Swiss Resources Masterpost

Please note:
– **This is a work in progress**
– English links have been added where available, but the information may be inaccurate and/or incomplete, and is never legally binding.

# Emergency numbers

|Europe-wide emergency number|112|
|:-|:-:|
|Police|117|
|Fire service|118|
|Ambulance|144|
|REGA|1414|
|Toxicological information centre*|145|
|Helping Hand, counselling helpline|143 (CHF 0.20 per call)|
|Pro Juventute Helpline for children & young people|147|
|SBB Transport Police|0800 117 117|

*in case of suspected poisoning
– [Emergency radio](https://www.rega.ch/en/our-missions/sites-and-infrastructure/emergency-radio) frequency if phones won’t work: 161.300 MHz

# Housing

– These organisation defend tenants’ rights and can provide legal counsel: [Mieterverband](https://www.mieterverband.ch/mv.html) (Deutschschweiz), [ASLOCA](https://www.asloca.ch/) (Romandie). Legal counsel is free for members.

– Tenants’ Rights and Obligations: [DE](https://www.ch.ch/de/wohnen/miete/rechte-und-pflichten-der-mieter), [FR](https://www.ch.ch/fr/logement/location-d-un-logement/droits-et-obligations-du-locataire), [IT](https://www.ch.ch/it/abitazioni/locazione/diritti-e-doveri-del-locatario), [EN](https://www.ch.ch/en/housing/rent/tenants–rights-and-obligations)

– Information on homeownership: [DE](https://www.ch.ch/de/wohnen/wohneigentum), [FR](https://www.ch.ch/fr/logement/propriete-du-logement), [IT](https://www.ch.ch/it/abitazioni/proprieta-d-abitazioni), [EN](https://www.ch.ch/en/housing/homeownership)

# Health

– Federal Office of Public Health, aka BAG/OFSP/UFSP: [DE](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home.html), [FR](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home.html), [IT](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home.html), [EN](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home.html)

– Information about health insurance from FOPH; [DE](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung.html), [FR](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung.html), [IT](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung.html), [EN](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/versicherungen/krankenversicherung.html)

– Information about health insurance from ch.ch: [DE](https://www.ch.ch/de/gesundheit/krankenkasse), [FR](https://www.ch.ch/fr/sante/assurance-maladie), [IT](https://www.ch.ch/it/salute/assicurazione-malattie), [EN](https://www.ch.ch/en/health/health-insurance)

– Insurance premiums calculator: [DE](https://www.priminfo.admin.ch/de/praemien), [FR](https://www.priminfo.admin.ch/fr/praemien), [IT](https://www.priminfo.admin.ch/it/praemien)

– Vaccines: [DE](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/de/home/gesund-leben/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention/impfungen-prophylaxe.html), [FR](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/fr/home/gesund-leben/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention/impfungen-prophylaxe.html), [IT](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/it/home/gesund-leben/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention/impfungen-prophylaxe.html), [EN](https://www.bag.admin.ch/bag/en/home/gesund-leben/gesundheitsfoerderung-und-praevention/impfungen-prophylaxe.html)

# Working

– Employment law: [DE](https://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu/de/home/praktisches-wissen/personal/arbeitsrecht.html), [FR](https://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu/fr/home/savoir-pratique/personnel/droit-du-travail.html), [IT](https://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu/it/home/consigli-pratici/personale/diritto-del-lavoro.html), [EN](https://www.kmu.admin.ch/kmu/en/home/concrete-know-how/personnel/employment-law.html)

– UNIA [DE](https://www.unia.ch/de/arbeitswelt/von-a-z/arbeitsrecht-ratgeber), [FR](https://www.unia.ch/fr/monde-du-travail/de-a-a-z/droit-du-travail-conseils-2), [IT](https://www.unia.ch/it/mondo-del-lavoro/da-a-z/diritto-del-lavoro-consigli-utili-2), [EN](https://www.unia.swiss/)

– Orientation.ch has a career portal covering topics like job search, salary, career orientation, entering the workforce, and much more: [DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/8246?lang=de), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/8246), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/8246?lang=it)

# Politics

– Federal voting portal [DE](https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/abstimmungen.html), [FR](https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/votations.html), [IT](https://www.admin.ch/gov/it/pagina-iniziale/documentazione/votazioni.html), [EN](https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/votes.html)

– Public consultation for planned law changes: [DE](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/de/consultation-procedures/explanations-cp), [FR](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/fr/consultation-procedures/explanations-cp), [IT](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/it/consultation-procedures/explanations-cp)

– An in-depth explanation of the Swiss political system in three parts: [Part one](https://250bpm.com/blog:161/), [Part two](https://250bpm.com/blog:162/index.html), [Part three](https://250bpm.com/blog:163/index.html)

