Best switzerland travel guides according to redditors
We found 6 Reddit comments discussing the best switzerland travel guides. We ranked the 3 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 6 Reddit comments discussing the best switzerland travel guides. We ranked the 3 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Wherever you move, invest 100% in learning the language. If you are moving into the Swiss-German speaking area, this will be much harder than the French or Italian area, but you must do it.
A customer of mine is originally from India, and he only conversed with his wife in English when they lived outside of Switzerland. When they moved to Switzerland, upon landing she said, "these are the last words in English I will speak to you, from now in it's Swiss-German." He thought she was joking, but she wasn't. It was tough love, and 6 months of hell, but now he speaks Swiss-German like a local, with no accent. This is extremely rare. And even as someone who is clearly not Swiss, he is 100% accepted into his village and really enjoys life here.
I also recommend this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Working-Switzerland-Survival-Handbook/dp/1909282634
It has tips and tricks that even most Swiss don't know.
First the books:
Lonely Planet is great but the lack of pictures usually don't make them fun to read. I love the Eyewitness Travel Guides and the one from Switzerland is quite good.
A great book (and must read imho) is Swiss Watching by Diccon Bewes. He also has a blog with great insights of Swiss life/culture.
As for websites, myswitzerland.com does a decent job.
Well, and if you're around Bern, just send me a message, we can have a beer!
I think it's all I can remember, you will see many things that you might get angry with but you will also have many positive experiences.
You might want to get this book, it will help you see many of the weird things about Switzerland and prepare you for everything. Or if you want something more critical of Switzerland, you might want to get this one..
Have fun and PM me if you want to know anything else!
P.S. The Swiss in the German Cantons have a bad sense of humor, any joke that makes you think a bit before understanding it, or jokes that seem illogical will not make them laugh, but if you play a video of a guy farting, expect everyone to piss themselves by laughing too hard.
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Working-Switzerland-Survival-Handbook/dp/1909282634 this book will answer all your questions and much more, it was invaluable when I moved.
I have been given that book when I came in 1999:
http://www.amazon.com/Living-Working-Switzerland-Survival-Handbook/dp/1909282634