Visit Switzerland: 5 Things You Will Love & Hate About Visiting Switzerland

hi guys marker with Voltas word and we're in Lucerne Switzerland my personal favorite town in Switzerland beautiful place definitely wanna check it out my type of Switzerland I've gotten here to a certain a few times band Basel Zurich interlaken so if you're looking for your adventure travel stuff interlaken someplace to go Lugano for your italian kick when you're here I've been to a lot of places here in Switzerland it's give me kind of an idea of kind of the best and worst of the country and so that's what we're going to have is our top five or I should say the five things you're going to love and hate about visiting Switzerland okay now I like to start with the bad news first and really there's only one major hate you're going to have about Switzerland and that's the price guys number one Switzerland is expensive I will not lie to you if you were on a budget for your travels in Europe do not come to Switzerland you cannot afford it if you're thinking going to save money if you're going to stop in McDonald's two menus and a happy meal is going to cost you 40 US dollars 36 francs okay so just be prepared that this is not a cheap place to go and that's the big white elephant in the room be careful so you don't destroy your budget with Switzerland but if money doesn't matter this is an awesome place to go okay the food chocolate the Alps all kinds of stuff okay but the first thing you're going to hate though as a normal traveler is that the expense because it is expensive here number two three four and five of the hates really aren't so much hate so just slide annoyances because you'll think you're really going to hate about Switzerland is the price the expensiveness okay so the second thing that's just going to be an annoyance for you here is the service look at the service here is well I guess you'd say offhand it's kind of like you're not that important so it's kind of like just okay yeah I'll get on it whatever okay now the thing is you can get some amazing service here we were staying at a called the bed and breakfast here in Lucerne the women there Evelyn super nice people so you can get good service but and generally kind of get off hand service would be the basic thing that the third thing you're not going to like about when you come here is the number of rules guys I've gotten find in many countries in the world so once it's the only place ever got fine for an actual reason versus getting ripped off so they are very you know straight-laced but the rules you know if your hostel says you know sounds after tenner they'll throw you out there's a good chance they will okay so make sure you follow the rules you hear they can get a little annoying but just so you know that okay before thing you're not going to like about it here's is the nightlife there's not a lot of nightlife here if you're coming here I mean I've had students from Portugal Finland Germany they've come to study here for semesters and they tell us hey hey what did you guys like and not like this one big thing that has the nightlife it's a little boring because unless you have a lot of money you can't really go out enjoy things but it's so expensive okay so the fourth thing is not much the nightlife out there and the fifth thing is well it could be a hate or a love so if you have children you're going to hate this they're not very kid-friendly I've been in Zurich with a friend of mine we try to go to a restaurant with his son they said no we don't let kids and it's not very I mean it's just in general not break it but if you don't like kids and hey it's great so for my friend Sandra and Savannah it's a perfect place for you okay because they don't like the kids here alright at least they make it a little more difficult to travel with kids in Switzerland okay so the five things you're not going to like about coming to Switzerland it has a try as a tourist one and the biggest one overall by far is the expense it is an expensive place too now we're getting the slight annoyance is not the kind of offhand service three the lots of rules that are here for not much nightlife and five not very kid-friendly now the thing is there's lots of things you going to love about coming to Switzerland okay and the first thing is the landscape hey guys did you see the Mountains back here here let's swing around go you can't see what you go out into the lakes the mountains all kinds of stuff the landscapes here in Switzerland are amazing hiking in the Alps guys I mean it's literally like you feel like sound of music kind of stuff I mean it's just beautiful here with all these things when you're taking the train through the city or between towns put away your iPod put away your iPad and just look out the windows to take in the beautiful scenery the waterfalls the mountains the snow cats all kinds of stuff all these things the second thing you're the love about here is the small quaint villages the sense you have 50 some thousand people but when you're taking those trains around the scene things you're going to see all these little fortress towns there's all kinds of little towns to check out I'm even if you're just driving by it is just beautiful okay they have nice local museums all kinds of great stuff so that's the second thing about it's the small quaint villages but the thing you love about coming to Switzerland is the mix of cultures you have German culture here you have French culture Italian culture so you get kind of a mix of all three of them in one small country so you get a tight a taste of Italy you get a taste of France a taste of Germany all over the country it's really kind of a cool thing you see this big melting pot that's what certain is okay the fourth thing you're going to love about here is the public transport whether it's in cities or between cities you can go to the tiniest little village there's going to be regular service to that town so you can see it it's great and what's cool is when you're on the POE transport you can see the whole town you can see the mountains you can see the fortresses all kinds of great stuff okay and the fifth thing you're going to love about Commodus which is the chocolate and the cheese guys anything with cheese and anything with chocolate in this country you will love it is amazing that's Swiss they do lots of good things with the two things they do best are chocolate and cheese so make sure you eat a lot when you're here so the five things you're going to love when you come to Switzerland one the landscape with the mountains in this end of the Alps and that the lakes and all kinds of stuff number two the small quaint villages that are just beautiful to check out like with CERN or Lugano or wherever number three the melting pot the mixture of German French and Italian culture number four the great public transport they have here at number five the chocolate and the cheese so guys have a great time here in Switzerland I help you give you a little heads up what you're going to do you want to learn more traveling in Switzerland you want to see what to do here lucerne learn a little German or whatever check us out our website wwlp.com and please like and subscribe this to this video bye

