Switzerland's Strict Society | Unique Investigation

[@shellih8302]

I worked on a project in Zurich for a year. I had an apartment and was chastised by my neighbor for not recycling properly. I really appreciated the discipline and order of Swiss society. Switzerland is clean, everything is on time, crime is low, and I felt healthy and safe. Coming from the USA, this was a welcomed change.

[@beyondEV]

US is like: This is my individual Right of Freedom and i don't care it destroys anyone else rights to their freedoms. Swiss is like: So everyone can have many freedoms, we need to compromise and all follow some rules to ensure, that everyone gets their piece of freedom. I take my Swiss freedom to be able to walk the streets safely and not being constantly harassed by unreasonable people over the right to be a A*******, every day. The US version only makes sense, if one assumes, that other will accommodate one's freedoms. And not instead insisting , that their freedom is more important and i should accommodate them.

[@designobservatory]

Clean and safe but it is a golden cage, a cage nevertheless and after some time it weighs heavy on you.

[@catalina1968]

I would not be able to live like that.

[@youngneeson]

One of the main reasons why the Swiss stick to the rules is that they set them themselves (and voted for them), they are not dictated to them.

[@thegreatest2848]

Yes, Swiss are psycho-rigidly brainwashed and like to overpay for everything (otherwise they will complain against the government).

[@karinlinakrauchi65]

Since 20 years votation about 48% taking this privileg... just sad, we trow a lot of chances... 😢😢😢😢😢

[@balex1109]

If 51% vote for a law that dictates your life, even though you were part of the 49%, it's still a surpression of your freedom. Democracy is a scam too. You can vote yourself into a totalitarian shithole if you keep 51% brainwashed.

[@core3k]

40-49.9% will not agree with you, bro

[@YambouSVG]

Those who choose not to vote - for whatever reason - get to live with the choose of those who vote Those who don’t vote shouldn’t complain if they don’t like the outcome

[@updrivedownthrow4557]

I live in Switzerland and i see lot's of people here seem to not know that our people often make rules that don't make much sense and are just first World problems... While much more important business ends up ignored

[@hydrohasspoken6227]

for example?

[@updrivedownthrow4557]

@@hydrohasspoken6227 it's more important to do something against road noise than something against the increasingly expensive health system

[@JonGreeny]

@@updrivedownthrow4557 It's much more important to do something against the increasing insurance premiums or road noise? Is that what you actually meant to say?

[@EvelinHolmes]

@@hydrohasspoken6227the trash situation . Insane.😢

[@holyperceval6310]

I disagree, with this kind of reasoning you prevent solving smaller simple issues by claiming you have to divert resources on complexe problems where the solution is not easy to find or implement. If you have a solution to an important business, please take it to a political party in your town and have the people of switzerland vote on it. If it's an important business and you have a good enough solution it should pass. At a 9 million person scale, most problems don't have an easy solution. Switzerland has well defined rules and it's easy to follow them without much sacrifices.

[@BlackhawkPilot]

As foreign student in 1961 I could shoot under the supervision of the Swiss Army once a month. Helped me be the best shot in my US Army Basic Training company in 1963.

[@taxirob2248]

Were you stationed in Ft Worth on November 22nd by any chance?

[@NathanKeith-xy3uf]

@@taxirob2248 No, was in Germany 1987-2003

[@taxirob2248]

@@NathanKeith-xy3uf CLEARLY I wasn't talking to you.

[@hankybostik7634]

Ladies calm down please!

[@_Meng_Lan]

Good job you were trained with the generation that helped store the stolen german holocaust gold and precious stones and money. Congrats. Switzerland is still a corrupt head of a banking system. Itll never changed. Its built on the blood and skin of mass merder.

[@justiceforall1288]

Everyone works together as a family unit... As one community!! That's great!! Fantastic!!

[@adhoc9647]

Thanks for quick overview of Swiss living. Enjoyed it. Way back when, I passed through it once en route to So. France, so it brought back pleasant memories. Still practice one habit I observed there: pick up litter from the street even if it's not my own. Recently I noticed I'm not the only one any more, so I wonder . 😊

[@si_vis_amari_ama]

I did a working holiday in Switzerland, in a rural area. In my broken German, a great topic of conversation was always about work, everyone has a huge work-ethic. Also sense of ordernung and cleanliness; I will never forget meeting the village lady on-the-job, who's voluntary task it was to regularly clean the public phone box. She took much pride in this task. I assume that one would become accustomed to the laws. However this does not curtail freedom of choice in most activities. Its all in the self-discipline I suppose.

[@richcook2007]

@@si_vis_amari_ama everything is downstream from culture

[@LeeBv9983]

In the 1960s my wife was a teenager and in Geneva for a month with her family from Istanbul while her father worked at an international organization. They had an actual apartment given to them. One day she took out this book in the hall under the phone stand thinking it was a rather large telephone directory. It took her a while (French was her third language) to figure out that it was the rules of the apartment building.

[@magentaMegi]

Wow really?

[@yoyannik]

Lausanne is a beautiful city. I love how they care and keep their city clean

[@amapparatistkwabena]

Lived in Switzerland for six years. Loved the nature; quirky place at times, but every place has its quirks. Much rather prefer it to any other country in Europe, and I’ve visited over 30 of them. ❤

[@matthewschiebout7384]

Funny, I visited Switzerland several times in the 80's and 90's, decided about 30 years ago it was just too boring for me...lived in another European country for a couple years, MUCH preferred it there...

[@loumac9312]

Which country did you live in?​@@matthewschiebout7384

[@2msvalkyrie529]

I agree ! Spent 6 months working in Luzern in the 80s. One of the happiest times of my life....

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Everyone is different. I hated it in Switzerland! And I dont hate many things. But everyone can have their own opinion and experience. So whatever.

[@edpowers3764]

Here is the best counterpoint to all of the people who shame the US for believing in a well armed populace. America struggles with responsibility, which the Swiss clearly have.