# Education

– Swiss Education Portal: [DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/). This website, mentioned earlier under the Work section, provides, among many other things, a search tool to look for Bildung/formation ([DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/2879), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/2879), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/2879)) and for professions ([DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/1893?lang=de), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/1893), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/1893?lang=it)), resources for adults to get their professional skills certified ([DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/7193?lang=de), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/7193), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/7193?lang=it)) and information on language exchange programs ([DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/7324?lang=de), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/7324?lang=fr), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/7324))

– Overview of the Swiss education path: [DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/2800?lang=de), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/2800), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/2800?lang=it)

– Career counselling offices by canton: [DE](https://www.berufsberatung.ch/dyn/show/8242?lang=de), [FR](https://www.orientation.ch/dyn/show/8242), [IT](https://www.orientamento.ch/dyn/show/8242?lang=it)

– Organisation of Swiss universities: [DE](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/?r=1&cHash=70419db05caeaba84d816a1097aa810c), [FR](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/fr/?r=1&cHash=70419db05caeaba84d816a1097aa810c), [IT](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/it/?r=1&cHash=70419db05caeaba84d816a1097aa810c), [EN](https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/?r=1))

– Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK/CDIP/CDPE) website: [DE](https://www.edk.ch/de?set_language=de), [FR](https://www.edk.ch/@@multilingual-selector/dc77603a3da44732839926dcaf48dbb6/fr?set_language=fr), [IT](https://www.edk.ch/@@multilingual-selector/dc77603a3da44732839926dcaf48dbb6/it?set_language=it), [EN](https://www.edk.ch/en?set_language=en)

– Cantonal Scholarships: [DE](https://www.edk.ch/de/themen/stipendien/stipendienstellen?set_language=de), [FR](https://www.edk.ch/fr/themes/bourses/services-cantonaux?set_language=fr), [IT](https://www.edk.ch/it/temi/borse-di-studio/uffici-cantonali?set_language=it)

# Transport

– The National Railway Website [DE](https://www.sbb.ch/de), [FR](https://www.sbb.ch/fr/), [IT](https://www.sbb.ch/it/), [EN](https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html) and their mobile app [DE](https://www.sbb.ch/de/fahrplan/mobile-fahrplaene/sbb-mobile/funktionen.html), [FR](https://www.sbb.ch/fr/horaire/horaires-mobiles/mobile-cff/fonctions.html), [IT](https://www.sbb.ch/it/orario/orari-mobili/mobile-ffs/funzioni.html), [EN](https://www.sbb.ch/en/timetable/mobile-apps/sbb-mobile/functions.html)

– [Cantonal traffic authorities](https://asa.ch/fr/services-des-automobiles/adresses/)

– Road conditions: [DE](https://www.tcs.ch/de/tools/verkehrsinfo-verkehrslage/aktuelle-lage.php), [FR](https://www.tcs.ch/fr/tools/inforoute-situation-trafic/situation-actuelle-trafic.php), [IT](https://www.tcs.ch/it/tools/infostrada-situazione-attuale-del-traffico/situazione-attuale-traffico.php)
– Road conditions in Valais [DE](https://www.valais.ch/de/service/anreise/aktuelle-verkehrslage), [FR](https://www.valais.ch/fr/services/acces/carte-interactive), [IT](https://www.valais.ch/it/servizi/accesso/mappa-interattiva), [EN](https://www.valais.ch/en/services/access/interactive-map) and Grischun [DE](http://www.strassen.gr.ch/sites/strassenzustand/karte.html), [IT](http://www.strassen.gr.ch/sites/strassenzustand/index_it.html)

– Conditions of alpine passes: [DE](https://alpen-paesse.ch/), [EN](https://alpen-paesse.ch/en/)

– Biking in Switzerland: [DE](https://www.ch.ch/de/fahrzeuge-und-verkehr/autos-und-andere-fahrzeuge/velofahren-in-der-schweiz), [FR](https://www.ch.ch/fr/circulation-et-vehicules/voitures-et-autres-vehicules/rouler-a-velo-en-suisse/), [IT](https://www.ch.ch/it/veicoli-e-traffico/automobili-e-altri-veicoli/circolare-in-bicicletta-in-svizzera)

# Maps

– SchweizMobil provides maps, and specific routes based on your chosen mode of getting around: [DE](https://schweizmobil.ch/de/), [FR](https://schweizmobil.ch/fr/), [IT](https://schweizmobil.ch/it/), [EN](https://schweizmobil.ch/en/)

