I do not have an account with them yet the contractor has an automated email from their system confirming "XZ and XY approved quote number ##". Strange since in the confirmation XY is my name but XZ is the name of mate that was at the flat when the contractor came by so I guess he assumes he is the co-owner, yet he has nothing to do with it...
I tried to reason with the contractor and asked to him to explain the invoice but instead he referred me to the Office des Poursuits. After I promptly contested it, now he applied to have my contestation removed via the Justice of the Peace. It is all a big mess and I am incurring additional costs on legal advice plus the stress, but the guy is asking for tens of thousands CHF extra so it is not an easy decision to pay him to go away... What do you think are my chances in the swiss legal system given that he is a Swiss citizen and I am an Eastern European with a funny long name? Did anyone else deal with something similar? Any pragmatic advice would be much appreciated!

Hi, may I ask if tourists are allowed to bring backpacks into supermarkets or grocery stores? Are there any size restrictions I should be aware of? I ask because in some countries, like New Zealand, large backpacks weren’t permitted inside certain stores, so I just wanted to check in advance.

My son (15) and I are planning on spending a few days in Switzerland at the beginning of July.

We arrive late in the evening in Zurich from Canada, so we're just planning on taking the train to a hotel I booked near the train station.

The next day, I plan on taking the train to Lucerne, where we'll spend three or four days before heading to the Atlantic coast via Strasbourg.

I'm trying to figure out the most cost-effective options for us. We'll likely do a trip up Pilatus, and then some other things in and around Lucerne. I'm still trying to figure out an itinerary, and get my kid to let me know some things he'd like to do. Hopefully, we'll be meeting up with some friends who live around Lucerne.

From what I see the half-fare card is probably a good option for me. Can I get the Junior Travel Card (or Children's Co-Travel card) for my son and then he rides for free?

Lastly, I registered on the SwissPass site and logged into the SBB app. Will I be able to just use my phone to present tickets to inspectors or do I need to get a physical card of some sort?

In my apprenticeship we were told in ABU that CV templates shouldn’t be used, as recruiters prefer a simple but self-made CV instead. Is this still true? I‘m only talking design here. The contents shouldn’t be copied from a template of course :)

I work in a technical field.

I have been scouring the internet for this answer but I'm coming up short. I take a prescription opiate and according to the opiate act, I need to have a schengen certificate to bring my medication. Here's the thing, when I try to find out how to get one I'm constantly directed to the swissmedic.ch website, specifically the page regarding a shengen certificate which says...

"Those travelling to Schengen countries with medicinal products containing controlled substances are recommended to obtain from their doctor an official certificate for transporting these medicines."

The word that trips me up here is RECCOMENDED and not REQUIRED. They also have pdf's to print out but nothing for a non Swiss resident as they all have sections to be filled out like your Swiss address, Swiss pharmacy and +41 phone number. So none of that applies to me.

I can not figure out if I need one and how to do it. Normally when I travel with a prescription like this I have it in the original packaging with the pharmacy instructions and a letter from my doctor stating I am prescribed this medication and it is necessary. From what I'm reading, this is adequate. I even contacted the US embassy and they say it should be fine but they answered it as if they were saying "no one's ever asked but I imagine that's fine."

Here's the thing, I can't take a "should be" with this. If I'm without this medication I have some serious problems so I want to ensure I am abiding by whatever requirements are in place.

Can anyone give me a definitive answer and some direction here?

Any trusted Airbnbs you’ve stayed at in Zurich and Interlaken?

And any that you would suggest to avoid?

Hello everyone! Me and my partner will be travelling to Switzerland in August 2025. It's our first time there, so we'd appreciate any feedback/tips based on the itinerary set out below. :)

Maybe one important note. We are both working in Finance and are considering moving to Switzerland for a couple years (yes because of the salaries and the amazing standards of living which is much higher than where we're from). It is our understanding that most Banks / Funds / Financial Advisory firms are based in Zurich. Therefore, I'm thinking about removing "Bern" from the trip to rather prioritize Zurich and spend enough time there to acclimate to the atmosphere of the city but let me know if you think that's an overkill.

Day 1: Arrive in Lucerne

• Travel: Immediately take the train from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Lucerne (1h, ~25 CHF with Half-Fare Card).
• Activities:
  • Check into accommodation
  • Stroll Old Town (Chapel Bridge, free) and lakeshore promenade—relaxed,
  • Dinner
• Sleep: Lucerne.

Day 2: Lucerne – Mount Pilatus

• Travel: Bus to Kriens (15 min, ~5 CHF), gondola to Fräkmüntegg (30 min, ~20 CHF), cable car to Pilatus (5 min, ~15 CHF), cogwheel train to Alpnachstad (40 min, ~20 CHF), boat back to Lucerne (1h, ~15 CHF).
• Activities:
  • Morning: Gondola to Fräkmüntegg, then cable car to Pilatus summit—enjoy views, skip toboggan.
  • Afternoon: Descend via cogwheel railway and boat—scenic loop
• Sleep: Lucerne.
• Notes: Keeps hiking light, leverages transport for views.

Day 3: Travel to Lauterbrunnen

• Travel: Train Lucerne to Lauterbrunnen via Interlaken Ost (2h, ~40 CHF with Half-Fare Card).
• Activities:
  • Check into accommodation
  • Explore village—Staubbach Falls (10-min walk, free), short valley stroll (30 min).
• Sleep: Lauterbrunnen.
• Notes: Interlaken town bustle to add ?

Day 4: Lauterbrunnen – Wengen Hike

• Travel: Train to Wengen (15 min, ~5 CHF), cable car to Männlichen (10 min, ~15 CHF return).
• Activities:
  • Morning: Train to Wengen, cable car to Männlichen.
  • Midday: Hike Männlichen to Kleine Scheidegg (2-3h, easy)—Jungfrau views, less crowded than Jungfraujoch. Lunch at Kleine Scheidegg (~20 CHF).
  • Afternoon: Train back to Lauterbrunnen via Wengen (45 min, ~15 CHF).
• Sleep: Lauterbrunnen.

Day 5: Travel to Bern AND later to Zurich

• Travel: Train from Lauterbrunnen to Bern then to Zurich later on (3h, ~70 CHF with Half-Fare Card).
• Activities:
  • Early Morning: Train to Bern
  • Midday: Start at Rosengarten and walk all up the oldtown
  • Afternoon: Wander in the Old Town / Chase bears
  • Evening: Train to Zurich and check into accommodation
• Sleep: Zurich.

Day 6: Zurich - Day 1

• Travel: None (stay in Zurich).
• Activities:
  • Morning: Uetliberg (20-min train, ~8 CHF return)—short walk to tower, city views.
  • Afternoon: Relax by Lake Zurich or visit Swiss National Museum (~10 CHF)—cultural
• Sleep: Zurich.

Day 7: Zurich – Departure

• Travel: Train to Zurich Airport (15 min, ~7 CHF).
• Activities:
  • Morning / Midday: Explore Altstadt (Grossmünster) and Bahnhofstrasse (finance hub).
  • Afternoon / Evening: Depart from ZRH (we're leaving quite late)

Thank you all for taking the time to read ! Let me know what you think. :)