[@chrisroberts1919]

Many years since I left GE/CH now. ❤ - Working as a *International* employee. Found it rather easy to adapt to the Swiss "Rules"? Living in a disciplined society has its advantages. Reminded of "Die Schweizermacher" (The Swissmakers) - A 1978 Film. The Swiss had a sense of humour rather like mine - Ironic? Back then, the WORLD seemed a rather more FUN (safer) place though...

[@Locomaid]

Stellar film! Long live William Tell, the sax player

[@c.c7263]

It's a submissive country, sold to EU and its workers.

[@Aidan-tu4un]

16:08. What an outrageous statement by the narrator. Being neutral does not mean the Swiss don’t take a stand on their opinions… on the contrary, there are usually referenda 3 to 4 times a year where all Swiss citizens give their opinion… other countries would benefit from this system as it keeps the politicians aware of the views of the people.

[@menkaur]

I do like swiss direct democracy, however, in working democracies politicians often do pooling to monitor public opinions

[@johnson6099]

I recall her saying "being neutral doesn't mean you have to take a stand on your opinions" which is very different from what you're saying. The narrator is clearly implying the Swiss have a choice but don't feel the need to doso as often as the US. Don't be misleading.

[@Aidan-tu4un]

@@johnson6099 I listened again and her exact words are… “…especially when you are neutral and don’t have to take a stand on your opinions.” I think my reading of her implied denigration of Swiss Neutrality stands. 😕

[@livics610]

Not true at all. Only some ideas gain enough traction to be presented to the public for a vote. So the question is: do people really choose, or the filter for ideas to be voted on is behind closed doors?

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Let’s face it, they are bizarre. The women didn’t want the vote until nearly 1980. Living with all that stolen loot has muddled their brains.

[@dawnoliver2015]

I loved my various experiences in Swz. Living in South Africa, a country where chaos is the norm and law and order almost non existent, I loved the order, cleanliness, SAFETY, and even the rules re laundy and bins because it shows people are meant to consider athers and "anything goes" does not apply.

[@DonDezz]

Care to relocate there maybe?

[@natashagournay4866]

I agree with you as I have also lived in the middle east. What I do not agree with is the lack of fairness. A fine has to be proportionate to a person's income. I also believe in second chances for people who have genuinely made a mistake and did not know. In my country in Europe we also have to buy garbage bags. This results in the post man stealing the coupons or a neighbour taking them(you get coupons for a certain number of bags once u pay your tax). If you need more bags it's expensive. I don't know if garbage bags should be where a Government takes tax because the poorest probably can't afford them. Switzerland is a very wealthy country. What I would want to know is why are people tempted to put their home waste in public bins. Let's say it's not the cost of the bags. If I did this it would be because the garbage is collected once a week and not at all if there is a public holiday. Once in summer I had to leave nearly 2 weeks worth of garbage inside my house because I had to go away for work. The very next day was garbage day and if I could have put it out it would have been great but I'm not allowed to put it out the day before. It has to be after 8pm the day before so they can collect it in the morning. I would look into why people use public bins. I'm sure there are some interesting reasons. Imagine having to keep baby diapers for a week in your home in summer with no air-conditioning(which is the norm in europe). Ugh. I'd love it if they collected the rubbish twice a week. Then they i would not complain about the garbage police.

[@MalenkyGoblin]

Switzerland was sued for taking stolen money from South Africa's apartheid leadership.

[@Majoyol]

Have lived on both and you‘re exaggerating on both sides!

[@kerlyn3582]

@@Majoyol I have not been to Switzerland but as far as South Africa goes she is 100% right

[@SportCavee]

To be fair I’ve lived in a suburb of Zurich my whole life and no one really cares when you throw which trash away. Maybe it’s different in Geneva but we definitely don’t have people guarding trash cans in Zurich.

[@Paetschgu]

You cant compare Dietike with the rest of Switzerland haha

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

Suburb, probably with many foreigners, right? Live in a city in Switzerland with many typical Swiss. You are MORE observed than you think. People watch you without you even knowing you are being watched.

[@felicehappy]

That was in Lausanne not Geneva (I was confused too at first cause they say "on lake Geneva" but that's how English speakers call the lake Léman). I don't think trash cans are supervised in Geneva (I live here) because we don't have taxed council rubbish bags.

[@potato_mash121]

​@@mariaagosti-pm7tkHell I watch people without realising it and my inner monologue is cursing when I see something wrong😂 Sometimes I catch my inner Bünzli

[@ozone1894]

@@mariaagosti-pm7tk No just general suburbs people dont really observe neither would you get raided by the fbi for spitting so I think some things here are for show only

[@TriniStarr3527]

I live in Switzerland. We use Swiss francs, not Euros. Yes, I confirm it is strict over here.

[@felicehappy]

I noticed that too but I guess for UK viewers Swiss Francs don't mean anything whereas most people will have used Euros during their travels to France, Spain, Ireland etc. And since Swiss Francs are almost at the same rate as Euros I guess they made the decision to use Euros for UK viewers.

[@ThePixey1000]

@trinitristant3527 I found it soulless and more like a communist country where rules come first and happyness and liberty comes last. I found the swiss people more like AI robots than people. Sorry just how I found it.

[@robertpanienka7008]

Nice documentary about Switzerland, a beautiful country but also a bit expensive. But I will definitely go on holiday there again.

[@Moconomy]

❤️🎬

[@Trudloops]

Thanks for showing some lovely footage from Lac Leman. This brought back lovely memories of my time there. It is truly safer to walk alone at night in Geneva. One night, I forgot that the bus to my home stopped running at midnight, and I had to walk across the bridge to get home. Apart from some pesky young men, who I ignored, it was a brisk and safe walk home. Yes, Switzerland has many rules, but it makes for a pleasant and safe life. If you don't like the rules, don't live there.

