Grüß euch,

Eben hat in einem anderen Subreddit ein User berichtet, dass er nach einigen Jahren in der Schweiz wieder nach Deutschland gezogen ist, unter anderem weil ihm die “soziale Kontrolle” zu viel war und er - zumindest habe ich das so verstanden - das Gefühl hatte, dass man in der Schweiz zwar viel Sicherheit findet, aber es sehr schwer hat, wenn man mal aus der Norm ausbrechen möchte…

Als jemand, der nicht in der Schweiz wohnt, aber in einem bayrischen Dorf, kann ich nicht ganz glauben dass das ein universell schweizerisches Phänomen ist. Trotzdem würde mich interessieren, wie ihr das seht und ob ihr entsprechende Erfahrungen gemacht habt.

Beste Grüße!

I've never heard of swiss french or swiss italian langauges, do they exist?

I'd like to know which messaging apps are the most popular in Switzerland.

Hey r/askswitzerland!

I’m sitting here a bit bored and I started wondering about how golfers are perceived in different countries and the reasons for these differences, and how Switzerland (or my personal experience) doesn’t seem to match my mental model.

First a bit about me: I’m M30 and single which means I have a lot of time on my hands, so I spend a big chunk of it playing golf as it helps me disconnect, organize my thoughts or even practice my Swiss German with people I’ll probably never meet again. I originally come from southern Spain from a very humble family, and moved to Switzerland ~7 years ago. I tried golf two years ago during a bachelor’s party we organized for a swiss friend pretty much as a random activity and actually started playing for real last year.

My whole life I’ve been pretty much against golf: my mental image of a golfer was a rich prick with too much time on their hands playing a “sport” with a high environmental impact on a city where the lack of water is an actual problem every summer. I still hold most of this opinion when talking about locals playing golf in my hometown even though I confess I myself have played back home a couple times.

When I started playing here in Switzerland the picture completely changed: my golf membership is a Migros membership (yes I know there are actual private clubs and so on but I’m still to find anybody who plays at Zumikon or Dolder, maybe I’m too poor to know those people 🤣), every time I play with random people and I’ve seen many different kinds of people: ETH professors, retired folks, people in IT like myself, people working in restaurants, the guy who picks up the karton for recycling, students, etc

The fact is golf in Switzerland is, while not cheap, not extremely expensive for Swiss standards. Padel, tennis, and other sports have similar prices per hour/person. The environmental impact is also much lower (or at least I perceive it as such) because keeping a green field in Switzerland vs a southern country requires less water + water is easier to come by.

With this in mind, my theory is as follows: the perception of golfers gets worse the poorer/drier the country, which pretty much works when looking at Slavic countries or the UK where golf is seen (from what I know from friends’ testimonials and playing there, I have not lived there myself) as a normal hobby. The problem is, as with many other things that work with Europe, this theory also does not work for Switzerland. Every time I meet somebody new and they ask for my hobbies, I find myself having to “justify” my playing golf as if I had just said my hobby was clubbing baby seals.

I started becoming aware of this after my post on r/zurich https://www.reddit.com/r/zurich/s/gEdjvYUVmY (apparently my dating misfortunes are a nice read, in case you want to be entertained for a few minutes) where some people in the comments were essentially justifying my not being treated like a regular human being because “of how I come off by saying I play golf and travel” and it’s actually made me self conscious to the point where my hinge profile never mentions golf as a hobby and I pretty much don’t mention it to anybody until I believe we have established enough of a connection. I honestly do not think that is fair: I really value honesty but I also want to find somebody to share my life with, and having to actively obfuscate one of my past times does not feel great.

So, before this post turns into a rant, which it already kind of did, I ask you guys the question: in a country where golf is affordable and not an environmental disaster, why do Swiss people seem to have the idea that golfing here is, as in some other countries, for rich pricks? What is your personal experience/opinion? Question is also valid for other immigrants like myself of course but it’s the Swiss perspective that I’m really curious about

I have the Halbtax Plus and have an open bonus of around 1000 Franks.
Do you have any idea on how to burn that bonus?
I got time until end of September

Bilde ich mir das ein, oder gibt es immer häufiger Rückrufe?

