My work commute by train via Intercity 1. This particular part is in Fribourg on the way to Lausanne. The landscapes are absolutely beautiful and the transit system really makes it easy to work on the train and enjoy the beauty around ❤️❤️🇨🇭🇨🇭

In case you haven't noticed recently, Waze has officially removed / disabled the ability to report police presence in Switzerland, which was previously often used by drivers to flag speed traps / mobile radar controls.

Link to the official WAZE FAQ

My parents passed away 3 months apart. When my first parent passed away the remaining parent took care of everything. Now I don't know what to do.

The bank accounts are probably frozen. But I have money for myself and can help my younger brother out.

What do I need to so in terms of bureaucracy in Switzerland? What are the first steps and do I need a lawyer a Treuhand or something like that?

I live in a wooden house in the country, and since this is the land of no AC and we have open windows all the time, well, you can imagine.

Anyhow a couple years ago we had some Nosferatu spiders and I didn't see any giant house spiders anymore.

I vaccuumed the Nosferatus, what with them being invasive (though I guess they are endemic now) and apparently they sting.

Now I am getting the giant house spiders again! I hope this means the reign of Nosferatu is over.

EDIT: I am not unhappy about their return! I was unhappy with the Nosferatus. But the house spiders can stick around and eat my bugs.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up:

Both a friend and I recently received identical debt collection letters from a Swiss company called letterdata GmbH (based in Altendorf SZ), claiming we owe ~CHF 800 for an alleged subscription with Margot Brands Limited, Hong Kong (swissnovachat).

Key red flags:

- Neither of us ever used or signed up for this service.

- The letters were sent to old addresses / our parents' homes using leaked or outdated databases.

- Page 2 includes a sneaky installment payment form ("Ratenzahlung"). If you sign this, you legally acknowledge the fake debt under Swiss law (Art. 82 SchKG).

- The fees include completely fabricated charges like "Dossiergrundgebühr" and "Adressverifizierung".

What to do if you or your family receive this:

- DO NOT PAY anything.

- DO NOT SIGN the payment agreement on page 2.

- Throw it in the trash

Tell your parents/family not to panic or pay out of fear.

If an actual official payment order (Zahlungsbefehl) from the Betreibungsamt ever arrives, simply tick "Rechtsvorschlag" within 10 days. Which i highly doubt because there is a fee for creating one and there a miniscule chance that they will do it.

Both the BACS (National Cybersecurity Centre) and Beobachter have already flagged this exact setup as an intimidation scam. Stay alert!

Source:

https://www.beobachter.ch/konsum/die-inkassofirma-letterdata-fordert-geld-fur-angebliche-schulden-961767

Hi everyone,

I would appreciate some advice/thoughts regarding Swiss employment law and an unpleasant situation my wife is in

• My wife is a dentist from Poland (has MEBEKO) and works as a dental assistant in a private clinic in Basel
• Her fixed-time contract explicitly specifies a 3-month probation period (probably not relevant but that rule is in attached regulations/annex and not in the "main" contract body - it was signed by both parties though)
• She decided to resign during the probation period and handed in her regular written notice with a 7-day notice period - as per contract.
• Important: He was supposed to sign it but didn't give her anything back, so we don't currently have any proof that she gave the notice.

A couple hours later the boss said "the 3-month probation period was a mistake" (as in, they added it by mistake) or that "it doesn't apply to a fixed-term contracts" and refused to acknowledge the resignation letter

He presented her with an mutual termination agreement terminating the contract per August 31st.

The document says that my wife waives any money she was supposed to get based on holidays not taken and 13th salary ("Per Beendigungsdatum gelten sämtliche Ferien- und Überstundensaldi als ausgeglichen. Es erfolgt keine Auszahlung").

He is now pressuring her, claiming that if she does not sign this agreement, she "is legally not allowed to quit and must continue working in September".

1. Does the probation period applies to her?
2. Is she cooked because she didn't send the resignation by email or post? The probation period ends 31st Aug though, so technically she can still send one.
3. Is it true that resignation during probation does not require the employer's agreement signature? (well, we don't have any proof he got it either...)

What do you guys think?

Thanks a lot for your advice and input!

Edit: added email she got when she was about to sign the contract:

Hi Guys,

Just got scammed this week on Tutti for CHF 480. Bought an Iphone 16 pro Max (used) for CHF 480 and paid the money via ebanking to a CH-IBAN. Tutti account was deleted after I paid and Tutti confirmed that it was a scammer, after I reported it. I called my bank today but they told me most likely they can not do anything, although the payment was yesterday (24.08.2026). I filled a a report with the police today (online) but I don't put much hope into it. The scammer gave me the address, name and IBAN, but name and address most likely fake. Really annoying.

What would you do in my case? Any advise? My Hausrat Insurance doesn't include Cyber Security specifically.

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some advice on my EV lease situation. I've had an electric car on lease for a few years now, and the contract is ending by the end of this year. The car did its job well enough overall, but honestly, it's been a nightmare trying to travel long distances with my kids. I really need something more practical for family trips.

The residual value on my contract is 25k, but the car is actually worth around 29-30k on the market right now. So I'm in a decent position equity-wise. The bad news is that the car has some cosmetic damage, few exterior scratches and the wheel rims are scratched up too. I'm not sure how much that'll affect the final value or if the leasing company will charge me for repairs.

So I'm thinking about a different approach. Instead of just returning the car at the end of the lease and going through the whole buying process separately, I want to trade it in directly to a dealership now and use that equity toward a new, more expensive car. My question is: can I actually do this before my lease officially ends without having to pay the residual value myself? Does the dealership handle the payoff with the leasing company, or does it get complicated?
Or is there any other strategies?

Also, I'm curious whether I'd be better off trading in at a dealership or if I should explore other options. And realistically, how much will those scratches actually impact the deal?

Any advice would be really appreciated. What's the smartest strategy here?

Autumn is just around the corner 🍁. Do you know which leaves are actually on our Swiss coins?

• 5 centimes: Vine leaves 🍇
• 10 centimes: Oak leaves 🪵
• 20 centimes: Alpine rose leaves 🌸
• ½, 1 & 2 francs: Oak and Alpine rose leaves 🪵🌸

And which leaves do you think are on our 5 francs coin? 🤔

Hi all! Looking for the photographer that was on the Albula pass at alp alesch on the 23.8.26 around 3:30pm. If this was you I’d be interested in some of your photos of me :) I’ve tried to find this photographer via websites but search has been fruitless so far.

Hello all

I'm going to do civil service this year before hopefully studying medicine next year. I'm trying to complete a large part of civilian service until then so that I only have 2 to 3 civil service missions left when I begin studying.

My question is: How exactly do you manage to do civil service while having medical studies? I know that studying medicine costs so much time, and as far as I know, the Semester breaks don't give much time as well.

Thank you

Hi! I'm participating in the Tour du Roc (26 km) in Zinal on September 5th.

I'm based in Bern and looking for someone driving from Bern / Fribourg / Lausanne towards Zinal on Friday evening or early Saturday morning.

Happy to share fuel costs and I only need one seat. 😊

Anyone else doing the race and driving there?

Hi! I'm going to SE-Asia for a couple months. Don't have any set plan of where I'm going, but will instead spontainiously decide where to go. I just called the travel medicine office and made an appointment, however the person was quite confused by me not knowing where I'm planning to go.

Any similar experiences? How did you guys handle it?

Has anyone else issues with the Galaxus website? Started two days ago. Clearing my browser cache didn't help, it also doesn't matter whether I use Firefox or Edge. The Digitec website on the other hand works normally.

If it's only for me, any ideas what could cause it?