[@LaVern57]

Excellent comment 👍

[@Chic_Ken]

Turdloops

[@FedericoTesta1]

Swiss supermarkets chains have huge margins, especially on imported goods. It's a well know story.

[@omnitraveller]

They also have huge salaries to pay

[@Zelielz1]

@@omnitravellerIt is a free market, but enforces some proteccionist laws, especially when it comes to food. This situation has formed basically food lobbies and cartels, because supermarkets can charge whatever they want.

[@grasgruen84]

its true that imported goods are very expensive, but its not a supermarket problem, its a problem of branded goods that are way more expensive from the manufacturer here. take the example of coca cola, they have local bottling plants that sells to the supermarkets for a very high price, meanwhile they forbid any bottling plants outside of switzerland to sell to a local supermarket, so its either you buy directly from coca cola switzerland or you dont buy at all. the money stays at coca cola. same for any other bigger brand.

[@Frivals]

It's all about dominants and dominated

[@bellissimo4520]

Yeah, it's good that German retailers Aldi and Lidl are making inroads. The are really shaking things up in this regard, and it's about time.

[@steeltoeboots9591]

Beautiful clean country long as the people of the country are happy then f the rest. You dont go to someone elses house and tell them how to live. You blend in or find somewhere else that suits you it's a big world.

[@steeltoeboots9591]

@detlefmann7433 ohh we have tons of those kind of people here no pride in anything except destroying and creating chaos. The me me me me mentality and thinks they have the right to do what they want when they want with 0 regards for others.

[@mbm8690]

You don't go to someone else's house and don't tell them how to live? Well, if so then you definitely missed a few of my former landlords, colleagues and Swiss-Asian and else neighbours, they couldn't resist denunciating and nag-nag-nagging untill they got their unbeloved newbie fired and homeless on the street.

[@grantgilligan8879]

Couldn’t enforce such pettiness in Paris. No one visits, so easy to harass over spitting.

[@vajaindransramasamy4107]

I like how Switzerland has implemented it in disposing of waste and littering. I am Malaysian and embarrassed with the Malaysian government. We have no system. Everybody throws litter everywhere, and nobody is fined like our neighboring country, Singapore, which is very clean, and anyone caught littering will be fined. Keep up your excellent work in Switzerland by educating your citizens on the correct way of disposing of waste and preventing littering on streets.❤❤❤❤❤

[@enjoystraveling]

Is it possible to change the laws of your country of Malaysia to be more like Singapore? I’m talking about the law against littering

[@viktorianas]

Law is nothing without the means to enforce it

[@vivianms3721]

Don’t be too hush on your own people. Sure there’s always more to improve,but from my experience I find Malaysians to be among the most friendly and nice and peaceful people. I’m Chinese and I like your country. Cheers 😊

[@Thatturtlee]

You can maybe contact the local government and even protest with environmental groups to put pressure on the government to make a change!💓🌍🍀

[@rocinante4488]

@@vivianms3721right, I was just in Malaysia too. Very impressive and organized country compared to the countries nearby. Comparing your country to a tiny, rich city state doesn’t seem just. It’s like calling yourself poor because you don’t have as much money as Jeff Bezos

[@anitapeludat256]

Many years ago, I traveled with my 15 yo son and his junior Fife and drum corps with other parents, to Basel to visit a Basel Fife and Drum corp. We all had an amazing time, stayed in an immaculate Hostel, a very gracious hostel host. While on a bus in Zurich, we witnessed 3 citizens arrest another driver and pull him out of his auto. Our bus driver explained the arrested driver was in the wrong. We also witnessed a gentlemen dressed in military gear on another bus that scolded two Swiss teenage boys that were acting up. He grabbed them by the collars like an uncle would. As a parent, I thought that was fantastic. I grew up in the era of all parents and teachers kept an eye out for all kids. The constant comparison to the USA is quite a shame, however. I respect the Swiss, and they have had quite some time to establish their country, rules and breed people into the societal norms. There is no basis for comparison. We are in no denial of our issues, especially presently that those of us are fighting to continue this democratic experiment of people from every country of the earth, including tens of thousands of Swiss. We often met curious Swiss citizens, and we were happy to talk and I had learned some basic Swiss to communicate and not be a rude guest. Most Swiss, men and women, automatically said, "Wild Wild West". We were asked if we all owned horses and lived on vast ranches . In Interlaken, we found the Swiss very rude towards local Italians. We were shocked, many in our party are Italian. We have our issues, but Italians are well loved and long past early judgement of many migrants of almost 100 years ago. We explained to Italian shop owners that we adore Italians and were friendly. This was very much appreciated. The food was wonderful, fresh produce from Italy was addictive and it is a breathtaking country. I recommend everyone to visit .

[@Locomaid]

In Interlaken, in a premiere five star hotel, I encountered the rudest people and worst service I ever experienced in Europe. And I have been here fourty years. I am not even Italian, lol. It nearly ruined my honeymoon. In fact, they were all overworked and overwhelmed by demanding tourists (it is perceived as Disney World without an entry fee). Entitled people suck the life out of the usually foreign workers, who are paid poorly and work long hours. But I knew that it was the exception because I had been in many places around the country that were charming and where people were kind and helpful. Sorry that you, too, had that experience. I can still feel the shock myself.

[@potato_mash121]

​@@LocomaidGoing to Interlaken is like going to Venedig. Go there for the view and pictures and then leave ASAP 😂 It's a tourist hot spot

[@adriancressy8363]

OMG I could never live in Switzerland, and its perfect clean streets and law and order. Everyone is watched closely.

[@rob9528]

Sick country.

