About Readysteadyluzern

Status:

Expatriate  

Currently Lives:

Luzern, Switzerland

Citizen Of:

United Kingdom

HR/Relo
Professional:

Provider of Expat-Related Services & Products

Some Forum Posts:

Switzerland: Moving to Zurich in 2 months:

The best thing to do is a meeting with www.readysteadyrelocate.com/zurich, who specialise in informal meetings with newly arrived partners and families, helping them to quickly settle in and around Zurich, run by expat Mums who have done it the hard way!

Switzerland: Moving to Luzern in April:

Hi Laura, expat groups in Luzern include the Swiss American Society (SASL-lucerne.ch) and the women's club www.iwcl.net). I run informal seminars for newly arrived expats in Luzern and Zug see www.readysteadyrelocate.com/luzern best regards Helen

Switzerland: moving to Luzern:

Hello Melanie, there are only a small number of houses or garden flats which come up for rent, so be prepared for quite a small choice. You have to do all the legwork yourself unless you will have a relocation agent. www.alle-immobilien.ch is a good starting place to see what is available. I would suggest looking in Horw and Adligenswil. I run seminars for newly arrived expats in Luzern and Zug to answer all the little questions which help you integrate more quickly. www.readysteadyrelocate.com/luzern best regards Helen Archer

Switzerland: Zug vs Luzern:

Hi Nancy, the commute between Zug and Luzern is very easy, either 20 mins by train or about 25mins in the car on the motorway. Finding a house in Zug would probably be tricky - there is very little around (low tax area) and the old town area is very small. Luzern is an old town, and you can find old style apartments and there are plenty of views over the lake and mountains! Search the area above and around the city wall. I offer seminars for newly arrived expats in Luzern and Zug www.readysteadyrelocate.com/luzern regards Helen

Switzerland: Moving to Lucerne as well!:

Hello Susan, Lucerne has lots of language schools and they do prefer a TEFL, but you could always work privately. There is also an international and a bilingual school. I run seminars for newly arrived expats and cover topics like schooling and daycare, healthcare, playgroups, recycling in Luzern and Zug. www.readysteadyrelocate.com/luzern best regards Helen

Switzerland: Advice on schooling:

Hi melanie you are correct about the ages that children start local school here. The only decent way for kids to learn Swiss German is through the local schools, but all bilingual and international schools teach High German with varying degrees of intensity, plus they are full day schools with younger intakes. Zurich, Zug and Luzern all have good choices for international or bilingual education. Check out www.readysteadyrelocate.com for our expat family seminars in Zurich and Luzern/Zug. regards Helen

Switzerland: Transfering to Zug area questions:

Expats moving to the area generally live in Zug, Baar or Lucerne. Zug has lots of international companies and many expats, Lucerne is more picturesque and also has an expat community. Both Zug and Lucerne have English speaking international schools and daycare, and I can recommend the Bi-Lingual Four-Forests school in Lucerne. I offer one day seminars for newly arrived expats in the Zug and Lucerne areas, for more details see my website www.readysteadyrelocate.com/luzern

Switzerland: Life in Lucerne:

2300chf a month would be possible but not at all 'comfortable'! You could not find a place in the city centre to rent for under 1500, but if you lived in the suburbs eg Emmenbrucke which is about 10-15 mins from the town centre by bus, you could find something for 1000chf, leaving enough left over to live on. Like anywhere, this town has cheap or expensive bars, restaurants and clothes shops, so you would just have to be a bit careful where you go. Billys Bar, Mr Pickwicks Pub, The Roadhouse are all great places to meet people, or the Swiss American Society Luzern is very sociable. To get an idea of accomodation to rent, check www.alle-immobilien.ch

Switzerland: Zug or Lucerne?:

I am biased but I have loved living in Lucerne these last 5 years. Zug does have a larger expat population, but there are also plenty of English speakers here too, and an International and a Bilingual school. Lucerne is an exceptionally beautiful place to live, and I find it very friendly. They 2 townsa re only 20 mins away by car, so the larger expat 'scene' in Zug is very accessible. Check out the Lucerne Swiss American Society for activities. If it helps, I run half day seminars for newly arrived expat mums to hit the ground running. See my website www.readysteadyrelocate.com/luzern

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