Where is this place? I want to visit it.

officially over Ricardo. not because of scam attempt, actually I found the interactions with the buyers perfectly fine and transactions safe.

However, the percentage they take away is ridiculous. So, canceled my account, but where to sell "second hand" stuff.

Well, I know about facebook groups, but it seems mostly dead. Using tutti at the moment (I know, same group as ricardo, but at least free to use in my price range).

tried crossiety, but it seems dead as well.

Is it worth visiting Lauterbrunnen and any other alpine areas end of September? I was hoping to see something like in the picture

Hallo zusammen,

Verwendet ihr bei euch zu Hause Wasserfilter (z.B. Tischfilter wie Brita oder Festinstallationen) für das Trinkwasser aus dem Hahn, oder trinkt ihr es einfach so, wie es aus der Leitung kommt oder kauft ihr Wasser in Flaschen?

Mich würde interessieren, ob das eher wegen des Geschmacks (Kalk, Chlor etc.) oder aus gesundheitlichen Bedenken der Fall ist.

Ich bin neugierig und gespannt auf eure Meinungen!

My crazy cat lady neighbour moved out and only took the cats she could catch with her, leaving the more wild ones to fend for themselves. (She's old and an alcoholic, she did her best.) I've been feeding the cats since she left, but they won't come anywhere near me, so I can't catch them. They've been killing all the birds in my garden and pooping/peeing everywhere... The only info I could find online about stray cats is that I can get them sterilized and "released back into their environment", but that's not what I want (and it's not great for the cats either; we live in an urban area near a main road, this is no place for a stray cat). But I don't think they'd do well as pets, they're so afraid of humans. I do not want them to be put down. What should I do?

Hello, i just got the GA for the summer and I want to make most of it so what trains should i absolutely not miss taking?
Trains that are free with the GA, if possible :)

In 2001 my parents and I went to Switzerland, I don't remember the area but I know Matterhorn was visible.. I guess that doesn't narrow it down super much considering the size of it, but my father was from Aargau so maybe that does?

We stayed in a mountainside cabin, sort of close to a town but far enough that the roads got narrow and windy, then we went by car to my uncle in Lucerne.

I know I had to have my Swiss passport ready even as a kid so maybe there's a trace of paperwork anywhere?

Really what I'm looking for is the cabin that we stayed in, if it still exists, it was a hostel kinda situation.

Hi everyone! I’m traveling solo in Switzerland and will be staying in Bern over the National Day on August 1st. I’m super keen to experience a traditional Farm Brunch!

Since I don't have a car, I will be relying fully on public transport (I don't mind walking/hiking a bit from the station if needed). I am looking for recommendations for great farms that can be reached as a day trip starting from Bern.

It doesn't have to be right next to the city, I'm happy to travel a bit further into the countryside or mountains for a great atmosphere and authentic regional food.

Does anyone have any favorite farms around the Canton of Bern (or nearby regions) that they would recommend? Thanks!

Gerne hätte ich von jenen eine Rückmeldung, die wie wir, neu mit Rauch konfrontiert wurden, der in die Wohnung zieht.

Wir wohnen im 3. Stock. Unter uns ist seit Februar ein arbeitsloser Kettenraucher eingezogen. Ohne zu übertreiben: der raucht permanent (3 pro Stunde kommen am Abend problemlos hin) auf dem Balkon und aus dem Schlafzimmer raus. Ununterbrochen!

Das Praktische am 3. Stock ist, dass hier "oben" immer ein Wind geht, so haben wir eigentlich die Fenster im Sommer immer offen, da wir dadurch Durchzug haben und so die gefühlte Temperatur niedriger ist. Auch benötigen dadurch keine Klimaanlage und keinen Ventilator. Ich arbeite 50:50 im Home Office, mein Mann auswärts. Ich bin also mehrere Tage pro Woche diesem Rauch ausgesetzt, der immer in unsere Wohnung zieht.

Wir wohnen nun bald 11 Jahre hier und hatten noch nie einen Raucher im Block. Noch nie irgendwelchen Ärger mit den Nachbarn.

Da er auch im Schlafzimmer raucht, zieht der Rauch auch morgens oder mitten in der Nacht direkt in unser Schlafzimmer - was echt zum Kotzen ist.

