How is the lifestyle in Switzerland?
As a Turkish've always wondered!
No one came to Switzerland and mreak I'm not. Do you wonder if you put your own pictures?

open topic in the wrong place sorry my english is not very good

Your English is NOT the problem. But you have to be aware that on this forum, a narrow majority of posters are Anglo-Saxons. Swiss lifestyle so may be halfway between the Turkish and the English lifestyle, and by halfway here I mean 40 to 60. It in CH is NOT Italian, not even 100% in the Ticino, it is not fully German and it is not really French (not even 85% in the Romandie). It basically is Western-Central-European (very close to Prague and Budapest for example), with a heavy Mediterranean influence.

Just as difficult as to define Istanbul. Is it Middle Eastern (Damascus, Cairo) ? Not really, no. Muslim ? Sure, with the Mosques dominating the skyline. But Tunis is more "MiddleEastern" than Istanbul in spite of a higher percentage of Muslims among its citizens.

So, to come to an end, not your English is THE problem, but the complexity of your questions

Seems there are two camps who will answer this question.

Camp 1. It sucks

Camp 2. It's awesome.

Stick me in camp 2

Horrible you won't like it

I always figured you were a bit camp.

still trying to work out what this means...

maybe it means:
has anyone come to switzerland and recommends I don't?
can you put your own pictures of what you think of Switzerland?

I give up lol

You can make your 'lifestyle' how you'd like it to be. Well, in most cases and depending on your finances.

For example, some folk like to live out in the country (fresh air and outdoorsy surroundings) and some in cities or towns (clubbing or partying every weekend). Some live in small towns where the amenities are right at their doorstep but there are also small farms and woods very nearby.

Whatever the case, we need to follow the rules (some unwritten), laws and regulations closely or we'd tend to get into trouble with neighbours, the town council or the police.

Hope this makes things slightly clearer for you, OP.


By the way, your cryptic 'mreak' kind of freaks me out. Really, what did you mean?!

Quiet. Expensive. Lots of rigorously followed rules.

I just tried the Prix Quality toothpaste from coop, costs like sfr 1.70 for a huge tube and bloody good. Try it.

You ate a huge tube of toothpaste all in one go?

Apart from the toothpaste. And soap bars. However, not the Sada's, eh Sada?

Also lonely, apparently, for some.

Nein, I don't know for English lifestyle but I can assure you Switzerland - Turkey is 150% different for lifestyle! They are total opposite!

I think he is asking us to put some picture of Switzerland, something he can find easily on Google.

Google bak, çok resim var. Bu ulkiye çok guzel ama çok çok pahali.

it's pretty different! you should come here to see it for yourself. some things good, some things bad.

What I wanted to point out is, that there are ways to avoid getting into the trap of buying for example basic everyday things way too expensive, also the temptation is way to big to buy way too many different products for which one product would actually work perfectly well.
Toothpaste was just one example. Did you know that one can use it against pimples, yeah you know, those pimples in the face? ok, I'm confusing you am I not I better stop.

And yes people are lonely here, especially the elderly ...
but I think you meant the expat community, did you not?

Are you back in the country again menace? If yes, welcome back.

Thanks Sada. You really want to know, huh?

I meant everyone. Swiss and non-Swiss alike. It's contagious, loneliness is.

You should check out the Flouride parts per million, 1500 is usually quite good. 500 or less is poor.

Not confused, heard that one back in the day. An old wives tale, I'm sure.

I know what you mean, thanks for the advice. Still, you can only compare with what you're used to, right? It is a tad pricey, even if you can shop around and buy some stuff cheap.

You mean there are other places you can have pimples?

Indeed it tasted good on you.

And the UK is not full of rigorously followed rules......

Sada that's a great photo of us but I told you already licking my chin in public is a no-no.

It's bad here, people poor and have no food. Women ugly and cannot cook. Bad Juju everywhere.