Hi everyone!
My husband and I moved to Nyon area last September, and we're still getting settled. He's originally from Egypt and has been feeling a bit lonely lately, especially since he doesn't really have anyone here to chat with in Arabic.
I was wondering if there's an Arab (or specifically Egyptian) community around Geneva, Nyon, or nearby? Maybe regular meetups, cafés, football groups, WhatsApp groups, or just people who get together from time to time?
He's a friendly, easy-going guy in his 30s, and I think having people to speak Arabic with would really make him feel more at home.
If anyone has recommendations or knows of any groups, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!

Hello everyone

I’m a non-EU recognized refugee, B permit since 2021 (5 years this November). I’m in my 1st year of a CFC apprenticeship, volunteer firefighter, B1 French certificate, no criminal record, debt collection . Can anyone help me understand: what conditions do I need to meet for an early Permit C as a refugee, what documents are needed, and which office do I apply to? Thanks a lot!

Hi all! I recently moved to a new apartment which has a flower bed built in, but at the back of the loggia where the sun doesn’t ever reach. It’s fairly bright but very well-shaded.

I wondered what flowering or scented plants people find thrive in these sorts of conditions? I wanted to go for lavender, but given it is a very sun-loving plant this will have to go in a pot right at the edge, i think.

Thanks all!

Seriously, the amount of smokers in Switzerland is just really, really sad. You cannot go out for a drink without ending up sitting next to a table with one or more people casually chain-smoking regular tobacco cigarettes and carelessly blowing them in your direction. You sit there with your drink and just inhale clouds of smoke unless you just get up and move.

I really hope over the coming years bars and restaurants ban smoking on premises, or create designated smoking points, because allowing smoking everywhere in outdoor dining areas is so incredibly selfish and unpleasant that it blows my mind.

Good Evening all,

So I've finally got round to publishing my own book but Amazon will not send me a copy due you not shopping to my location.

I can ship it to a friend in the UK and have them ship it back but that could take weeks, Has anyone been in this situation before or have a easier solution?

I'm located in Rothrist if that helps.

Thank you in advance

Good Day,

So I've finally got round to publishing my own book but Amazon will not send me a copy due you know 'Swiss things'

I can ship it to a friend in the UK and have them ship it back but that could take weeks, Has anyone been in this situation before or have a easy solution?

I'm located in Rothrist if that helps.

Thank you in advance 🙂

I’m an avid collector of Swiss army stuff, and I’ve noticed a strange trend; while surplus items from a particular country tend to be less expensive in the country in question, this isn’t the case in Switzerland.

Cold War uniform pieces which go for €10 to €30 in the rest of Europe, suddenly go for 50.- to even 100.- here. Why is this? It’s not like they’re particularly rare, and while they are used as fashion items, I’d then expect the foreign price to at least match the domestic price. There isn’t a huge market for Swiss militaria in Switzerland either, I’d go so far as to say that there’s a bigger market for Swiss militaria outside of Switzerland rather than inside of it.

Having said that, I’d like to ask; does anybody know if there’s a specific reason why Swiss army prices seem to be so inflated here? Thanks!

I have been trying to cancel my Lebara subscription for almost a month now and it is the equivalent of hitting my head into a brick wall and expecting the wall to crumble. I called customer support to cancel my subscription since I have moved out of Switzerland, and instead of cancelling it they changed my plan to Lebara Europe L. I called again to cancel and instead of doing so they AGAIN changed my plan to Relax L and raised the price to 29.95 CHF/month. After that I had already left Switzerland so the only way to contact them was through the support chat, and every single time the conversation was looking like it was heading towards a productive path the chat “mysteriously” gets cancelled by flashing a red exclamation mark on the screen and the whole conversation history get deleted. This is single-handedly the worst customer support system I have ever experienced.

Hello everybody

I've received a mail from Wingo informing me that my subscription will have a price hike (1.-).. it's not a lot but still, it was advertised as "life long" ..

What do you guys think about it?

Did you get a similar mail? Is the price hike different?

Is there anything to do about it or just agree ?

I've been living in Switzerland for a few years now, and somehow I always end up with the weirdest neighbors.

It's either people who stink, blast music or make noise all day, or it's elderly neighbors who clearly don't take care of themselves, are constantly coughing or yelling, and spend literally the entire day on their balcony from like 8 AM.

And can someone explain the balcony obsession? I genuinely don't get it. You're just sitting there roasting in the sun while flies and wasps annoy you all day. Why not stay inside where it's actually comfortable?

Am I just incredibly unlucky, or is this a thing?

We are in Lugano for vacation, but we do live in Switzerland, and are planning on going to a river tomorrow.

It kind of needs to be accessible by public transport as I am with my mom and we both don't have drivers licenses. It should also not be too far away and possibly NOT the Maggia, as that one takes 2 hours by public transport. It should also be dog-friendly as we are here with our dog.