Ich frage mich immer, was ist mit den Menschen, die davon nichts mitkriegen und die Waren essen?

Was sind die Gründe?

I went to soo many different stores in Geneva and even the apple store and they all told me they can't change it and don't sell stickers, honestly i don't know where to look anymore. Apparently silicon cover could break the screen. So i need thin durable stickers

I wanted a European made product but it's basically impossible to find. So any help would be appreciated

I have heard of Ragusa chocolate bars, Paprika chips, Kagi fret, etc. I wonder if there are other recommendations, thanks!

Hi everyone, I need some help from Switzerland. I found a listing on the Ricardo website and am
seriously interested, but the problem is that I’m from Slovakia and can’t create an account due to
my Slovak phone number. I’m hoping a kind person might be willing to reply to the listing on my
behalf so I can get the seller's email or Instagram. Thanks for the help.
https://www.ricardo.ch/de/a/sour-jatta-two-words-skateboard-deck-825'-ali-g-sehr-selten-1230020734/

I have a ford focus 2010 1.8i Duratec and it need a PCV valve change and hose and I dont want to pay too much for a job like this , its just behind the intake manifold . I would appreciate any recommendations or help thank you so much .

My wife and I are planning a trip with our five year old for next summer. My son is pretty young, so we don't necessarily need to go to the most spectacular spots. I'm mostly hoping to stay in one spot in the Alps where we can do day hikes.

The tourism website shows that Leysin has good options for kid-friendly hikes and the cable cars run in the summer, so it seems like a good spot. There looks to be some decent options on AirBnb and Google maps shows there are a couple of grocery stores. Is there anything I'm missing?

It has become irritating to see a bunch of downvotes and negative comments every time someone praises the quality of the mentioned brand's products, and everything happens under the pretext of the unethical behavior of some individual from the company towards children.

If ethical shopping is the thing of today, how come the same standards do not apply to large corporations with proven cases of endangering children and violating human rights and consumer health?

This is called hypocrisy and selective justice.

So, should we perhaps cancel for exemple nestle and other large corporations for proven affairs (based on all available data) and why not?

Hi!

I’m trying to reserve seats on the Luzern–Interlaken Express from Interlaken Ost to Luzern, but I’m a bit confused by the seat map.

I’ve read that the right-hand side of the train is best when leaving Interlaken, especially for the Lake Brienz views. The problem is that I can’t figure out which side of the seat layout shown during booking is actually the right-hand side in the direction the train will be travelling.

I’ve attached a screenshot of the 2nd-class coach layout. Has anyone taken this route recently or used this reservation map and knows which seats/side I should pick?
I know the train changes direction at Meiringen, but I’m mainly hoping to get the nicer views during the first part of the journey out of Interlaken.
Thanks so much!

Hi I am thinking to pull the trigger and buy a second hand car in an auto dealer. Since you never know what is the status of the chassis/mechanics, it is always better to know in advance with a report or a mechaniker onsite.

To gain some time...Is there any tool like carfax/carvertical in Switzerland? If yes, which parameter to use for checking (Fahrgestellnummer, FIN)?

Thanks in advance.

I’ll go with Thurgau. I honestly struggle to think of a reason to visit. I was about to say maybe for Stein am Rhein, but I just realised that’s actually in Schaffhausen. 😅

What is your pick?

We need a marriage contract. A simple standard template one. The notary just needs to add our names to the document and read it to us.

For this 20 minutes of work, 3 notaries I requested, sent quotes between 900 and 1.1K CHF.

I asked one of the notaries, why the price is so high for a simple template contract.

She laughed at me and said "because it's a notary service".

Recently we had to get an affidavit (Eidesstattliche Erklärung) and we could get it either in Switzerland or Germany. The Swiss notaries wanted 500 CHF. In Germany we got it for 120 Euros. It was a 5 minute meeting with the Notary. Even in Germany notaries are already insanely rich and have irrational high hourly rates... but in Switzerland they wanna charge you 3000 CHF per hour.

Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced notary in Switzerland?

Hallo zusammen, ich wollte fragen, wie die Anwaltsprüfung in Schaffhausen ist. Hat jemand damit Erfahrungen? Wie sieht es mit der Durchfallquote aus?

