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[–] Swisside@feddit.ch 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can get a daily SBB/CFF train ticket for cheap by asking your city. Moreover there is a minimal distance you must commute by train every day to make the General subscription (GA or AG) a better deal than buying a half card ticket.

Shops close early in most places and we do not have 24/7 options.

Each canton has its own autonomy which means for instance the education system and other cantonal laws can differ from one canton to another.

You pay different tax % for the same income depending on the canton and the city in which you live.

You can go from a region speaking one language to a another quite quickly. This is why English is most of the time very useful since we have 4 official languages. Rostigraben is the name we give to this concept.

Admin.ch has a lot of information about most of the questions one can have on administrative matters.

Wallis is objectively the best canton. (This a joke don't kill me πŸ˜‚)

[–] Snek@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

Wow great summary, thank you.

Bonus: if you know in advance, that your going to take a certain train, SBB also offers savings tickets.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Zurich on the weekend the 9 o'clock pass is valid all day (oposed to weekdays from 9 o'clock)

[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not on night trains though, iirc.

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ticket is not 24h, but until the last regular train which is about 5 am.

[–] curiosityLynx@kglitch.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But don't you have to pay a Nachtzuschlag for trains like the SN3? Or was that abolished?

[–] _Frog@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

In ZΓΌrich, you don't need a "Nachtzuschlag" anymore, but i'm sure, there are exceptions. General rule of thumb - their gone.

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