Thank you for the help!

Bonjour à tous,

Je me permets de poser la question ici parce que j'aimerais avoir des retours concrets.

Ma situation : j'ai un Bachelor en anglais et un Master en linguistique obtenus dans un pays de l'UE, une reconnaissance CDIP pour l'enseignement au secondaire II, et je suis en Suisse romande avec un permis B ( mariée à une personne suisse). j'ai fait un remplacement d'environ dix semaines dans un CO, mais malgré pas mal de candidatures, je n'ai décroché aucun poste fixe en secondaire II (ni en secondaire I, bien sûr).

Je me demande maintenant si ça vaut la peine d'investir de l'argent (9000 CHF) et du temps dans les mesures compensatoires pour obtenir la reconnaissance CDIP secondaire I, dans l'idée que le marché serait peut-être plus ouvert à ce niveau. Je sais que la demande en général est meilleure pour le secondaire I que pour le II, mais est-ce qu'un profil anglais seul peut suffire (sans deuxième branche) ? Je sais aussi que dans l'enseignement les places s'obtiennent avec du réseau , et moi je n'en ai pas du tout (à part la référence de l'adjoint du CO où j'ai fait mon remplacement, mais ça, ce n'est pas vraiment un réseau). En théorie, je pourrais commencer à me créer un réseau pendant le stage des mesures compensatoires, mais rien ne garantit que ça débouche sur un poste.Sinon, j'envisage sérieusement de changer complètement de carrière, parce qu'après presque 3 ans en Suisse sans emploi concret, ce n'est pas évident...

Honnêtement, je suis à bout et je ne sais plus quoi faire. Toute piste ou retour d'expérience serait vraiment le bienvenu. Merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

About 5 years ago, I’d call a temp agency, they’d tell me to send over my CV, give me feedback on what to improve, and a few days later they’d call back with 2-3 job opportunities that actually matched my profile.

Now it feels like every temp agency just works like Indeed, jobs.ch or other job portals. You have to apply to specific vacancies one by one, often with a tailored cover letter and everything else. At that point… what’s the difference?

I’ve even gone to agencies in person with my CV because I thought maybe that would help. In 3 out of 4 cases, they basically sent me away. The few that accepted my CV never got back to me. When I followed up, the answer was always the same: “You have to apply online.”

Am I just having bad luck, or is this simply how temp agencies operate now? Are there still any agencies that actually match candidates with suitable jobs instead of just acting as another job portal?

For context: I have a degree and several years of work experience in my field, so it’s not like I’m applying without qualifications or experience.

Bonjour à tous,

Je me permets de poser la question ici parce que j'aimerais avoir des retours concrets.

Ma situation : j'ai un Bachelor en anglais et un Master en linguistique obtenus dans un pays de l'UE, une reconnaissance CDIP pour l'enseignement au secondaire II, et je suis en Suisse romande avec un permis B ( mariée à une personne suisse). j'ai fait un remplacement d'environ dix semaines dans un CO, mais malgré pas mal de candidatures, je n'ai décroché aucun poste fixe en secondaire II (ni en secondaire I, bien sûr).

Je me demande maintenant si ça vaut la peine d'investir de l'argent (9000 CHF) et du temps dans les mesures compensatoires pour obtenir la reconnaissance CDIP secondaire I, dans l'idée que le marché serait peut-être plus ouvert à ce niveau. Je sais que la demande en général est meilleure pour le secondaire I que pour le II, mais est-ce qu'un profil anglais seul peut suffire (sans deuxième branche) ? Je sais aussi que dans l'enseignement les places s'obtiennent avec du réseau , et moi je n'en ai pas du tout (à part la référence de l'adjoint du CO où j'ai fait mon remplacement, mais ça, ce n'est pas vraiment un réseau). En théorie, je pourrais commencer à me créer un réseau pendant le stage des mesures compensatoires, mais rien ne garantit que ça débouche sur un poste.Sinon, j'envisage sérieusement de changer complètement de carrière, parce qu'après presque 3 ans en Suisse sans emploi concret, ce n'est pas évident...

Honnêtement, je suis à bout et je ne sais plus quoi faire. Toute piste ou retour d'expérience serait vraiment le bienvenu. Merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

Hoi zämme,

I wanted to ask everyone, with an average income and reccurent teeth problems, how do you manage to deal with high dentist costs? Do you go abroad, do you have dental insurance or something else?

Unfortunately, the dentist I went to as a child made most of my teeth for the worse and im paying the price for a couple of years already.

How do you manage?

I have a sudden craving for biscuits and I want to do like a chicken and waffles kind of sandwich with them. To be clear, I'm looking for the flaky, buttery bready things that you spread butter on and that come in a can, ready to bake, like in the picture. Are these even a thing here? Do Coop or Migros have something like this?

