I'm a gadget geek, but there aren't many gadgets I'd actually want to buy but this one looks pretty cool - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/nest_thermostat/

If anyone has ever bought and installed one of the current forms of programmable thermostat, not only is this one better looking, but looks like it's as easy to use as an iPod which is a significant upgrade to the UI of the others which can leave you hunting for the manual. It might work in the EU/Switzerland....but all I have are tubes and dials, no thermostat so no new xmas toy for me.