Most employers understand how much trouble people go through when moving into a new apartment and they give their workers days off for moving. A couple moved to Zurich and their experience of looking for an apartment left a huge impression on them, “At first, I was looking for an apartment myself. I couldn’t find anything.

After that, we hired a super-expensive agent. In the end, I found a good apartment by myself. To get it, I basically bribed the previous tenant, bought all of his furniture, and he didn’t tell the landlord about the other people who were interested in the apartment. To sign the contract, we had to show papers that confirmed we didn’t have any debt.”

Local people have to have medical insurance and pay for it. A girl moved to Switzerland with her family, “Every person here pays some sort of a medical tax: adults pay 2,500 francs ($ 2,800). This allows them to have free medical service. But dentistry is separate. This is crazy money!”