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Hello,

Today in the evening I’m having a European flight from Geneva airport and have quite a few liquids (all under 100ml, but in total for sure more than officially allowed 1 litre). How strict are they in Geneva airport, do I need to take liquids out during the security control? Thanks!

Salut à tous.

N'étant pas vraiment un habitué des cafés. Je fais appel a votre expérience pour chercher un endroit ou me poser l espace d un 30 aine de mn.

Meme pas forcément un café car je n en bois pas en réalité.

Idéalement pas sur la route.

Ca peut être n importe quoi en réalité, si il y a moyen de faire des rencontres ce serait avec plaisirs.

Merci Genevois et Genevoise.

Merci 🙂

Edit: plutot chatelaine/concorde/saint jean/ voir le lignon

Hello, I am in Geneva on a short term contract for a few weeks, and I was wondering if there are some good "day volunteering" type of things I can participate in over the weekends. In the US, I would think of like a soup kitchen or homeless shelter or even a community trash clean up or something. I don't know if this is a normal thing where you can just go for a day or a few hours to help out without any kind of a commitment.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Open to all causes. Would I need to arrange in advance or I can just show up?

Also, my French is not great (I can be polite) so I don't know if that limits me in any way.

Thank you for your suggestions!

And apologies in advance if there is a delay in response, getting ready for work this morning :)

Hey everyone,

I’ve been in Geneva for a couple years now and while I love the city, I still haven’t built much of a social circle here. Between work and the usual expat/local divide, it’s been harder than I expected to just… meet people organically.

So I figured I’d try the Reddit route. A bit about me: I’m M29, Frenchman working in finance. My biggest passions are football, board/video games and I love learning about history/physics. Fluent in French (duh) and English, still working on my Italian :)

I’m open to grabbing a coffee or drink to chat. I’m genuinely open to where things go be it friendship, or if there’s a connection, I’m not against that either 😊

If you’re in a similar boat, or just feeling like your circle could use some new faces feel free to comment or DM me. Happy to suggest a spot around Plainpalais, the lake, or wherever works.

Cheers, and hope to meet some of you soon!

Edit : Wow ! Thanks guys for all your replies, as some mentioned and since we seems to be a decent bunch in the same boat I’ll try and organize a group thing next week :) currently finishing my summer break in Sicily until end of week. Will look into organizing something when I get back. Excited to meet you all !!

I will be applying soon.

I'm very interested in knowing how long did it take from the day you sent your file to the authorities to get an interview with your commune, and to eventually get your citizenship?

Ps. I'm only asking for adults, not children or minors

Ça y est j’ai trouvé ma première mygale dans ma chambre, les temps sont durs… je l’ai courageusement aspirée, foutu de l’insecticide partout et j’ai scotché le bout du tuyau pour éviter qu’elle ressorte me mordre les orteils pendant la nuit. Je culpabilise mais cette vie perdue aura permis de sauver la mienne (je sentais mon âme partir)

Les arachnophobes vous faites comment ? Je sais qu’on peut être complètement disproportionné avec les phobies, j’étais à deux doigts d’appeler la police pour qu’un agent vienne la sortir

I've gotten into Pilates (jumpboard reformer) and yoga lately through my classpass trial, but its super expensive. Anyone have suggestions regarding solid places where i can do reformer pilates and/or yoga without spending an arm and a leg?
Thanks!

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The SBB app is great and all, but for crying out loud why can't they post the timetable clearly on the website? Am I just blind? I look for any station and the timetables don't exist, just some minimalist bs web design about "equipment in the station"

Hi everyone!

I’m a 27y year old girl who is searching for an internship in hospitality marketing in Geneva.

That’s been really tough because all internships require you to be a student or recent graduate. What about people who want to slightly change their career path?

I’m already working in hospitality in the commercial department (revenue, bizdev) in Valais and my dream is to move to Geneva and start a marketing/branding path but it seems impossible.

Do you have any suggestions besides to start a master degree?

I would love to but it means I would have to wait for another year to start my master in Lausanne (Master in Management with a specialization in Marketing - as I can see it is the only one suitable with my aspirations)

I’m a bit lost. How can I continue growing in Geneva?

I speak English (C1) and French (C1)

Thank you in advance

I'll be in Geneva for six months and don't want to make my luggage heavy. I am an Indian of 5ft and chest size 32-34.

In which stores should I find clothes of my size, in Geneva ?

Girlies, please mention such stores in the comment...

I am slightly new to Geneva and have been living here for three years. Since I arrived, I have noticed construction work going on across the city whether fixing tramways, repairing water pipes, or renovating buildings.
I understand that Switzerland has high standards when it comes to heritage preservation, environmental protection, safety, and quality. However, I wonder why AI, digital transformation, state efficiency, and effective project management hasn’t helped to ensure that all these requirements are met while projects are still completed in a timely manner?

I have a friend who works as a site engineer, and he tells me that everything in Switzerland and particularly in Geneva is much slower than elsewhere( I haven’t seen any scientific studies but I trust him).

For people who have been living in Geneva for a long time, is this actually true? Is construction and infrastructure work generally this slow, or are there specific reasons why it takes so long?

Hey guys, I recently moved to Geneva and I am looking to meet new people or join a friend group. I am 21 and I am not sure how to make friends when there is no connecting factor(for example, university). Are young people here generally open to making new friends?

Hello, I have a 2004 mustang mach 1 and I am looking for a good mechanic that would be able to work with the parts I have imported from the US (rare american car)