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Published: Sun Aug 05 2012

Reddit Comments

[u/jyeJ]

This is a vast generalization. Certain people don't like kids, but this is certainly the same in any country. I've never seen any form of general disdain for children in Switzerland.

[u/[deleted]]

The Swiss population is old, there's LOTS of elderly people (more than young ones), who abhor noise and agitation of any kind. When I lived in Geneva, it was impossible to organise any kind of event in some parts of town because the (elderly) population would be up in arms at the slightest noise. Blame a not-so-smart fiscal policy that doesn't encourage having children and overly restrictive immigration (big provider of youths).

Likewise, in buildings, senior citizens tend to impose their will upon young families, which makes for a kids-unfriendly environment in many places. Where I lived, there was a big grassy interior courtyard and the few elderly people living there managed to impose a ban on children there! They also petitioned to shut down a nearby daycare because kids were too noisy during the day. Also, we were theoretically not allowed to use bathrooms or watch TV after 10pm, which was ridiculous.

Here's the 2014 population pyramid for Switzerland: Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.1% (male 627,952/female 591,528) 15-24 years: 11.4% (male 469,536/female 451,547) 25-54 years: 43.9% (male 1,775,571/female 1,760,456) 55-64 years: 12% (male 484,278/female 486,220) 65 years and over: 17.5% (male 616,009/female 798,419) (2014 est.)

[u/Skinnj]

Hm... his Hate #2 is just part of how we function as a people I guess, service is here to bring or do something if you ask for it. As long as you don't give signs or say something they consider you to be satisfied...

I liked the service in the US, even with the sometimes over the top friendly and try-hard funny guys. But hey, sometimes I dont want to become best-friends with the service people or answer several questions as to how my food is and whether or not Id like to order a new drink all while eating.

[u/LeSpatula]

So he's saying /r/childfree should visit us. They could be disappointed.

[u/[deleted]]

As an English Speaker I would say "Do the Swiss not like kids?" but even that still sounds a bit awkward.

[u/TheNecromancer]

Which restaurant wouldn't let a kid in? Kindli? Kronenhalle? Even Kindli let my brother in when he was about 11. Can't say I've ever noticed this issue.

[u/endeavourl]

As someone who (unknowingly) went on a 3h boat trip on some country-wide school trip-day (i forgot the name, it's in June), i don't like kids in Switzerland ._.

But seriously, in Switzerland it seemed that kids are allowed much more freedom than here in Russia, at least from what i've seen. Like running around, talking loudly etc. e: although some people here are saying exactly opposite :D

[u/LaoBa]

I bet he wasn't talking about Tessin. We once entered a grotto there and were greeted politely, but when the waiter spotted our baby daughter who was hidden in a backpack at first he exclaimed how cute she was and he insisted on showing her to the everyone in the restaurant!

[u/Spl4tt3rB1tcH]

I actually experience the opposite. I'm somehow the only one disliking kids around here.