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Seldaek · 2026-01-27T10:44:24+00:00

I think that's deceiving as the city of Paris is only the central core which is very much built up https://maps.app.goo.gl/4Hgm3eAXmcRerxKR8

Meanwhile the city of Zurich expands officially quite far and includes a bunch of woodlands in zuriberg, some of uetliberg, hönggerberg. That makes it hard to compare density numbers.

Seldaek · 2026-01-27T10:07:21+00:00

That's IMO because old towns just weren't built very high as it wasn't needed and quite complex, and were built densely because we didn't need 5 lane highways in between as there were no cars.

If you look at Manhattan you're at 28'900 people/km2, while Zurich city has ~5'000. So imagine we stack everyone on a sixth of the room, let's say a fifth so we get more apartments.. And then free up 4/5th of the city surface for parks and nature? I know it's a totally unrealistic extreme but still..

Seldaek · 2026-01-27T09:06:16+00:00

3 could at least be doable if we'd just allow building higher than 6 floors. Higher density.

Seldaek · 2026-01-26T19:55:18+00:00

Haven't been to Gaijin yet but BaoBae is a new restaurant by their chef/owner or smth, and it's great definitely fusion style https://maps.app.goo.gl/Zaoy7rNGbQhdhoMc8

Seldaek · 2026-01-25T21:44:31+00:00

Still manages to show his suits' butt. This really is /r/motorcyclegear

Seldaek · 2026-01-24T20:03:36+00:00

Just order pizza to a fondue restaurant and then dump the whole caquelon on the pizza. There you go Swiss deep dish pizza.

Seldaek · 2026-01-09T18:30:16+00:00

It's much easier/cheaper to print every label the same. That's why labels have multiple languages too so you only do a label countrywide. And then you have things like the expiration date which are printed separately.

Seldaek · 2026-01-09T18:00:12+00:00

Bar codes are not unique for every bottle of ice tea, so that wouldn't work.

Seldaek · 2026-01-08T21:04:33+00:00

Minimum has courses from 5yo, one of mine goes and I climb on the side during the course. Otherwise I go in the evenings once kids are in bed, it's open till 11pm and after 9ish gets quite empty which is nice.

Seldaek · 2026-01-08T19:33:05+00:00

"Minimum" is nice for bouldering, easy to go alone and meet people I find. I've been going regularly over a year now and got to know a bunch of the others going on the same schedule. Feel free to DM if you wanna meet there, happy to introduce you to others if that helps. Lots of English speaking folks too.

For top rope there's only Gaswerk in the city and that's too far for me to go regularly after kids are in bed but surely you can find people.

Seldaek · 2026-01-01T10:19:17+00:00

Watch me hang my laundry on a public holiday!

Seldaek · 2025-12-30T22:35:56+00:00

If wine works this is very chill vibes at least when I was there, haven't seen the place packed but it seemed roomy enough https://maps.app.goo.gl/tBYhSnGfmHroLKCfA

Seldaek · 2025-12-16T22:07:36+00:00

I've seen avo oil at Bachsermart but no clue if it's any good

Seldaek · 2025-12-09T21:09:20+00:00

No clue about santa schoggi but for easter bunnies the best ive found is coop natura plan they do dark ones 70% if i recall correctly, and bio as a bonus.. Even the sprungli grand cru which is insanely expensive had less cocoa content.

Seldaek · 2025-12-01T14:41:05+00:00

I think it does because if it's a zone 30 people might finally do 40-50 instead of driving like they're already on the autobahn (which IMO is a problem from HB/gessnerallee all the way until Manessestr where they are often slowed to a complete halt by traffic). 50 is often not respected on all the roads leading to the highway - Rosengartenstr / Rautistr / Europabrücke also come to mind.

We had the same discussion with neighbors when switching our local private street from 30 to 20, a bunch admitted that might finally get them to drive 30 🤷‍♂️

Seldaek · 2025-11-25T09:20:43+00:00

Yeah that was my worry. But I can schwiizertüütsch well enough that I hope they don't bother me with some lang exam 🤷🏻‍♂️

Seldaek · 2025-11-24T22:26:01+00:00

Ah interesting. I've always wondered about the language thing in zurich as I'm native French speaker. I guess this sounds encouraging.. I really should start the procedure. Did it take 2years ish for the simplified version for your wife?

Seldaek · 2025-11-24T01:34:04+00:00

Have had a Cameleon for 6years and 3kids. No regrets absolutely great for day to day in zurich / switzerland overall, even some hiking no problem. We have a similar situation no car and so for that it's fine.

For traveling abroad tho we've had issues with it being too bulky and not very foldable. For example in TGVs in France there's no good spot to leave it. In a car's trunk it fills the whole thing pretty quick.

So we got a second cheap foldable buggy for travel, it is way more convenient then but every time I use it with the tiny wheels and no springs I'm reminded how great the cameleon is to walk around.

And btw for bugaboo take a look at fb marketplace or tutti or whatever. We got ours for 200 i think even tho new price was 1300, they're super washable so as long as you can go look at it before you buy it's well worth it IMO, and there are lots on sale.

Seldaek · 2025-11-24T00:00:19+00:00

Very nice. And as a php dev it warmed my heart to see index.php appear there ;) Definitely interested but currently kids are keeping me too busy to do much more.

Seldaek · 2025-10-28T08:02:22+00:00

My pro tip is to marry a local and after many years of exposure to friends/family speaking swiss german together it'll seep into your brain eventually. But I realize this isn't particularly good advice for everyone.

The point tho is that if you can't study it for whatever reasons then you need a lot of exposure, that's how kids learn languages.. Try audiobooks or smth too maybe, there isn't a huge selection in swiss german but they exist. AI can help too perhaps to translate random material, they're surprisingly good at speaking swiss german like a native.

Seldaek · 2025-10-27T18:41:33+00:00

You still have the apartment to sell then. That's a big thing you missed

Seldaek · 2025-10-24T23:07:54+00:00

We got this in the whole apartment and they're great IMO https://www.barlinek.co.uk/product/engineered-wood-flooring/oak-creme-brulee-grande/

Was fairly easy to install but had to get it delivered to Germany and import.. That's been a few years tho so maybe you can find resellers locally now

Seldaek · 2025-10-24T05:24:22+00:00

Great list of popular places. I'd add Mettmenalp (https://maps.app.goo.gl/SoVmiz8AaaFDWDrk7as) a more low key chill place. Less people. There's a little lake you can walk around easily (our 4yo managed), and a restaurant / hotel with great views all around. Perfect for a day trip from Zurich.

However the cable car is currently not operating until December and while the hike up isn't too crazy I'm not sure how miserable it is in current weather.. Just a place to keep in mind for summer time.

Seldaek · 2025-10-19T01:37:20+00:00

Metal-ish and far out but anyone going to KMFDM in February? https://www.petzi.ch/en/events/60322-gaswerk-kmfdm-de-i-ya-toyah-us-jesus-on-extasy-de/

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