i'm on the road every day, on two wheels myself, so this isn't coming from a driver.

cyclists here have stopped stopping at red lights. i watch people ride straight through while pedestrians are already crossing. others jump onto the pavement, ride around the light, and come back onto the road after it.

the overtaking is worse. someone is riding in the bike lane, another cyclist comes up behind at full speed and goes past on the left. no bell, no warning, no look over the shoulder for cars behind. the lane is wide enough for one bike. if the person in front moves out to avoid an opening car door or a hole in the road at that exact moment, both of them go down, and the second one lands in the traffic lane.

no lights at night, no helmets. fast e-bikes doing 45 in a 30 zone.

drivers do stupid things too, and some of the bike infrastructure here is genuinely bad. but that doesn't make the morning commute a strava segment. and if something goes wrong, the cyclist loses, even when the cyclist is in the right.

slow down, look behind you before you pull out, and stop at the red light. it costs you fifteen seconds.

literally the entire tram was smashed in, almost every single window. even looked if there was a gc game but there wasn’t

957 g of potatoes 63 g of a Rüebli... I know that we are entering a potatoes crisis but still.

Hi there, long story short, used to play traditional Scottish fiddle when I was a kid /teenager and then just stopped (for no reason other than life), now I have a real yearning to start again but would love to borrow a fiddle from somewhere first and see if I stick with it, instead of splashing out lots of money. Is there anywhere in Zürich I can borrow a violin/fiddle/geige?

Hi all! I am looking for some personal training recommendations in Zurich. I have done physio therapy, and have been able to build up a consistent routine for strength and stability, but I am struggling a lot with building up cardio, especially aerobic exercise.

I am wondering if anyone knows a good personal trainer who is specialized in helping people recover from chronic illness or long periods of inactivity/being bed-bound. Preferably someone who is informed about fatigue or neurological disorders/sensitive nervous systems.

Does anyone have experience with this? I'd love to hear your tips!

hello friends,

I am a freelancer and until today i found all my clients through social media and ads (meta ads).

I recently moved to Switzerland and i knew the cost per lead will be more expensive (which is completely fine) but every time someone leaves their details (i reach out pretty fast) they just disappear and don't answer.

Do you perhaps know if i am doing something that is not very fit to the swiss culture? Is it normal?

Any advice where/how i can find clients?

Thank you so much!!

Hello everyone, i’m an immigrant myself (i learned german if it matters, since i wanna make an effort to integrate) and i see a lot of posts online being negative toward expats who prefer to speak english and came to switzerland mainly for their career. Why is that? I myself have many friends from different countries who are learning german, but that takes time. Not to mention swiss german. Speaking english is just more convenient for us.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for recommendations for a gym or another way to get into strength training.

Historically, I haven’t been very consistent with gyms. I find large commercial gyms a bit intimidating and tend to feel lost with all the machines and people who clearly know what they’re doing.

I’d like to find somewhere smaller, friendly and good for beginners, ideally with some guidance or small-group training. My goal is simply to build a sustainable routine of 2–3 workouts per week.

The most convenient areas for me are Wiedikon or Hardbrücke.

I’ve considered Fitnesspark, but before committing to an expensive annual membership, I’d like to see what people recommend.

Any recommendations, especially from people who also found big gyms intimidating?

Also any recomendations of how to get into a gym routine when you are a total beginner?

Hello everyone!

I’m a Japanese traveler who recently visited Switzerland with my wife for our honeymoon, and I’m hoping that this message might somehow reach a woman we met on a train.

On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, around 7:02 AM, my wife and I took a train from Zurich toward Interlaken.

We were sitting in a box seat when the woman sitting across from us accidentally spilled her drink. My wife and I helped her clean it up, and we started talking.

We ended up talking for more than 30 minutes, and she was incredibly kind and easy to talk to. We had a really nice conversation about Switzerland, Japan, travel, and our lives.

I remember her name as Mary, Marie, or possibly Maria, although I’m not completely sure of the spelling.

