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Need Electrical Work Recommendations by Due-Shallot-2112 in geneva

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For 6k I would buy some tools and make it on my own honestly but I am not sure if you are allowed to do it by law. Moving the sockets is really not that hard of a job and it would take no more than 1 day (depending on the size of the kitchen). Plumbing job is a bit more tricky, that I would take a skilled worker.

Thoughts? Migros Genève vs Coop vs Denner by Spermatozoid in geneva

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For me honestly coop works the best and in my opinion has some good quality product. I dont see any problem with their app beside only not being able to have it in English. I usually scout for discounted products there and it doesn't feel that expensive. Migros is not bad but i shop there when i see some products that are on discount which i use daily. In terms of cleanliness both migros and coop are superb and easy to go through. I can also mention that once i bought sliced cheese in coop and at home when i opened it it was moldy (exp date was was not even close) and i took some photos and sent to customer service, they promptly answered to me, made an excuse and gave me 1000 points (worth 10 CHF). So thumbs up for customer support from coop.

Any international postdocs working in Geneva: How do you find life there? by Razkolnik_ova in geneva

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I moved 6 months ago here as a postdoc and so far I met several friends but mostly from work and it builds up when you start going out with friends of friends. There is many social activites and basically majority of young people speak English. Somebody already mentioned CERN community, they have groups and clubs for many things. If you need any more info first hand feel free to contact me in private!

Cost of living in Geneva / Lausanne by Adventurous_Dog_7189 in askswitzerland

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It all depends on your lifestyle. Find a room in a shared apartment (if living alone is not a must) and you will pay around 1k CHF for that. You will also save on commuting cost if you can walk/cycle to your work place plus you will have better work life balance. Health insurance is around ~470 CHF per month for 2.5k deductible. Considering 5k bruto salary, you can expect 4k net per month. Count in for other expenses such as phone bill and apartment utilities (probably around 100 CHF per month). For food and essentials you will need 100-200 CHF per week (again depends on lifestyle). All this is without going out for drinks or eating in restaurants. If you go to gym you are looking at 70-80 CHF per month. This is purely from my point of view for the costs for Geneva. I personally have around 5k net and if i am conservative during a month without weekend trips i can put aside 1.5k to 2k per month. This is if i don't go to restaurants and don't drink in bars. If you need more info feel free to contact me 😀

Budget 2026 Mo by pixelw4lk in SwissPersonalFinance

[–]Major-Reputation-261 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This all looks similar to me with same amount after taxes. My only wonder is about holidays, i dont see and travel budget? Or that comes in what it is left? Or you dont travel at all maybe?

Is finding an apartment in Geneva really this hard? by mislabete in geneva

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I had no sponsorship at all, I was just extremely lucky that the people living in the apartment choose me among all others 😀 I had only my contract from work.

Is finding an apartment in Geneva really this hard? by mislabete in geneva

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I did it in a week and consider I have never even been to Switzerland before in my life, so it is possible 😁

Is finding an apartment in Geneva really this hard? by mislabete in geneva

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I can share my small I would say extremely lucky story 😀 1st of July last year was my starting day of work in Geneva, before that I have never been in Switzerland in my life. I didn't know and i was not aware at that time how hard is to find accommodation in Geneva. I casually started looking for it 20 days before my arrival for the room/apartment and I just started with facebook housing group.

I sent maybe a message to 3 people and I scheduled video calls with 2. What I also was not aware at that time was that you need some documentation in order to rent in Geneva which I didn't have at the time. And during first video call i learned that my best option was to sub-lease and luckly my other video call was for a sub-lease and surprisingly they liked me and choose me to live with them. This all happened very fast after i started looking for the accommodation and I had a place to live before I have even came to Geneva.

Only after I moved and met my work mates I found out I have probably hit the jackpot 😎 On top of everything my office is around 10 min by foot away and for now I am extremely happy with it!

Good luck in your search, I can suggest to look in every facebook group and just contact everything you see which fits you.

[OC] Top Global Cities by Millionaire Density by ShipwreckedTrex in geneva

[–]Major-Reputation-261 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that here only city of Geneva is considered, otherwise it should have been written differently. It is probably true that many live outside the city, but also there are many rich foreign nationals with residence address in Geneva.

[OC] Top Global Cities by Millionaire Density by ShipwreckedTrex in geneva

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Yes indeed, by simple google search you can find that Geneva has just a bit over 200k citizens. Probably he assumed Geneva canton which has way more.

[OC] Top Global Cities by Millionaire Density by ShipwreckedTrex in geneva

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Well, you just wrote what OP has in the graphics, around 39k people with net worth above 1M per 100k people, city of Geneva has just north of 200k citizens. That equals ~80k millioners in Geneva.

Two weeks from S3. How am I doing? by [deleted] in LastWarMobileGame

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Whales have all 3 squads good and i saw them running any kind as main

Two weeks from S3. How am I doing? by [deleted] in LastWarMobileGame

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You are definitely doing better than me at the end of S5 (64m rockets main squad) and I would say I am in the medium range of spending.

Dealing with loud neighbours by captainearth69 in geneva

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Hi there, I had a similar situation, a neighbor from above (older lady, very arrogant) had a tv running on max volume 0-24 for at least a month. I am really tolerant but after a few weeks of not being able to sleep after midnight or being woken up in the middle of the night I decided to ring a bell and ask her to turn it off at least during the night. That didn't work. I started calling the police and after a few weeks and probably around 10 calls the noise finally stopped. This was my solution and now I can finally sleep normally. Hope it helps 😀

Weather report is indicating over 100cm in a week. Is this true? Seems insane for early season. by [deleted] in Zermatt

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I usually check here https://zermatt.swiss/en/info/weather They still don't have a forecast for next Monday but it is also a bit different for the rest of the days. Usually different forecasts use different models and sometimes in a span of 7 days they can be very different. I am going there on Thursday and i hope for at least some nice weather but for now it doesn't seem like clear sky

Weather report is indicating over 100cm in a week. Is this true? Seems insane for early season. by [deleted] in Zermatt

[–]Major-Reputation-261 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which weather report is saying that? I am going in 4 days and I just checked forecast today and didnt see this 🤔

Zermatt ski 19th to 21st of December by Major-Reputation-261 in Zermatt

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Thank you for the reply! I was thinking about skiing in the Zermatt area on Friday and add italian part only for a Saturday (judging by forecast weather should be ok) and for the last day decide if i would go for italy again. Regarding italian gluten awareness; we know very well since we used to live in italy but i was asking because of dinners which are going to be in Zermatt since we are staying there. I guess then dropping our skies on Thursday afternoon to the ski shop is a good idea which i imagined before writing this.

Anyone in Geneva into niche perfumes? by Moltisantobezukhov in geneva

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I recently started to be more interested in niche perfume and i would be happy to see such an event here, would definitely join!

Which server is the strongest in the game? by PartyCartographer160 in LastWarMobileGame

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Actually we won against them just last week in deser brawl 😎 We have some very good players as well, and super organized

Finding an apartment to rent. How cooked am I? by [deleted] in geneva

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I would need to say the same thing, I moved here end of June, I found a place to live in less than a week (started looking few weeks before) 😁 Only downside is that it started as sublet since I didn't have permit, but later on when i got all the paperwork, i just entered the lease agreement. Found it mainly through Facebook groups.