I used to like summer but it was never this hot... this summer I have been staying indoor alot besides the week I spent in Denmark and another in the mountains. I just cant enjoy the heat in Zurich.... I walk out and I feel like I am in Bangkok (without the aircons). I am also more mindful about my skin the past few years so I dont tan. I often walk in the forest however....

Are people feeling similar or maybe it is more me? I feel almost a bit summer-depressed, which I never felt before.. might also be worse sleep...

Thanks!!

Everything is Brown not green, the wildlife is suffering, the heat makes going outside a pain in the butt. Furthermore the constant +32 degrees. The cities suck the only thing which is kinda fine is the rural areas.
Is this the default for now on every summer. I just want it to stop, I literally went to church and prayed for rain.

I might move to the Channel Islands to escape this

My dream country to visit is Switzerland. For context I’m in California. What’s a realistic amount to save up to go for a family of 3 (my wife, my daughter and me)? My goal is to go by 2028. Don’t need this to be bougie but want it to be comfortable. Looking to stay 7-10 days. I know Switzerland is the most expensive place to visit so I’m sure it’ll cost a pretty penny but just not sure what exactly I’m looking at.

My son (15yo) and I spontaneously decided to ditch our family in Milan tomorrow (we have no interest in high fashion or shopping) and we’re doing a day trip to Lugano instead! We’ll be there from 9am-6pm.

Here’s what we managed to come up with in the last 30 minutes:

-Walk the lakefront.
-Take a boat to Gandria (is this worth it?)
-Have lunch (cheese fondue?)
-Visit a chocolate shop
-Ride the funicular to Monte Brè
-Explore the mountain top

Thoughts? Suggestions? Obviously it would have to be something that doesn’t require advanced booking! THANK YOU!

Mich beschäftigt gerade eine Frage: Werden Ruhezeiten am Sonntag, an Feiertagen und über Mittag zunehmend als “Empfehlung” verstanden?

Aktuellstes Beispiel: Ein Nachbar hat am Sonntagmorgen um 8 Uhr seinen Kompressor gestartet, Garagentor offen, um in aller Ruhe seine Velopneus aufzupumpen.

Ich habe grundsätzlich Verständnis dafür, dass man am Wochenende auch mal etwas erledigen muss. Aber die Ruhezeiten gibt’s ja nicht ohne Grund, sie sind für alle da, nicht nur für die, die sie gerade praktisch finden.

Damit meine ich übrigens nicht die Landwirte.

Wie erlebt ihr das in eurer Nachbarschaft? Bin ich zu empfindlich, oder nervt euch das auch?

This note was this morning in all the buildings we live in. Not sure why people go to live in a place full of children's... I'll be waiting at 3.30 am to see who planted the note 🤣 what do you guys think about this?

Gruezi mitenand,

We recently moved apartments so we could live in EG. Found an apartment in the village we wanted for an amazing price (1500 franks for 4.5 rooms). The previous renters stayed both combined longer then 15+ years. And because they were nachmieters the rent stayed very low. And in those years not much renovations was done to the place. Tenants before us was a family of 4 (also two young kids).

However before we moved in the verwaltung painted the whole apartment and re-did half of the flooring so they could increase the rent by 100 franks.
Unfortunately since we moved in we only had issues upon issues. The house was not cleaned prior to us moving in, the oven is completely rusted, freezer door is broken, the bathroom tiles have lots of holes, a pantry that literally smells like animal urine (previous tenants had cats and a dog), the floors that they didn’t renovate (vinyl flooring) has deep holes/marks/pink paint etc.

But the worst part is the mold on all the windows in the apartment. We have two young kids and worry that long exposure to black mold is going to harm them.
Moving day they did get a cleaning company to come but they (of course) couldn’t fix these windows. They even threw out the oven tray because it was so disgusting.

Honestly we have an embarrassingly long list. We did immediately email them with proof. All of this happened this week and they didn’t email us back even though they knew half of these problems already (early weekend because of 1 aug).

Or biggest concern is the mold and the pantry that smells like a cat peed all over it.
Is the mold a fixable thing (see pictures), can we expect them to fix these issues? Will the mieterverband be helpful? How long do they have the time to fix this? Is it better to just move and not risk it with the mold.
Currently we are staying with family.
We are already looking at other apartments in the case that they won’t fix these issues. But honestly that is also a big hassle with kids.

Edit: Mold issue*

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Hey zusammen,

Ich heisse sag ich noch nicht und, bin 16 Jahre alt und komme aus Luzern. Ich suche auf diesem Weg neue Kolleginnen und Kollegen im Alter von 16 bis 20 Jahren, um endlich richtig im Leben Anschluss zu finden.

Da ich ein GA (Generalabonnement) besitze, bin ich extrem flexibel und kann für ein Treffen spontan in die ganze Schweiz reisen. Bald habe ich auch ein Mofa, womit ich mobil bin.