[@kronymom]

I agree

[@bolshevikapologist9957]

This video is melting people's brains. There aren't cameras and Bünzli police officers at every corner, but that doesn't mean that there will never be consequences. A dog license is not a thing in every canton, but it probably should be to ensure responsible dog ownership. Littering deserves a reprimand. This is a functioning society based on common sense, and that's why our streets are clean and we can swim in our city rivers, and we don't have hordes of strays from abandoned animals and backyard breeding. You'd probably get 13 different diseases from swimming in your rivers and your streets are littered with trash, but at least you're not "watched closely" I guess? 💀 Everything that will get you in trouble is something that a normal person with manners won't do.

[@BellaFirenze]

Non ti vogliamo.

[@AA-iy4gm]

I agree with those rules, after living in the West it's apparent that there are too many irresponsible dog owners that don't pick up after their dogs, that let them off the leash even though it's not allowed if it's not in a dog park, they "rescue" dogs for attention and then leave them at home to bark and be a nuisance while they're at work. Secondly Marijuana smokers and second hand weed smoke, it's starting to be more and more present everywhere and it stinks so bad but smokers don't care about others and actually get offended that you dare say that it stinks...just an overall increase in selfish behavior without common sense, common courtesy towards other human beings.

[@SuperDominick34]

living now in switzerland from 4 years i respect this country a lot we feel in security here and in peace enjoy the mountains the nature beatiful lakes in the summer but yet you risk to be depressed in the winter and yes social depression because here socializing and having friends it's not easy but STILL prefer by far this that being in the south region and having people begging for social connection because they will need favors in life, everything has a price in this word, i enjoy my little life here

[@kimberlyhampton5332]

If I may ask, where did you live before moving to Switzerland?

[@SuperDominick34]

@@kimberlyhampton5332 hi ,from center italy

[@JonGreeny]

You must be a very small minded Italian to prefer Switzerland over southern countries..

[@williamtell5365]

Half Swiss, half American. I've lived pieces of my life in both countries. Switzerland offers trade offs. It's well organized, safe, predictable and in some ways civilized. When I compare it to say, Seattle or San Francisco, well those places can be more lively and dynamic. But there are costs. Now I live in SE Asia and that's like another world entirely. I love it. For me, experiencing the world and different ways of life is the best thing.

[@whitepouch0904]

You’re in Thailand 😅

[@QueenWashington-j7v]

Wish here in Washington DC we have those rules, it's so nasty and disgusting in here.💙💙💙🇺🇲🦅

[@justaneditygangstar]

Seattle and San Francisco is worse off than India and the Middle East

[@1.masterpiece]

When there aren't bigger problems in the country, you have to keep people busy by monitoring bins on the street, checking for meat produce in vehicles, etc 🤷🏾

[@richcook2007]

They are preventing small problems from becoming large ones.

[@1.masterpiece]

@@richcook2007 That's a very good point

[@ThePinkUnderlord]

its just a little psychopathic to me. hardly call that free

[@richcook2007]

@@ThePinkUnderlord because they don't do things the way you want it's psychopathic...yeah....sure.

[@potato_mash121]

​@@ThePinkUnderlord😂😂😂 You are free to stay where you are and continue to litter to feel free. I feel quite free and clean in Switzerland in the meantime

[@Iceageonmars]

Need a lot more of that here in London that has the opposite approach where personal freedom trumps any obligation to the comfort and rights of others.

[@JonGreeny]

No! Let London be what it is. It wouldn't be as vibrant and innovative if it imposed such backward and rigid societal rules!

[@Blue_22511]

Oh please. London is perfect no matter what. I wish i could find a house there ❤

[@lukeyarasheski5510]

Personal freedom? In the most surveilled city in earth?

[@CrustyUgg]

@@lukeyarasheski5510cite your sources please.... A city in China is the most surveilled in the world...

[@CrustyUgg]

@@JonGreenybackwards and rigid? Look how clean and beautiful Switzerland is with their "backwards and rigid" policies... London (and the country as a whole) has let so many illegals in.. just like America. It puts such a strain on the system. That's just one of many issues with London (and the country of England as a whole)... it's tiring taking the rest of the world in when we have our own citizens going to bed hungry at night or being homeless. Maybe sanctions should be implemented on a lot of these countries until they get their shit together and treat their citizens right

[@anthonymaina2215]

This country helps individuals evade paying taxes in their home countries but somehow it taxes everything within its borders. Ironical!!

[@JerryMeyer-q6h]

taxes in Switzerland are less than half those in all other European countries. standard of living is second to no other country's.

[@davuax1177]

no, times have changed, so have regulations

[@enjoystraveling]

I wish the United States would have a law against throwing your cigarette butts on the street. !!!! I was even on a day trip with a group of people, and one man threw a cigarette, butt on the sidewalk , and he was practically right next to the bin. I picked it up and handed it to him and told him to throw it away and he said to me, you need to put it out first and I said you you put it out and you throw it away. Also, I noticed when I was in Texas last time many grass fires probably started because people threw their cigarette butts out the window during the drought season

[@Maliceless100]

Texas is lovable and loathsome.

[@Shakespeare3977]

Totally agree 👍🏼 💯

[@susanfaulkner2304]

Same here!

[@Tyler-vw9bh]

Technically it is against the law (it's considered littering) and actually some places in TX have a huge fine for it. Unfortunately, like many laws they are simply not enforced. When I lived in Los Angeles it was the worst. People would throw all their trash in the street and cops would only stop someone if they were committing a felony. I got into a shouting match with armed security one time for the exact scenario you are talking about. But mess up your taxes and short the government by $5 and Im sure you will hear from them

[@Cherrysmith2809]

In America, personal freedom is the only thing people think of, when it should be a balance between the rights of the individual and the collective. We are all connected, and where your freedom steps on mine, we have problems.

[@nappingracez]

Licence to own a pet and being obliged to let children pass safely - I hope more countries would adopt these policies.

[@thetobyg]

The same should apply for having children! 😄

[@celljog]

This is not the law in all of the 26 cantons of switzerland. Each canton sets its own laws. The example shown was for canton Neuchatel. In canton Vaud we don't have this law.

