Category: TIS

A Towing “Fine” Story

How I fought back with the help of ChatGPT 3.5 One evening in early 2023, I was near...

Rain Shields

You can call this “Lost in Translation”…. Imagine being caught in the rain while you’re shopping. Would you...

Finding a Home Scams and phishing TIS

More on Homegate scams

Following on from the post giving some insight into Homegate scams…. It seems that Fridays are very good...

Administrative Internet Mobile TIS

1st Wednesday in February – Sirens all over?

If you’re in Switzerland on the first Wednesday in February, at 13:30 you will hear the sirens all...

Finding a Home General Information TIS

Finding a Home in and around Zürich

The housing market in and around Zürich is like no other. There are few apartments available on the...

Samichlaus WHAT!!?!!!? 🤣

Apparently, Samichlaus (the chap in red who visits in early December) is something rather rude. If you like….....

If you think Swiss health-and-safety is average, check this out….

A bar in the red-light district in Amsterdam. Visit the toilets….. Wash your hands too energetically and …….

Switzerlanded

It’s amazing what a single, funny, made-up-word can do when a news organisation is bored. Economisto coined the...

Foreigners – out!

Seriously. It’s not going to happen. But thanks, Switzerland, for the message. I’d say this has been brewing...

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