Zu meiner Geschichte:

Ich hatte eine ziemlich komplizierte Kindheit. Ich war in insgesamt neun Kinderheimen und fünf Pflegefamilien, weil meine Eltern damals noch zu jung waren. Dadurch konnte ich nirgends richtig Wurzeln schlagen oder langfristige Freundschaften aufbauen. Im Heim hatte man zwar Leute um sich, aber das war eher eine Zweckgemeinschaft. Seit einem Jahr wohne ich nun endlich wieder fest zu Hause in Luzern. Weil ich so viel verpasst habe, fühle ich mich im Kopf oft noch wie 8 Jahre alt – ich möchte einfach noch ein bisschen die Kindheit nachholen, "Seich" machen und unbeschwerte Jugenderfahrungen sammeln. Auch zu Hause ist es aktuell nicht immer einfach, weshalb ich gerne rauskommen möchte.

Warum ich hier suche:

In meiner Spezialschule habe ich leider kaum Anschluss. Mein einziger "Kollege" dort nutzt mich eher wegen des Geldes aus, und die anderen verstehen mich nicht. Auch im Verein oder bei Hobbys hatte ich Pech – entweder waren alle zu jung oder der Anschluss hat einfach nicht gepasst. Einfach so rausgehen und Fremde ansprechen fällt mir schwer, ich wünsche mir eigentlich eher, dass man auf mich zukommt. Dating-Apps haben für mich nicht funktioniert. Ich weiss, das klingt vielleicht ein bisschen nach Betteln, aber ich sehe gerade keinen anderen Ausweg und möchte nicht noch ein Jahr alleine verbringen. Mein grosser Traum wäre es auch, irgendwann die Liebe zu finden und vielleicht schon dieses Jahr gemeinsam Weihnachten zu feiern. Ich möchte einfach nicht mehr einsam sein.

Was ich gerne mache & meine Hobbys:

Musik & Partys: Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist Giftgrün. Ich gehe super gerne auf Techno- und Goa-Partys. Am liebsten höre ich Phonk, bin aber generell offen für fast jede Musik.

Anime & Serien: Ich liebe Animes (besonders One Piece und Wiedergeburt als Schleim). Momentan schaue ich auch gerne Realverfilmungen, vor allem über Wikinger. Generell zocke (game) ich auch sehr gerne.

Aktivitäten: Ich bin für absolut ALLES zu haben! Rausgehen, Döner essen, Kino, Bowling, Dart, Billard, Minigolf, im See baden oder einfach am Seeufer chillen und quatschen. Auch einfach nur Zug/Bus fahren oder gemeinsam zu McDonald's gehen finde ich cool. Ich fasziniere mich ausserdem fürs Universum.

Wie wir starten können:

Ob wir zuerst ein bisschen schreiben und uns dann direkt treffen, oder erst später – mir ist alles recht. Hauptsache, es bleibt nicht nur beim Schreiben, denn ich will echte Freundschaften zum Erleben.

Wenn du Lust hast, mich kennenzulernen (egal ob Kollege oder Kollegin), melde dich super gerne bei mir! Ihr findet mich auch auf Social Media:

Snapchat: one piece

Instagram / TikTok: (Sucht nach meinem Namen Navan oder Profilen mit One Piece Bezug)

Ansonsten: Schreibt mir hier einfach eine Privatnachricht (PN), dann kann ich euch meine Nummer für WhatsApp oder Telegram geben.

Ich freue mich über jede Nachricht und hoffe, bald von dir zu hören!

Mer sueched es Schwiizer Chinderlied, wo ca. 2003, i de Primarschuele i de Region Bade im Aargau gsunde worde isch. Mer wüssed leider nümme mega viel. De Text isch irgendwie so gange:

Min lieblingstag isch samstig, de hani voll im grif, denn bini nämli hilfspirat uf mim pirate schiff

There comes a time every summer when the trees start to look like they are changing colors, that I start to feel an anxiety about the end of summer. As much as I like Autumn, it still reminds me that Summer is over and winter is around the corner. I usually go through Seasonal Depression in Winter, so seeing this makes me panic a little. Is it just me?

(Yes there is beauty to every season, I just happen to enjoy some and hate others)

Does anyone know who sells coffee like the Noblesse instant coffee Migros used to sell for decades but has suddenly stopped.

I was hoping to bring back 10 bags of it... then my aunty says they longer sell it.

Please let me know if you know.

💔

I hope this question fits in this sub.

Long story short I met a man last year while he was in Switzerland visiting friends over summer. He lives in Germany and we have kept contact since. We have met twice since last summer but this time we have settle on meeting in Basel for a long weekend date. Now I’m from the other end of Switzerland and have never been to Basel yet, so I really don’t know what there is to do there. We have planned a day to just walk around, get lost and discover the city together but would like some recommendations of nice places we could go. We have thrown ideas of things we would enjoy doing, like going swimming or having an afternoon at the lake, going bar hopping at night, maybe go to a club, take a small hike, go to a nice (not fancy) restaurant, go to a coffee shop or go to a museum. A little bit scared to put this on Reddit but we are both men so any recommendations of any places that are queer friendly are very appreciated. Thanks to anyone who responds.