[@thearcherofjustice1492]

I live in canton de Vaud. What's with the children?

[@davidinnis6796]

No thanks, move there, then. See ya.

[@lc.crpyto]

proud to live here in Switzerland, whenever I'm travelling abroad I really feel how well these strict rules here work and how well our society respects them. having the second highest gun per capita but at the same time having one of the absolute lowest murder rates in the world is all you need to know about Switzerland

[@Bruno-tm3xo]

……and one of the highest suicide rate in the world …..per gunshot of course

[@prophecyrat2965]

Worke great when all your resouces come from other nations and your goverment is the money laundering capital of the world.

[@mariuszcieslak3667]

Switzerland just exports all murders abroad - like Chiquita which was founding paramilitary groups accountable for civilian masacres or Swiss banks famous of money laundering (money from human trafficking for example).

[@faithrada]

​@mariuszcieslak3667 Nobody's perfect right?

[@richardzwolenski2777]

@@Bruno-tm3xoGermany also has a high suicide rate. They like to jump in front of moving trains

[@corujariousa]

This can seem extreme to outsiders but I've been to Switzerland and was very impressed with the cleanliness, functioning and politeness I found. It seems the model works well for them. I see accountability from citizens and government is expected. Perhaps the rest of the world should mimic the Swiss ways.

[@thetobyg]

The only country where the citizens actually are the government/state!

[@jnemuri]

it looks dirty, the streets are horrible.

[@chrissy3684]

While I agree with you too a certain extent, why have trash cans outside if you can’t use them?

[@corujariousa]

@@chrissy3684 They can use the trash cans outside but not as some were using, as shown in the video. I am not familiar with the laws there but they gave a very quick explanation in the video.

[@mitoo4880]

@@chrissy3684 you pay for the garbage bags a hefty price, as a tax that goes toward recycling and such. If you drop your home garbage in the street bins, you're effectively avoiding taxes. It's that simple and it makes sense when you look at it closely. I't just lacks the style of a perfect solution imo.

[@JesusAndCo]

That littering enforcer is actually rubbing his hands when pulling someone to find them, 5mins 26secs in, he’s enjoying the power hahah

[@LeCalmar]

Exactly. He didn't pass the exams to get into the police (because they try to avoid those kind of people), so he's doing this to exert his power fantasies.

[@Swissvistas-fz9ey]

He's a S.O.B, quite frankly.

[@montre-moi]

It's not about littering, it's about paying taxes on your waste. That's why it's enforced.

[@robertbarrett2494]

.... as a jobsworth looking f trouble , like a school jobsworth .

[@FLATSWISS]

My biggest beef with Switzerland is that they are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty preventing someone to independently explore the Antarctic and they are involved with ESA faking Space with all the other Space Agencies… Earth is unequivocally an Enclosed Stationary Plane not a planet… Peace on the Plane brothers and sisters

[@nyreggie-isb23]

"Order and stability, the Swiss way! Embrace the country's strict society as a model for financial discipline. Anyone looking to retire in another country should consider visiting this beautify place first.

[@rougeur]

I’ve been diligently working, saving and contributing towards early retirement in Switzerland, but since covid outbreak, the economy so far has caused my portfolio to underperform, do I keep contributing to my 401k or look at alternative sectors to meet my goals?

[@coolben854]

@@rougeur Consider investing in stocks especially during a recession . While recessions can be tough, they can also offer good chances to buy low and sell high in the markets if you're cautious. Just remember, this is not financial advice, but it's a good time to think about buying stocks since having cash on hand isn't always the best option.

[@face2lune]

@@rougeur At a point like this, when the pressure is already on you to retire, its best recommended you seek the services of an advisor, as this allows you make smarter investing decisions.

[@nyreggie-isb23]

It's unfortunate most people don't have such information. I don't really blame people who panic. Lack of information can be a big hurdle. I've been making more than $30k passively by just investing through an advisor, and I don't have to do much work. Doesn't matter if the economy is misbehaving; great wealth managers will always make returns...

[@rougeur]

How can one find a verifiable financial planner? I would not mind looking up the professional that helped you. I will be retiring in two years and I might need some management on my much larger portfolio. Don't want to take any chances.

[@Cherrysmith2809]

I visited Switzerland and was so impressed with the cleanliness and order, which was not oppressive. The young man who thinks spitting in the streets is nothing bad, does not know much about how illnesses are spread. Walk through spit of someone with tuberculosis, track it into your house, your infant crawls on the floor, then sucks his fist, and gets tuberculosis. Society pays a steep price for spitting.

[@port80764]

Yeah cause the rest of the world is experiencing and pandemic from people spitting in the street. And people dogs pooping and peeing everywhere isnt a lot worst. This is glorified dictatorship.

[@Bonnie-e6p]

And it is just plain disgusting

[@port80764]

@@Bonnie-e6pdog's peeing and doing number two all over the place isn't?

[@port80764]

@@Cherrysmith2809 uhhh. I think you need to read a little TB is not spread like that through a person's saliva. It can't even be spread through kissing or touch or using the same utensils as a person with tb. You have to be within close proximity of a person with active TB for a long time inhaling their airborne germs. It's an air born disease that's spread through coughing singing breathing so on. So unless we are willing to make breathing singing talking illegal in public this law has nothing to do with Tb. Moreover sunlight kills TB and rain washes it away.

[@alvas2628]

Not impressive..? It is obvious you don’t live in the American continent.

[@lescakes]

Used to live in different countries, but apart of high living cost, Switzerland is my top favorite.

[@LOFIMusic-wx5xu]

have you lived there?

[@lescakes]

@ yeah, I studied and working here and lives here , why?

[@horsemouthjones9060]

Been to Switzerland 2ce (Geneva to be exact) and always impressed by the politeness of the people. Practically everyone you walk past greets you. They have some strict rules regarding noise , litter, driving etc but all in all, I enjoyed my time there and will gladly visit again.