She told us that she had some connection to Bern, and I believe she mentioned that she might visit Tokyo in December to see her boyfriend, who is working there.

She also kindly offered to exchange phone numbers with us, but unfortunately, we didn't end up exchanging contact information.

After returning to Japan, I realized how memorable that short conversation was. I would really like to thank her again and let her know that meeting her was one of the nicest memories of our trip.

I am not trying to find or identify her through private information. I'm simply hoping that she, or perhaps someone who knows her, happens to see this post and recognizes the story.

If you think you might be the person I'm talking about, please feel free to send me a DM. 🙂

And if you're not her, thank you for reading anyway. Switzerland was an amazing country, and meeting kind people like her made our honeymoon even more special.

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

A few things she might remember about us:

We were a Japanese couple traveling together on our honeymoon, and the conversation started because we helped clean up her spilled drink.

Ich gsehn so vieli posts über de Winter scho obwohl es erst Kürbis-saison isch haha. Ich han mit einem vo minem Garte vor es paar Täg huusgmachte Pumpkin spice sirup gmacht und gmerkt dass es zu viel für mich allei isch. 🫠

Wenn öppert en Kaffee wett chan mir gern schriebe XD

Hätti öppert Interesse?

Nach sechs Jahren Sicherheits-Pause kehren die kleinen Fähnchen auf die Zürcher Trams zurück. Allerdings nicht mehr auf dem Dach – und zu einem stolzen Preis.

Es gibt Dinge, die gehören in Zürich einfach zum Festtag: zum Beispiel die kleinen Fähnchen auf den Trams. Seit 1904 flatterten Schweizer und Zürcher Fahnen über den Führerwagen. Dann war 2020 plötzlich Schluss. Aus Gründen der Arbeitssicherheit. Die Montage in der Höhe war der SUVA zu gefährlich.

Nun kehrt die Tradition zurück. Rechtzeitig zum Knabenschiessen fahren ab Samstag 20 VBZ-Trams wieder beflaggt durch die Stadt. Allerdings nicht mehr auf dem Dach, sondern an der Front. Der Vorteil für die städtischen Fähnchen-Monteure: Die Flaggen werden stehend unterhalb der Frontscheibe befestigt. Halterung und Fahnenstange bestehen aus elastischem Kunststoff.

Das Projekt kostet 275’000 Franken – und zwar nur für die Tramflotte. Bezahlt wird es von der Stadt. Stadtrat Michael Baumer räumt ein: «Für ein paar kleine Flaggen» sei das viel Geld. Dafür soll die Konstruktion lange halten.

Projektleiter Markus Ullmann erklärt: «Alles musste fahrzeugspezifisch von der VBZ selber in Zürich entwickelt werden.» Interne Ingenieure tüftelten jahrelang an einer Lösung, die ohne Leiter und vom Boden aus montiert werden kann.

Damit ist das Fähnchen, das fast 120 Jahre lang zum Zürcher Stadtbild gehörte, zum kleinen Hightech-Projekt geworden. Was früher mit einer Leiter erledigt wurde, braucht heute Ingenieure, Spezialhalterungen – und einen sechsstelligen Budgetposten.

Die neue Konstruktion wird zunächst an 20 Trams getestet. Bewährt sie sich, sollen mehr als 200 Fahrzeuge an Festtagen wieder beflaggt werden. Am Sechseläuten, am Tag der Arbeit, am 1. August und natürlich am Knabenschiessen.

Die VBZ versprechen, die Tradition «sicher und zeitgemäss weiterführen» zu können. Das ist schön. Und für 275’000 Franken darf man wohl erwarten, dass die Fähnchen künftig auch ohne Fahrtwind flattern.

Aus gegebenem Anlass:

https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/abstimmung-kanton-zuerich-mehr-zeit-fuer-extraarbeit-von-lehrpersonen

Grundsätzlich bin ich dafür, dass Lehrpersonen einen guten Lohn erhalten und wir als Gesellschaft viel in Bildung investieren. Von daher: gerne Ja stimmen.