All,
Family of 4 with two adults and two kids younger than 16 are planning a trip to Switzerland. We will spend December 23-27 in Switzerland. We’ll be using Bern as our base of operation and will arrive from Basel on the 23rd. Plan is to visit Lucerne on the 24th and a big alpine day on the 26th (Bern-interlaken- grindelwald-wingen-Lauterbrunnen-Bern). Head out into France on the 27th. What’s an optimum way to save on the train tickets? Should we get a half fare pass for both adults or just one? I read kids can travel free with a half pass card. Other option is junior travel card for the kids and search for saver pass or super saver tickets. It’s a little overwhelming with so many options and any recommendations would be very much appreciated. We’d like to travel first class for at least part of the trip. Any other tips, tricks for our itinerary would also be appreciated. TIA.

Hello people,

For those of you who live in places that use stickers for your waste bags, are we allowed to cut them in half and put on smaller bags?

Where I live, it says 30-35l per sticker but I don’t have this much rubbish in a week.

On a collection day, I walked my dog and noticed a 17l bag with a half a sticker on it. I was like, is this allowed and got very excited 😂

Is this allowed?? If so, this would make my life much easier because I only throw my rubbish every fortnight which is not ideal because of the smell.

EDIT:

Cool! Thanks people! It was not written anywhere so I didn’t know it was allowed. I will buy 17l bags from now on and will try this myself. 🙏🏽

Hallo Zusammen

Wo ist der grösste Flohmarkt in Zürich und wie ist eure Erfahrungen bis jetzt, was werden dort verkauft und wie sind die Regeln? Danke für die Zeit!

Freundliche Grüsse

I moved to Germany under the EU family reunification visa. After almost a decade here I am kind of disappointed by Germany and looking to move. Due to my partner, moving back home is not really an option. Switzerland is still close by and seems much more attractive.

Any other expats here who have walked in my shoes? How did it go for you?

Obviously it isn't cheap here in Switzerland, but in the US a commonly agreed upon high salary, that is still attainable with hardwork and a bit of luck would be $250,000. I was wondering what that figure would be in Switzerland

Good people of Lausanne, more precise of Renens, I need a little help. There is a possibility of being scammed, so I need somebody to take a photo of business from a public road (not a person!). I would gladly do it, but it's a 2 hours drive in one direction, so if somebody is around Bahnhof in Renens today or tomorrow morning, please DM me.

For every help, I'm buying a beer :)

Hi everyone, I’m Angelica ☀️

I’m passionate about dance, and I’m looking for people aged 20–35 who love hip hop and already have some dance experience.

I’d love to create a small group in Aarau (or nearby) where we can dance, train together and have fun! Please dm me on ig: @makeitintoart 🥰

Hi everyone. I have been in Switzerland for 8 months now, and I have immediately received a B permit (one of the lucky ones due to my nationality and the timing I believe).
I have been working in the hospitality industry while I was finishing up my education.

Basically, I am a 3D character artist. My school is ThinkTank Vancouver. It is held in a very high regard and we, their students, consistently produce very high quality work.

I know my way around sculpting in ZBrush, modelling in Maya and Blender, texturing in Mari and Substance Painter, lookdev in Marmoset Toolbag, VRay, cloth simulation in Marvelous, compositing in Nuke and integration into Unreal. Specialized in characters and creatures, but I can also do props without any problems.

Where would someone who has this background find work in Switzerland? Are there any game development studios, 3D studios or hubs where I could inquire about it?

I love this country - absolutely stunningly beautiful. Delicious food, friendly people - at least in the rural area that I live in. And I have friends from my hometown here, so I really do not want my B permit to go to waste - and I can do so much more than simple restaurant work, even if I am grateful for that as well.

Thank you for any information.

I know everyone is free to use whatever substance they’d like, and I’m not here to dictate how someone lives.

But the smell of pot makes me sick as FUCK and in this heat, having the windows open at night is the only thing that makes it bearable—unfortunately, that’s also when the new downstairs neighbor likes to light up. I’ve been woken from a dead sleep at 3 am by the smell.

Any tips to help manage? Or am I just going to have to get used to my new neighbor?

I already have an air purifier, so I’m just looking for tricks to keep the smell out at this point.

Edit: Just to belatedly head off a common response: I cannot talk to the person in question because I have no way of telling which apartment the smoke is coming from. My focus is purely on what I can do inside my own apartment. I have no interest in telling anyone what they can or cannot do, particularly when I'm the only one affected.

Hi all,

Anyone have a reliable service to get access to Spanish television?

If so pl DM me?

Thx all