– admin.ch map: [DE](https://map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=ech&lang=de&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege,ch.astra.wanderland-sperrungen_umleitungen&layers_opacity=1,1,1,0.8,0.8&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false,false&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,,), [FR](https://map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=ech&lang=fr&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege,ch.astra.wanderland-sperrungen_umleitungen&layers_opacity=1,1,1,0.8,0.8&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false,false&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,,), [IT](https://map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=ech&lang=it&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege,ch.astra.wanderland-sperrungen_umleitungen&layers_opacity=1,1,1,0.8,0.8&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false,false&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,,), [EN](https://map.geo.admin.ch/?topic=ech&lang=en&bgLayer=ch.swisstopo.pixelkarte-farbe&layers=ch.swisstopo.zeitreihen,ch.bfs.gebaeude_wohnungs_register,ch.bav.haltestellen-oev,ch.swisstopo.swisstlm3d-wanderwege,ch.astra.wanderland-sperrungen_umleitungen&layers_opacity=1,1,1,0.8,0.8&layers_visibility=false,false,false,false,false&layers_timestamp=18641231,,,,)

– OSM-based map that lets you display locations of amenities: [DE](https://alps.mapplus.ch/?lang=de&basemap=osm_alps&blop=1&x=2657500&y=1190000&zl=0&hl=0&layers=), [FR](https://alps.mapplus.ch/?lang=fr&basemap=osm_alps&blop=1&x=2657500&y=1190000&zl=0&hl=0&layers=), [IT](https://alps.mapplus.ch/?lang=it&basemap=osm_alps&blop=1&x=2657500&y=1190000&zl=0&hl=0&layers=), [EN](https://alps.mapplus.ch/?lang=en&basemap=osm_alps&blop=1&x=2657500&y=1190000&zl=0&hl=0&layers=)

– List of cantonal geoportals: [DE](https://www.kgk-cgc.ch/geodaten/kantonale_geoportale), [FR](https://www.kgk-cgc.ch/fr/geodonnees/geoportails-cantonaux), [IT](https://www.kgk-cgc.ch/it/geodati/geoportails-cantonaux)

# Pets

– Keeping pets: [DE](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/de/home/tiere/tierschutz/heim-und-wildtierhaltung.html), [FR](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/fr/home/tiere/tierschutz/heim-und-wildtierhaltung.html), [IT](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/it/home/tiere/tierschutz/heim-und-wildtierhaltung.html), [EN](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/en/home/tiere/tierschutz/heim-und-wildtierhaltung.html)

– Tarvelling with pets: [DE](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/de/home/tiere/reisen-mit-heimtieren.html), [FR](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/fr/home/tiere/reisen-mit-heimtieren.html), [IT](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/it/home/tiere/reisen-mit-heimtieren.html), [EN](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/en/home/tiere/reisen-mit-heimtieren.html)

– Federal law on animal protection: [DE](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2008/416/de), [FR](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2008/416/fr), [IT](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2008/416/it)

– Federal page on animal health: [DE](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/de/home/tiere/tiergesundheit.html), [FR](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/fr/home/tiere/tiergesundheit.html), [IT](https://www.blv.admin.ch/blv/it/home/tiere/tiergesundheit.html)

– [Overview of cantonal laws regarding dogs (DE only)](https://www.tierimrecht.org/de/recht/hunderecht/)

– Publications by the Swiss animal protection organisation: [FR](http://www.protection-animaux.com/publications/animaux_de_compagnie/index.html), [DE](http://www.tierschutz.com/publikationen/heimtiere/index.html), [IT](http://www.protezione-animali.com/pubblicazioni/animali_da_compagnia/index.html), [Other languages](http://www.protection-animaux.com/publications/animaux_de_compagnie/mb_fremdsprachen.html)

# Other
– The publications [Bon À Savoir](https://www.bonasavoir.ch/) and [Beobachter](https://www.beobachter.ch/) provide a wealth of information (product comparisons, testimonies of legal cases, etc) that can be, as its name says, good to know. They also provide legal counsel.
– Official media: [DE](https://www.srf.ch/), [FR](https://www.rts.ch/), [IT](https://www.rsi.ch/)
– Keep an eye on the weather with MeteoSwiss website [DE](https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/), [FR](https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/), [IT](https://www.meteosvizzera.admin.ch/), [EN](https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/) or app [DE](https://www.meteoschweiz.admin.ch/service-und-publikationen/service/wetter-und-klimaprodukte/meteoswiss-app.html), [FR](https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/services-et-publications/service/produits-meteorologiques-et-climatiques/l-app-de-meteosuisse.html), [IT](https://www.meteosvizzera.admin.ch/servizi-e-pubblicazioni/prestazioni/prodotti-meteorologici-e-climatici/app-di-meteosvizzera.html), [EN](https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch/services-and-publications/service/weather-and-climate-products/meteoswiss-app.html)

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We’ve all seen questions that made us wonder “why didn’t you just google this”, and I think a lot of time the answer can simply be “I don’t know which sources are reliable”. So here I’ve provided a long list of what I consider to be reliable sources of information. A lot of them are sources I and others have used many times to answer questions people have posed here in the past.

**Please let me know in the comments if there are things I should add/change/remove.** As stated above, this is a work in progress. There are subjects that feel sparse, but I wasn’t sure what other specifics to add to them. I welcome any (polite please) feedback to improve this list of resources. : )