Agriviva (the website is available only in Italian, French and German) offers a wide range of proposals, from farms in the plains to those in the mountains. Host families can be small or large and speak Italian, French or German. In all regions of Switzerland there are farm families willing to host young people. The…
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Living in Switzerland, as in every country in the world, has its positive and negative sides. For example, in the Italian and French cantons it is more difficult to find a job and you earn less than in the German canton, but at the same time life is cheaper in these two cantons. Switzerland offers…
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Basel is the third largest city in Switzerland and has less than 200,000 inhabitants. It is located in the extreme north of the country, on the border between France and Germany. It is a city with a lot of greenery, parks and trees everywhere, a bit like all of Switzerland, after all. Despite its small…
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As in all countries of the world, GDP growth for 2023 in Switzerland will be limited due to the complex global geopolitical situation and is not expected to reach even 1%. Nevertheless, Switzerland remains a politically and economically reliable country that offers companies and employees a secure and consolidated socio-economic environment. So, it is not…
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Switzerland is the country with the highest salaries in the world. But are salaries and the cost of living in Switzerland in proportion? There is no legal minimum wage in Switzerland as a whole, but only 5 of the 26 cantons have introduced a minimum wage, ranging from CHF 19 to CHF 23 per hour,…
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What immediately strikes foreigners who decide to move to Switzerland is the Swiss obsession with rules. Switzerland has a special form of direct democracy (any citizen, if he or she collects 50,000 signatures within 100 days, can request a referendum in which the people are called upon to express their opinion on whether or not…
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Geneva is a Swiss city in the French canton, located on Lake Geneva, with a medieval center and a more modern suburb. It’s the seat of many international organizations (United Nations, Red Cross and many others). Therefore, many foreigners are currently living and working in Geneva. Its dimensions are compact. Geneva is a rather small…
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Zurich is a city of just under 400,000 people and offers the best of a small town, (few people, little traffic, little stress) and a big city, (lots of job opportunities and the ability to find everything you need). The city is also centrally located in Europe, so you can be in France, Austria, Germany…
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The Swiss Alps offer good opportunities to find winter jobs in Switzerland in hotels in mountain villages and towns where there are ski slopes and other facilities centred around winter tourism. In the Swiss Alps there are many hotels, bars, restaurants, etc. that need staff. In some jobs you can work with basic English skills,…
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If you are thinking about a possible move, let us talk about the pros and cons of living in Sweden.There are good job opportunities. People are well paid and have a reasonable work-life balance and good union protection. It is possible to work and live in Sweden for years even if you only speak English…
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