[@daviddavid4962]

Wow, this country is so safe that the narrator referred to a 'big one/case' for the customs official. I then though it would be drugs or some other contraband but it was for a family of 5 who did grocery shopping! Seriously! Chasing after people because they bought some groceries...I would love to live there if that's the peak of criminal activity. . In tonight's news, a family of 5 brought in over some meat from France! Absolutely shocking and gruesome discovery. Officers are said to need on-site counselling and time off from work to help cope with witnessing such actrocities.

[@williamabaker12]

😂😂😂

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

Funny because that’s all the police fights over here, they just fine regular people for the smallest of infractions. But let me tell you, Switzerland has the biggest financial frauds going on, the Mafia, Camorra and all the other Mafia organizations use Switzerland to lander their money. Everyone knows and nothing is done about it.

[@Edyger111]

They once discovered 500 kg of cocaïne at a nespresso factory, so we have other cases than meat ahah, and a lot of people get robbed of expensive things in Geneva and then it's taken to the border.

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

there are obviously import laws, normal traffic gets 1KG per person for meat, over it you have to pay import duties, agricolture is heavely subsidized in switzerland

[@bodyloverz30]

@@idkimlikereallybored9533 But this is within the EU?

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

Living in Manchester U.K. 22 years, I agree with these strict, zero tolerance and zero patience approaches in Switzerland - as has been found in NYC in the US, taking this approach serves as a deterrent to other and more serious forms of criminal behaviour and the key to the success of this are forms of enforcement which are determined, resolute and relentless

[@sskarimirelandsskarimirela8750]

Easy go and live in Switzerland

[@kellymcbright5456]

That is not your kind of "zero tolerance". It is another identity.

[@Automedon2]

Please don't use NYC as an example. It is a cesspool of aberrant behaviour.

[@shoxx48]

Then go live there then, I'm sure you'll fit in with that zealous lot

[@sookie4195]

NYC is being destroyed by illegal immigrates.

[@MagiMys]

This video is a brilliant exploration of Switzerland's unique societal rules and traditions. The detailed coverage of everything from littering fines to mandatory military service paints a vivid picture of why Switzerland stands out on the global stage. The blend of cultural insight and practical information makes this content both informative and engaging. Kudos to the creators for such a compelling investigation!

[@otherguyjo1684]

Imagine chasing after someone for throwing their trash in the trash bin.

[@Clintsessentials]

Yep! Pathetic!!!

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

small public bins are for small trash, not your home trash because you think yourself clever and not wanting to buy trash bags 😂 if everyone threw their trash in public bins, switzerland would look like india

[@otherguyjo1684]

@idkimlikereallybored9533 That's such an extreme argument. You're assuming everyone is doing spring cleaning every day and throws absolutely everything in the outside bin. Then you compare Swiss regulations (extreme measures to stay clean) to Indian regulation (barely any at all, therefore extreme filth) and think this justifies Swiss actions. It doesn't. Swiss society can still maintain cleanliness, even if people moderately used outside bins.

[@dhache1195]

​@@Clintsessentialsthe pathetic are like in the USA where the uneducated people behavior throw their trash everywhere, a town/country is dirty by his citizens.

[@biankak4994]

​@@otherguyjo1684...I also don't understand how people go from one extreme to another and compare them all the time. Is there anything between? We all are heading to one terrible extreme, never seen on the planet ever before so, be patient, thankfully to the all ot you who like extreme measures, we are almost there...!!!

[@LB-W]

It is so Swiss that the tanks don’t drive on the grass 😂😂😂😂

[@thearcherofjustice1492]

Well where do tanks in your country drive? Why would we want to ruin the grass and all the vegetation that were planted by the city /town services? And waste our citizen's tax money? It would be a shame and senseless..and probably cause a reaction (I would certainly)

[@Eternal1811]

@@thearcherofjustice1492 Peak swiss moment.

[@robwilde855]

We rest our case!@@thearcherofjustice1492

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

Grass is for the cows - tanks need diesel

[@potato_mash121]

when they drive on asphalt they get special tracks that don't do damage to the road 😅

[@Heru2088]

Essentially, I am very Much impressed with Swiss Laws, Since The Switzerland 🇨🇭 create and, most importantly, Protecting the Hundreds of Countries Financially and, our Gold,and, respect Cleanliness of The Country., Great Job.

[@golemtabak1183]

Meat is quite expensive in Switzerland (high production costs, high animal welfare requirements). We protect the domestic market and levy fairly high tariffs on imported meat. The same with cigarettes and alcohol. Why is it so difficult to understand that smuggling is punished?

[@robbrobb8093]

Stopping cars to harass groceries and charging extra tax for meat is over the top, invasive, frustrating and a bit Nazified. I have visited this amazingly beautiful country various times often passing through to the Lake District. Once when visiting Swiss friends, we were halted on a small country road because of me being a dark skinned person. I was suspicious apparently. I had to stay in place while my friend went to fetch my American passport back at the hotel. I was more shocked rather than offended as it was a beautiful sunny summer day on a back country road. I watched the flowers & cows knowing detective work would lead to nowhere in this situation. Generally when passing Douane to Italy I have no problems crossing boarders so this case was unique. Always a pleasure to be in Switzerland a short while.

[@beyondEV]

Well, they no longer check at the borders. Part of the agreement with the EU about free movement of people. But they now check inside the country, sometimes. And technically you always should have a Photo-ID with you. With a Swiss Person, they can always verify just with your name, but that doesn't work for foreigners.