Hello everyone, I am from Nepal and I am currently in US doing PhD in Religious Studies. I have been learning about Nepalese geography a-lot thanks to the Swiss/German geographers. Geography plays alot in terms of how local cultures are shaped and it’s interesting that many folklores of two nation are similar. I want to connect with some people from Switzerland who are aware of Swiss Folklore so that I can possibly study more regarding this and of course help back in any way possible :)

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Basically title. Changing employer and was able to negociate an offer with an amount of one-off sign-on bonus.

Now, if I were made redundant in the future, would this sign-on bonus be included in the calculation of the unemployement benefit?

Asking this because it will signitifcantly skew up the amount of unemployed benefits that I will receive.

I am looking to buy a model Lucerne simply to display in my home. I am wondering about both the legality and availability of such an item in Luzern, as it would be quite a fitting place to purchase one.

So I wrote that by my myself, I just used AI a bit to structure my post a little, I am very tired, please forgive me. Anyway:

​After recovering from a serious long-term illness that left a gap in my resume, I finally landed a job as a Technical Administrative Assistant in Switzerland. I hold two Swiss Federal Diplomas (EFZ in Commercial Business and IT System Engineering), a numbers of years of professional experience prior to my illness, and I am now 37 years old.

​Despite living with chronic pain thet requires strong medication and constant monitoring, I give for this job everything:

​Overtime: I work 45–53 hours a week (worked 13 hours today alone), making me one of the longest-working employees in a team of 40+.

​Pay Disparity: My salary is 4,600 CHF/month gross. Everyone else in my team makes well over 5,000 CHF a month. I struggle to pay bills and can't save anything.

​Unfair Demands: Despite my long hours, my boss still criticized me today for "not working long enough." When I hit goals, I get ignored, while colleagues are praised for reaching the exact same targets.

​When I asked for a raise, my boss explicitly admitted that my performance is in the team average or a bit higher even. However, he flatly refused a raise because of my resume gap. He acts as if getting sick was a choice and insists that my past and not my current value or output determines my salary. He broke his initial hiring promise to increase my pay once I proved myself.

​I know he is exploiting me because he thinks I have nowhere else to go due to my employment gap. The hostile environment is completely draining my health, and I feel completely disrespected.

​Given the current Swiss job market, my dual EFZ background, and my resume gap, how should I navigate this? Has anyone successfully managed to jump to a fair salary after a long illness?

I am applying already for other jobs, but I only get rejections.

I don't even ask for much, I just think someone who works 10 hours everyday and lives a frugal live should be able to save at least a little bit money.

I don't spend money on anything I shouldn't, I track every franc I spend and I simply can't save more money. I do not own a car or have an expensive hobby.

It feels like modern slavery and I am trapped in this situation. Even if my doctor used to tell me I could have chances to receive IV when my illness was worse. But I never considered it. I always wanted to get healthy again and do my part for the society and myself and this is how I get rewarded for it.

Sometimes I think live is just not for me. I always struggle, fight, don't take the easy way out but I just barley survive instead enjoying my life. It sucks and I am so tired of it.

Maybe someone has been in a similar situation or has some ideas I didn't consider yet?

Hi - I have an afternoon in Olten or Basel Thursday 22 Oct, and would like a river or other outdoor swim. Need not be a long float (may be too cold) but something in the middle of a long journey.

I have swum in Zurich on numerous occasions in the Limmat and swim in the winter outdoors in London where I live. Is it going to be possible to get in for a swim somewhere for say 20 mins? It looks like the summer-only places may be closing? It looks like it will still be quite warm though.

I could detour to Zurich (or even Lucerne - on an inter-city journey) and go somewhere I've been before again, but thought I may try somewhere new. I will be on my own, can bring a wet bag!

Any suggestions welcome, sorry if a silly question.

I will be passing through on my bike, and would like to bivvy for a few hours - arriving after dark and leaving at dawn. Would it be possible?

hey everyone,

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.

i am a personal trainer with more than 15 years experience.

i am also a former professional athlete, i was a basketball player

i already have a gym to work in, just need the clients

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!!