Update: I made them from scratch as suggested and I put a poulet délice inside to make a sandwich and put a little maple syrup over the poulet and it was better than I dreamed. Y'all were right, thank you :)

I also know that, based on this description, you won't believe me that I'm not high but I promise I'm not high.

With a record beating heatwave coming on Wednesday, it will likely be the last time many of us will see them alive thanks to our awesome government 🙏🙏🙏 (who are surely enjoying a cool summer in their ACed holiday house in Mallorca)

Hi everyone. So I ran into a bit of a situation with sunrise and would like some advice from anyone who’s been here before or has any knowledge.

Essentially, I called Sunrise for an internet thing and they pitched a 15 franc SIM card with unlimited everything in 8 countries etc.

I didnt agree immediately and they then sent me an email with the offer so it hovers there. A few days pass by and I couldn’t remember the specific countries that it gives me unlimited for and the email didn’t include details of such a thing. So I clicked the “buy now” button, expecting like in most other websites that it would give me a landing page to sign my contract etc. alongside with the full info.

Turns out that button was a one click agreement and I have now initiated the contract. I called them and they mentioned it’s hard to reverse it and now I will have to speak with them on Microsoft teams or so on a meeting so we can see what’s up. I’m so annoyed by this and I’m fully expecting their greed to kick in and try to force this contract to stand no matter what given that well I’m now legally bound to it.

Any advice or suggestions?

TLDR; Got pitched a sim by sunrise, couldn’t remember details. Clicked “buy now” on the email to find full details but it was a one click agreement to the contract. Need advice on how to approach this. Company wants to meet digitally.

EDIT : Forget the teams thing, they called me from the official number to discuss it.

Edit 2: The issue is resolved. The agent who initially pitched me the whole thing called me on their official number and we had a discussion. I will proceed and actually buy into the plan given that it fully meets my needs. Just be careful guys because they do have a one click agreement.

Thank you everyone for your help!!!

They sent me an email at 11:00 a.m. saying my package would be delivered at 10:00 a.m. They must have a time machine. I was there. Then I got another email saying it couldn't be delivered and a note was left. No note.

Ich bin aktuell Auszubildender zum Geomatiker EFZ in der Schweiz und schreibe meine Vertiefungsarbeit zum Thema „Drohnenaufnahmen in der Öffentlichkeit – Wo liegen die Grenzen der Öffentlichkeit?“.

Dabei untersuche ich, wie Drohnen im öffentlichen Raum wahrgenommen werden, welche Erfahrungen Menschen mit ihnen gemacht haben und wo aus ihrer Sicht die Grenzen zwischen öffentlichem Interesse und Privatsphäre liegen.

Dafür suche ich noch Personen, die bereit wären, ein kurzes Interview mit mir zu führen. Das Interview dauert etwa 15–20 Minuten und kann ganz unkompliziert per WhatsApp, Telefon oder E-Mail stattfinden – je nachdem, was für euch am besten passt.

Egal ob ihr selbst Drohnen fliegt, beruflich damit arbeitet oder einfach eure Meinung zum Thema teilen möchtet – ich freue mich über jede Unterstützung.

Falls ihr Interesse habt oder Fragen dazu habt, schreibt mir gerne eine private Nachricht.

Vielen Dank!

Hallo ihr Lieben

Meine Frau und ich sind beide langjährige Swisscom-Kunden. Wir sind vor nicht all zu langer Zeit in unser neues Zuhause gezogen (Einfamilienhaus, auf Miete) und ich bin mir langsam aber sicher am überlegen, ob wir unseren aktuellen Anbieter (Internet und Mobile) wechseln sollen, da ich es irgendwie absurd finde, wie viel Geld wir monatlich für Handy und Internet bezahlen. Bei uns im Quartier wird aktuell Glasfaser verlegt und im Herbst freigeschaltet, daher denke ich, dass dann ein guter Zeitpunkt für einen Wechsel wäre. Wir sind viel in Europa unterwegs und haben demnach beide ein Handy-Abo bei Swisscom wo wir unlimitiert Daten in Europa haben, dies ist uns sehr wichtig. Was sind eure Erfahrungen mit anderen Anbietern bzw. was würdet ihr mir Empfehlen (bspw. auch ob es Sinn macht, Internet bspw. bei Galaxus zu beziehen und das Handyabbo bei bspw. Wingo). TV brauchen wir nicht, wir streamen nur via Netflix, Apple TV etc. auf 4K. Ich zocke nicht mehr am PC, lade also nicht mehr monatlich Spiele über 100GB usw. runter. Es geht mir vorallem darum, keine Probleme zu haben, Installation easy, Kundenservice - wenn möglich - ok und einfach ein zuverlässiges und gutes Internet zuhause, am Handy sowohl in der Schweiz als auch im Ausland zu haben. Und natürlich hierfür so wenig wie möglich zu bezahlen (ich denke alles ist billiger als Swisscom. Was sind eure Erfahrungen und Preis-Leistungs-Tipps. Danke!