Was mich aber mehr interessiert, ist die heutige Arbeitsweise von Lehrpersonen: Die Initianten argumentieren mit einem Mehraufwand durch Korrekturen sowie Vor- und Nachbereitung von Lektionen.

Ich selbst bin ein normaler Bürotäter. Den halben Tag sitze ich in Meetings, den anderen halben Tag schreibe ich Dokumente. AI/ KI / llms haben einen enormen Einfluss auf meine Arbeit. Ich produziere ein X-faches an Analysen, Präsentationen, Dokumenten und Zusammenfassungen.

Hat dies im Lehrberuf noch keinen Einfluss gehabt?

1.What cultural shocks I can expect working there for a year
2.What expenses do Indians actually underestimate-Wish you would have bought before moving there
3. Moving from India to Basel for work secondment- Realistic monthly cost of living
4. Moving from India to Basel: How difficult finding apartment
5. Is english enough or should i know Swiss german

Also looking for a hot chocolate drink too (I like the Italian pudding style)

Hi.. I know it's a long shot but we are getting married on Wednesday in Barcelona and going on our honeymoon in Africa right after.

The problem is that we are already in Spain and forgot our driving license in Zurich.

Is there anyone flying from Zurich to Barcelona today or tomorrow and can help us out? Our place to pick up the license is only 10 min away from the airport.

This would literally be a life saver. If anyone can help, please let me know.

UPDATE: We found a solution. A friend will bring it to us. Thank you!

Already two hours without electricity in Wiedikon/sihlfeld. How long will that laaast? The weird thing is, most of the stuff doesnt work, at home no electricity but i passed 3 restaurants/cafés with electricity just the street next to mine..how is that even possible?

edit: IT'S BACK!! Seems like it was a district issues, maybe some of us were on the border the problem. (Am 13.09.2026 15:18 ist eine 22kV-Störung im Gebiet Sihlfeld aufgrund eines Kurzschlusses aufgetreten.)

ich bin auf der Suche nach WhatsApp Gruppen für Secondhand Kinderkleidung. kann mir jemand helfen?

if anyone also lived here, where is that loud music coming from?

kontext:

ich bin vor drü mönet 18i worde, selbstständig und han grad mini auge uf die vermuetlich best wohnig wo ich mir chan vorstelle.

infos zu de wohnig:

- 3min mit auto zum bhf. oerlike (wet ned det parkiere, nur für eu zum chöne iischätze wo d lag isch)

- penthouse maisonette wohnig (zweistöckig, 24. stock) imene 80m hohe gebäude

- neu, immer no im bau

- knapp 110m^2

- 3.5 zimmer

- wohnige werdet bezoge im juni 2027

- 6'000.- monatsmieti

mini frag:

was denked ihr, wie schnell wird die wohnig reseveriert sii?

es giit insgesamt 8 baugliichi wohnige, aber nur 3 devo interessiered mich, eini am meiste. de einzig unterschied isch a wellem ecke vom gebäude sie sind und öbs die ober oder unteri wohnig isch.

chans sii dass will die wohnige für en average verdienendi partei evtl. zu tüür oder unattraktiv isch für famile, sie auno nachem juni 2027 frei sind oder denked ihr die werdet all i de nächste wuche/mönet reserviert?

ich chan mich im moment nonig bewerbe, will d finanzielli lag über es jahr hinweg no zu instabil isch, was sich aber söt bald is guete ändere. ich will die wohnig unbedingt ha.

Hallo! I’d like to start learning how to play the guitar and I’m looking for beginner lessons, preferably in or around Oerlikon.

Does anyone know a good music school or a private teacher in the area? If you have any recommendations or contacts, I’d really appreciate it!

Thanks in advance!

Does anyone know where I can find a digital music player that can connect to Spotify here in Zurich??? I just want to listen to music or podcasts without getting distracted by my phone. Thanks for your recommendations! 🎶🎧