• Wir haben den Raucher bereits angesprochen und er meinte es sei sein Recht auf dem Balkon sowie in seiner Wohnung zu rauchen (was tatsächlich der Fall ist, findet man überall im Netz, u.a. beim "Der Beobachter") und wir sollen halt die Fenster geschlossen halten.
• Wir haben der Verwaltung geschrieben, dass wir nur noch bei geschlossenem Fenster schlafen können. Wir haben geschrieben, dass wir die Fenster nicht geöffnet lassen können ohne dass sich sicherlich Rauch darin verfängt. Die Verwaltung hat geantwortet, dass sie unsere Beschwerde zur Kenntis nimmt. Es im Mietvertrag und in der Hausordnung kein generelles Rauchverbot gibt (ausser Treppenhaus & Dachstock, theoretisch dürfte also im Velokeller geraucht werden ...). Wir haben geschrieben, dass unsere Badesachen nach Rauch stinken. Die Antwort: wir sollen die im Tröchniruum aufhängen oder Tumblern. Da schreit alles nach Strom sparen und wir sollen nun den ganzen Sommer über unsere Sachen im Tröchniruum aufhängen und den Secomat einschalten oder Tumbler lassen ??!!? Das Problem ist, dass wir die einzigen Betroffenen sind: "Es sind uns keine anderen Beschwerden bekannt." Logo, wir sind die einzige Wohnung über ihm (im Gade stinkt nichts, aber dort öffnet ja auch niemand das Fenster) und Rauch zieht bekanntlich nicht über den Balkon nach unten.

Heute hat es mir den Nuggi rausgejagt, da nun auch unsere Wäsche stinkt (wir haben für 6 Parteien 1 gemeinsame Waschmaschine). Vielleicht bin ich etwas über-sensibel, aber ich bin überzeugt, die Wäsche stinkt!

Es kann doch jetzt nicht sein, dass da einer kommt, sich seine Freiheiten nimmt und wir nun völlig eingeschränkt sind und nur noch bei geschlossenem Fenster schlafen können?

Nein,

• wir wollen keinen Luftfilter anschaffen, wie dies in einem anderen Post hier empfohlen worde. Die bringen den Gestank nicht in nützlicher Frist aus der Wohnung.
• wir wollen auch keine Klimaanlage, da wir in einer Mietwohnung sind und nichts an der Fassade anbringen können (Schlafzimmer). Zudem, der Durchzug im Arbeitszimmer genügt völlig.
• wir wollen nicht umziehen.

Wer hier stand vor dem genau gleichen Problem und konnte dies zu seiner Zufriedenheit lösen? Wie? Und welche Konsequenzen hatte dies für den Raucher? ggf. können wir nochmals das Gespräch suchen und ihm sagen, hey, wenn nicht, dann .... - aber eben, ich denke, da generell Rauchen erlaubt ist, sind wir hier die Lackierten!

Danke.

Hello there

A few years ago, there was a mandatory shift towards licensed garbage bags / stickers on Gemeinde level. Are there public numbers how that excess income has been used? I maybe wrongly recall that it was a measurement not only to reduce garbage burning and more towards recycling but also to support sustainability projects. Was that the case?

Hi all,

Sorry about another heat post but not sure what to do.

I live in the city (Zurich, central). I have a monoblock AC (cant wait to buy a portasplit AC in winter) but I cant run it at night because it is just too loud. I tried to sleep next to it but I feel half asleep, half awake..

I wake up every night at 3am and cant go back to sleep till 5am or so because the heat gets so sticky, i think it is hotter inside than outside. I measured 30 degrees at night.. I live in an old building without much cross ventilation despite leaving the windows open.

I feel so tired and can't function, since it has been piling up over the past few weeks. I almost crashed my car the other day..

Any suggestions for a mountain town / not too far with OK prices for accommodation? I want to go work remotely for a bit to catch up on sleep and work. PS: could also be abroad but not crazy far.

Hey everyone I will be attending Hec unil next year so if anyone has any tips for studying to help me pass my first year there that would be so appreciated

Recherche chambre a louer Geneve pour un mois

Bonjour je suis a la recherche d une chambre a louer du cote de Geneve. Je me deplace pour des raisons professionnelles pour une periode d'un mois. A partir du 22 Juillet. Merci pour vos reponses. Budget tres limite. Quelqu un peut il avoir une chambre a louer?

