The Swiss Arrival Masterclass
Fourteen short lessons, one per day, covering exactly what to do in your first two weeks in Switzerland — registration, insurance, banking, transport, groceries, recycling, etiquette and taxes.
The 14 days
- Day 1 — Anmeldung: the paperwork clock starts now.
- Day 2 — Health insurance: the three-month deadline.
- Day 3 — Opening a Swiss bank account.
- Day 4 — Housing paperwork and the rental dossier.
- Day 5 — Getting a Swiss phone number.
- Day 6 — Public transport, SBB and the Halbtax.
- Day 7 — Groceries at Migros, Coop and Aldi.
- Day 8 — Recycling and waste rules.
- Day 9 — Swiss etiquette and unwritten rules.
- Day 10 — Language basics: German, French, Italian.
- Day 11 — Taxes and Quellensteuer.
- Day 12 — Making friends in Switzerland.
- Day 13 — Swiss work culture.
- Day 14 — One year in: what actually changes.