[@LaVern57]

Oh ABSOLUTELY LOVE this ❤❤❤ and every time I look at a video of Switzerland I say to myself what a beautiful clean place As someone (now I know how) committed. If you don’t like it you don’t have to go there. Keep up the good job officers kudos to you. Beautiful

[@RainbowYak]

For some reason, people online loooove to hate on Switzerland. I've never quite understood this and it makes me really sad. In many ways, our culture and mentality is similar to those of Scandinavia or Japan, yet people adore those countries. I've now scrolled through the comments and once again, 98% of them are negative (I've made similar observations elsewhere). Foreigners who've never even been here will declare in a bitter tone that we're a bunch of rich, stuck-up assholes or something along those lines. Meanwhile, people who've been here comment how much they've hated it, how mean everyone was etc.. Videos about Switzerland on KZbin are always done in a very specific framing: basically, they show our country in a very traditionalist, conservative light. Sort of like if every single video about the US included gun enthusiasts from Texas and preachers from a mega church in Kansas and the conclusion of these videos would be "this is America". Obviously, that's a part of it, but there are also many other communities and subcultures. The same is true for Switzerland. Anyway, I don't know why all of you guys hate us so passionately but I want to end this with a positive story to counter all those angry, bitter comments: my grandma and my ex-wife both came here for love. My grandma was born in Greece and she moved to Switzerland as a young adult after she fell in love with my grandpa. She's now been living here for 50+ years and she still loves it. My ex-wife comes from South Korea and she moved to Switzerland after we fell in love and began to date. She, too, quickly fell in love with this country. We got divorced 2 years ago but despite this, and despite the fact that all of her friends and family are back home and she misses them, my ex-wife continues to live here. She fell in love with Switzerland because of me but even when her love for me disappeared, her love for Switzerland remained strong. Contrary to many other immigrants, she has made a huge effort to learn the language (she went from absolutely zero German to a C2 (proficient) level in just 5 years). I believe this has also helped her to integrate into our culture because once you speak the language, you can make friends and once you've got friends, you can get to know the mentality and cultural oddities.

[@RomanianRantMachine]

It might be because you're so full of yourselves compared to the other countries you gave as examples. No one cares about your sob stories. 9mil people aren't relevant in Europe. Chill.

[@premierfuncasino]

Wha?

[@theoteddy9665]

calm down, its obly and always about swiss police, they are nuts, I am truck driver and I refusevto go the switzerland.. people there are normal and kind

[@beyondEV]

@@theoteddy9665 Yeah, they are very strict about roadworthiness and stuff. Of course Swiss are used to it and to make sure they are compliant. So they kind of focused on the foreign trucks. Which quite frankly are not always in the best shape.

[@glovere2]

I’ve been there many times since high school. My sister married a Swiss and she lives in Bern. I admire the Swiss very much. Compulsory military service means every family has a stake and a responsibility to serve. Not like in the US where it’s mostly recruits who lack resources and opportunity. Families of means are greatly removed from any connection to military service in the US. I’ve seen these military drills while traveling through the countryside. I respect their resolve and their commitment to protecting their homeland. They are also very nice people. Very reserved but polite. I prefer the Italian part, however. It’s the friendliest to outsiders. It’s my favorite country on the continent.

[@vincenz5]

Lack resources and opportunity? I think you don’t know very much at all about US military service. Also many families of means in the US send children into the military. Even George W Bush was in the military.

[@Angie-lp2hk]

"You just threw your home trash in a *public* trash bin! That is a violation of the law! Now put your hands up where I can see them! You could have a gun for all we know" LOL

[@Thatturtlee]

People may think this is super strict and like a jail but….this is why it’s one of the safest/cleanest countries in the world sooo 🤷‍♀ can you blame em?

[@vaclavklem5191]

Other countries manage to be clean and safe without such rules

[@Axitheking]

​@@vaclavklem5191 Tell me one? I guess I will find absurd rules let's go

[@GQ007-il6ek]

Yes, I can. Totalitarianism is often safer in terms of crime. Freedom is messy and requires citizens devoted to that freedom and knowledge about their society. Americans aren't blind rules followers, at least we didn't USED to be. You can have freedom, or control, but you can't have both. They are incompatible.

[@LodrikBadric]

​@@GQ007-il6ekYes ot is but as soon as you live in a society you do give up freedom for order. The question is how much, this is not a black/white issue (as nothing really is).

[@julliendorel1817]

Quite a peculiar country, I have been living here for 15 years and every year I understand less...... It is all what you said, beautiful, prosperous but it is not for everyone. What about suicidal rates? it is twice the one in the US, what struck me is the garbage fines. I live in the Geneva area and there it is glaringly obvious all the drug dealers that are chasing people to offer the whatever they want and is it true that drugs destroy people? is it against the law? of course it is but it is a double moral...... African politicians, presidents come here and deposit all their fellow countrymen's money in the swiss banks and what do the swiss do? they shut up their mouths.....

[@billikash2591]

AGREED 👍🏻

[@mihai5935]

All these rules are logical, the only point not shown out here is that these are only a tiny part of the ecosystem (like not seeing the forest for the trees). The major issues still need to be addressed and made to come to light. A few examples: - drug dealers rampant in the same city of Lausanne at night (can google or find reddit articles to confirm) - judges are party members and pay yearly something to their party (this raises the question of whether the legal system can at times be biased -> see United Nations issue raised about this) - political party financing not public (the attempt to have it happen failed) - nepotism in various domains (issue already raised by an ONG and public) - addressing results not causes (example: the rule I never once respected with showering / flushing the toilet after 22:00 given my job and night shift; luckily there a warning from a lawyer made the complaints stop as this does not stand in court as topic for enforcement; the true cause which should be addressed is building insulation instead of the result) There's no perfect world out there but in terms of safety, cleanness and predictable outcomes Switzerland tops. Hopefully we can work together and improve the more major topics as well as we do address the tiny ones.

[@simonestreeter1518]

No matter what country you live in, everybody wants their drugs. However I found your points very interesting.