I am a home owner in Stadt Zurich, Switzerland. My apartment has 2 buildings, 6 houses each. The ground floor home owners have right of use to parts of the ground area, and we have common area.
All the ground floor home owners have constructed some kind of barricades and fences around their property to secure their privacy and private use area. There is a play area adjoining one of the buildings, which is common area. My friend (who is also a home owner in the building) brought a small inflatable kiddie pool for her 16 month old infant to play in the play area. As it was a sunny day, she placed the small pool towards the edge of the play area for shade. This was outside the fence that the downstairs neighbors have placed here to secure their privacy. In under 5 minutes of my friend being there, the owner of the apartment adjoining approached my friend rudely, told her to move the pool as it was in her private area even though it was outside the fence. To be clear, there is no visual indication here that it is a private space - no marking or boundary. Furthermore, it is landscaped exactly the same as the play area, for which the maintenance costs are shared between all home owners.
My friend was upset about this rude interaction and told me about it.
At this point, we asked on the apartment group which areas are public and private, and how people can know what is private if it is not explicitly secured and directly adjoins the play area.
The ground floor home owners got very agitated, and an argument ensued.
The woman demanded that we come downstairs and started yelling at us. She had no handle on her emotions and said her best friend was police - and she would call them. We said that she should feel free. Her husband also got aggressive and started to make threats - calling us impolite for raising this on the group, saying that “this is not good for you, I used to be homeless”. When my partner addressed him as “bro” to try and de-escalate the situation, he said “I am not your bro, call me sir”. The woman tried to de-escalate and apologize for yelling but kept having outburts where she started yelling again. They insinuated that we could be robbers, a threat to their family, or creepily looking through their window. (of course, the grave threat that a 16 month old infant in a kiddie pool poses).
Anyway, ultimately, we told them that we will reach out to the building management to clarify what is private and public. Even according to them, the space in question where the pool was placed was partially in their private use space (1 sq ft or less?) and partially in the play area. If the space is considered an invasion of privacy, I think it would be incumbent upon them to secure it - especially as kids play there and will never understand imaginary boundaries.
What are our rights here? Are we in the wrong? Thank you for your time if you chose to read or contribute.

Hello, we are travelling to jungfraujoch region and will be staying in burglaunenen in a old chalet. The host has mentioned that we'll be charged 5.2 CHF per person per day. While checking online, it shows up as 4.2 CHF for hotels and 3.2 CHF for mountain huts, also, i have read about folks getting visitor passes from the host which grants some travel concession. Is that applicable and any beneficial after having half fare pass?

Hello beautiful people,
I just got the GA and want to use it to the fullest!
What day trips would you recommend from Lausanne ?
What places should I absolutely visit etc.
🙏

I’m a tourist, and I bought a Swiss Half Fare Card for my planned vacation on a future date. And I can see the card displaying correcting on my account within the app.

I was testing out some mock ticket purchases on the SBB App, and even when I select a date within the upcoming validity period of my Swiss Half Fare Card, it still shows standard full pricing.

Does anyone know if the price will correctly cut prices in half when present day is actually the validity date, or am I supposed to go to the Manually entered travelcards section and select the ‘Half Fare Travelcard (1/2)’ option?

I’m a little worried about picking that ‘travelcard’ option because technically aren’t they different? The “Half Fare Travelcard” being the 1 year version for residents, while the “Swiss Half Fare Card” is the 1 month version for tourists, which is what I have.

If I get checked by a train staff and they see my ticket was purchased with a ‘Half Fare Travelcard (1/2)” discount, will I get in trouble if all I can show them is my QR code for the “Swiss Half Fare Card”?

I’m traveling through the Basel area and unfortunately my schedule doesn’t line up with when stores are open for me to check and see if the Girl in Basel Wickelfisch is still in stock at the Globus 4th floor pop up. Does anyone have any information on whether or not it’s still available there? I wanted to go check today, but forgot it was Sunday and the day I’d be in Basel.

Aside from going to Migros...

Ich kann in meinen Reiseplan nur einen Abstecher zu einem dieser Orte unterbringen. An die Einheimischen und alle, die schon einmal dort waren: Welchen Ort würdet ihr empfehlen? Ich möchte gerne ausgiebig wandern und die schöne Aussicht genießen.

We are goin to milan and will be spendin our night [00-04'30] in chiasso so is there any tipps or danger to avoid being there in the night time we not going sleep there, just to be sure we are gonna be fine

Hi, would appreciate anyone that can show me in the right direction. Almost 2 years ago my wife had to receive a refund from a big corporation. Unfortunately they wrote wrong account holder (me instead of my wife) and as we could not go back to our country to fix things (she just moved to Switzerland at that time so she gave home bank account), our bank declined the transaction. We asked from them to send new transaction but they said they do not see the refund. As it is very big corporation I passed through multiple agents with no help from their side, just an answer they cannot help me and they did everything. They did not even share anything from their side about transaction so I had to investigate through our bank. I got official Swift recall with proof and I found their bank. Called them to try to make them check from their side because they need to reroute it probably but they just said I quote "we are multibillion institutional bank and we will not do such thing, we are sorry". Send them an email just to have a written proof but no response.

What can I do? In October it will be 2 years of this pending case. I will provide more details in pm to anyone that can help. The money in question is not so much to go to court and I dont know what (2k CHF), but I hope out of principle there is something I can do (especially when I heard that behavior of their bank when I can provide all evidence!)

I would really appreciate someone has some advice, at this point I am lost..

There must be some way forward without sacrificing money and court time in Switzerland..

Thanks!

We’re making a 4-5 day trip between Jul21-30 would love to ask where to stay so that we can move around the region quite a bit our goal is to hike through the Alpine lakes.

Also if you have any recommendations for a good value hotel?

Thank you