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Today I tell you what acceptable rents are and what you should consider when renting a place in Switzerland. tl;dr: Never ever spend more than 30% of your net salary otherwise you’re being ripped off.
Continue reading “Expat Guide to Switzerland: House/Apartment rental”Today you’ll learn about the different (mandatory) insurances in Switzerland. How to select them and which ones to avoid. tl;dr: You usually want to go with Assura with the highest deductible (sorry german link, use Google translate).
Continue reading “Expat Guide to Switzerland: Insurances”This Expat Guide to Switzerland post is about child care in Switzerland. Expats usually are well educated and come to Switzerland to get a well paying job.
Continue reading “Expat Guide to Switzerland: Child Care / School/Education system”Welcome to another new blog post series. I thought about a bit how to add more value for my readers by posting helpful blog articles. Since I’m Swiss and worked with several dozens of expats by now, I thought it would be helpful to write some articles for new arrivals in Switzerland. I’ll take my experience as Swiss person and sprinkle them with the recurring mistakes/struggles of my expat coworkers, which I’ve noticed over the years.
Continue reading “Expat Guide to Switzerland: How to make Swiss friends”