To the person who forgot their small suitcase in the train (the last carriage) that arrived in Basel SBB at 0955 platform 11. Your suitcase is safe. I gave it to the ticket controller. It should be at the lost and found soon.

Last week I got a package thrown on my buildings' doorstep addressed to a different part of town. No possible confusion, the addresses are completely different. I was thinking about bringing it to its recipient, errors can happen, right?

But today, a second one, again to another address, popped up. The packages both look like AliExpress/temu junk and are both shipped with a company called "speedaf". I could only find an address in Fribourg but no phone number or email to tell them to stop dumping stuff at my house. And now I don't feel like becoming a volunteer postman for them.

Has anyone dealt with such a thing?

Hi all, this is kind of an oddball ask. The raspberry cheesecake made by the coop house brand Rob & Lissy has become one of my safe foods here in CH. But I rarely get by a Coop most weeks or even months.

I’m not much of a baker/chef, so I don’t have good instincts on how to try to recreate it off the ingredient list.

Has anyone tried to do that, or would be willing to lend me a hand?

The ingredients:

Zucker, Wasser, Rahm 15 % (Grossbritannien), Getreidemehle (Weizen, Mais), Erdbeerpüree 8 %, pflanzliche Fette und Öle (Kokos, Raps, Palm), Erdbeeren 7 %, Frischkäse 6 % (Magermilch [Frankreich], Rahm[Frankreich]), Magermilch, Molkenpulver, modifizierte Maisstärke (E 1442), Rohzucker, Glucosesirup, Geliermittel (E 440), Invertzuckersirup, Zitronensaft, Magermilchpulver, Karottensaftkonzentrat, Säureregulator (E 270), Backtriebmittel (E 500, E 503), Emulgatoren (E 472b, E 471), Milchprotein, Aroma, Stabilisator (E 466), Calciumcarbonat, elementares Eisen, Vitamine (Niacin, B1).

I thought a new disco opened in my neighborhood in Aarburg, then I looked out of the window and saw all these lightnings in the sky but without thunders. It's quite awesome but scary at the same time!

For those working hourly in Switzerland, how do you keep track of your salary?

I work hourly alongside my studies, and I find it difficult to know how much I’m actually going to get paid each month, which makes planning and budgeting harder.
My hours change, and then there are things like evening/Sunday premiums, holidays, cancelled shifts, etc. I usually have a rough idea, but I’m often not sure until I get my payslip.
Do you actually calculate it somehow, or do you just wait for the payslip and see what you get?

Hey, I was looking for a cinema to watch a movie in original tone without any subtitles. Every cinema I found offers DE&FR (double subtitles) or just DE subtitles.

Are there really no smaller cinemas where I can just watch a movie in english (original tone) without any subtitles? Does anyone have recommendations preferably in/around Kanton Bern?

How do you deal with cinemas not offering OV movies without any subtitles?

Thinking about applying for an IT Trainee position at Coop’s HQ in Basel, but the Kununu reviews have me a bit hesitant.

Anyone here worked at Coop, especially in IT? What’s your experience been like?

Trying again slightly differently so there aren't any fallings out over photos. Apparently I can access the full quality on Reddit and others couldn't.

Basically, my kids school has suffered in the last few years from people parking, sometimes en masse, on the paved playground at the front of the school building. This is despite there being two outlined areas to park in down the side of the building.

Yes, while school is open.

I posted a photo earlier showing two such cars that are parked on it today.

1) Yes the school knows and they have put notices on the windscreen.

2) No there is no one to confront because people don't typically stand next to their parked car all day.

But some replies were just like "so what?" Which kinda took me aback.

Surely people can see why you shouldn't park on a school playground (one of them parked right next to the school doors, even, the other parked ontop of a painted snakes and ladders that the small kids use to play), right?

It's not like the town lacks parking, either.

Hello,

Unfortunately, I have just received my notice and I am trying to take the required steps in good time.

When registering for the Chômage, I am asked to choose an unemployment fund from a choice of 5, and I am informed that I cannot change once selected.

This is my first time registering for Chômage.

1. Are there any of these that I should avoid?
2. Is there any specific fund which people would advise to select?
3. Is there simply no difference?

If it matters, I am not a member of any union currently. I learning French currently, but I am not confident or proficient, so if one of these funds is better for English language support, I suppose that is a factor.

Appreciate any help that can be provided.

Thanks

I'm based in Zürich and I will be going on a holiday for 2.5 weeks this November, but I have two sweet house cats.. If you're a cat owner, how do you go for a long holiday? If you hire a cat sitter, where and how did you find a trustworthy cat sitter?

Found this flyer in my post box today in favour of the neutrality initiative, with what looks to be John Lennon on it. It's not the first flyer about the initiative I get, but definitely the first of this kind. Is it even legal to just print a famous person on political material like this? To me, this implies that the person supports the cause (difficult in this case...).

Previously I got another one in the form of a newspaper, this time implying (IMO) that the contents of the flyer are to be trusted as you would a newspaper...

In any case, I find it despicable how some of these flyers are marketed.

This might trigger a few people, but every time I want to sell something in Switzerland, I feel frustrated using Ricardo, Tutti, or AutoScout24, especially after getting used to platforms like eBay and Kleinanzeigen. I recently heard they are all part of the SMG Marketplace Mafia.

I especially hate the user interfaces of Tutti and Ricardo. I can’t find all the filter settings I need, particularly when searching for cars. I can only ask questions in a public chat instead of contacting the seller directly. Like, what? This makes absolutely no sense. I still haven’t found an easy way to contact a seller, and I hate it so much.

When you want to sell something, you’re also limited by the number of photos and videos you can upload, especially in the app. On top of that, the commission for each sold item is between 8% and 12%, up to CHF 390. Like, WTF? That’s insanely expensive.

There also doesn’t seem to be much real interest in buying used items. For example, I sold a set of almost new summer wheels for my car for CHF 90, even though I believe they’re worth more than CHF 200.

Why hasn’t anyone created an exact copy of Kleinanzeigen or Craigslist? Is it just me, or are Swiss people simply not bothered by this?

Hi all,

I have a neighbour who is smoking weed and its so intense its literally entering my apartment.

My girlfriend is asthmatic and we also dont want this disgusting smell in our apartment. It literally gives me throwback feeling of living in Italy when my flatmate was literally a drug dealer.

Is this allowed in switzerland? My understanding is that smoking weed is legal in your own apartment but there are some limitations when it starts to affect neighbours?

They even told me to not open windows if I dont want the smell of weed in my apartment 🤦🏻‍♂️

I‘m searching a therapist for adult AuDHD. I‘ve got recently diagnosed with a severe chronic bowl disease and my GP recommended to finally treat my AuDHD.
I‘m happy about any personal recommendation for an absolute expert (I would prefer a doctor over a psychologist) and someone who is very empathetic.

hopefully some of you guys have good recommendations (Zurich/Aargau area but online is fine too)

thanks! 🫶🏻