[@beyondEV]

1. Only way to avoid that would be to legalize and regulate it. But that would bring their own sets of trouble. Still, there my cousin put it: There is no safer place for a lone woman at night, than right where the drug dealers are. Because you always have a plain cloth officer in earshot. She knew, her dad at the time was the chief of police. 2. That should change. But hard to implement. 3. 24.08.2022 the new law went into effect. Yes, it only covers major contributions (over 15'000 CHF / year), but it's quite extensive. 4. won't be able to get rid of it completely. but sure a lot of room for improvement. 5. As you pointed out, things like that generally don't stand in court. Your ASL always trumps any regulation. Still, both sides of the argument, the noise emitter and the complainer should also take into account, that they likely pay less rent in a building that is old and has bad noise suppression. And should try to mitigate the conflict by being mindful. But those are peanuts, not major issues. The real ones: - Running a economy (as everyone else) that's needs constant growth and in our case constant import of more workers. - Our inability to decide on some functional asylum policy. We refuse to accept those we deem not in need but then can't pull through to enforce it. leaving them with one avenue open, become criminals and stick around. Then complain, that they rather be a small time criminal in Switzerland than go back to a even worse place.

[@EvaKisusi]

Amazing leadership in Switzerland all countries should be like that

[@chtinnin]

Amazing leadership? Really? If only it were true…

[@Axitheking]

​@@chtinninyes because we are our leader! We decide on laws

[@PandaMaxRaido]

Might be strict but cleanliness is very important so if I am a citizen of that country, I will happily obey.

[@PandaMaxRaido]

Better yet, those that complain please swap places with us ... I'd rather live on a strict country than live on a shit one...come swap places I live in Philippines.... it's dirty its noisy it has the worst traffic shit government and not as strict as your country, so tell those that complain I am more than willing to swap / switch.

[@Sasch94]

I'm Swiss and so proud, once you understand the meaning of all this you come to appreciate every "stupidly" strict law, even the one that doesn't allow you yo flush your toilet after 22 00, in some places and conditions. The trade off is, in my opinion, greatly more valuable than the perception of "being told what to do". No one is forced to do anything, you just pay the price if you don't "behave". There's no law stating you can't wear blue or pink or you'll be persecuted, incarcerated or worse. We know common sense isn't easy to achieve, so just help it a bit by giving your actions a heavier "reaction". Want to throw trash on the ground? Good, you get fined, you can do it again, but if caught you'll get fined again, probably until you learn not to do it, and then you understand. You're free to do anything you want, but with consequences. Drive over the limit by just those 5 km/h, you shouldn't, you pay the price for your stupidity; trust me, you can cry about it, as many do, but next time you notice you are over the limit, you slow down. What the woman says at 33:15 sums this all up in just a phrase: "[...] You don't have to go out of your way to respect them (the rules)". It's a way to educate people, not suppress them. I've been to many countries around the world, lived here and there, and I'm always grateful to be able to come home.

[@jean-emmanuelrotzetter6030]

"strict law, even the one that doesn't allow you yo flush your toilet after 22 00, in some places and conditions" belong to the many "urban legends". Might be that some private contract asked for such restrictions, but never a law.

[@williamabaker12]

The idea of "you can do anything you want, you'll just have to suffer the consequences of it" isn't freedom. Lol. People in North Korea can do anything they want as well, they just have to suffer the consequences for it.. see what I mean? I'm aware of the difference in consequences between the two countries, of course, this was simply to make a point. There's a reason the statement "with freedom comes great responsibility" exists. Without others to rule over you, you must make good and moral decisions on your own. It's definitely not for everyone, and I understand that. However, having endless strict rules isn't freedom just because you agree with those rules. It's still control over you.

[@JonGreeny]

@@williamabaker12 The Swiss love their oppression and express their pride with propaganda.

[@justinneal100]

I’ve lived in Switzerland for almost 4 years now. And Im really tired of the laws and regulations. Really hindering to do anything here. Beside work and go home.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

The Swiss thank you for leaving. It's a free country and nobody is forced to work there. Thank you!

[@justinneal100]

@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp I wish. And you have to work in Switzerland you won’t survive a month without a job 🫠 but that’s all people do is go home and go to work and wait for vacation 🤷‍♂️

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

@@justinneal100 Nobody has to work in Switzerland. Go where ever you want to go and don't work and see what happens. Dude get real - go to the wonderlands of communism and see how your idea of "socialism" works there.

[@dieZauberfloete]

@@justinneal100 it might be your personal experience or perception, but it's not a general truth.

[@justinneal100]

@@dieZauberfloetenot when multiple people point it out and have the exact same opinion. If it walks and quacks like a duck 🦆

[@Nom_AnorVSJedi]

So there are no “all you can eat” Korean BBQ in Switzerland??

[@SpadezA11]

Being fat is a crime

[@solidpain9098]

There are a few in Zurich. It costs 80CHF/person, no drinks included.

[@send_love]

there are

[@tavaresemanuel640]

The granny shooting the rifle like a boss cracks me up 😁. Very good documentary!

[@azmanmdsalleh2009]

You don't see her target yet

[@TheMrMultione]

There are so many guns because we have to keep our military gun at home, not out of "passion". Military is mandatory for every man, you can do community service instead but it takes 1.5x as long.

[@SeldimSeen1]

Lived in Switzerland for one year. I remember there was a strick noise audience which was nice since I lived in an apartment. Also I remember standing at a tram stop in Basel with about 50 people. No one spoke a word. Even though it is a beautiful country it is the most angst country in the world. Also the women only recieved the right to vote in 1970. They will also severely punish other peoples children.

[@LodrikBadric]

Yeah but you know what's the difference between Swiss women getting the right to political participation and the rest of the world? (Although I completely agree that it's a national shame that it passed more than fifty years later than in most European countries). In other countries it was the majority of the parliament that voted and decided that women can vote, in Switzerland it had to be changed/voted for by the majority of the people. That means that more than 50% of Swiss MEN had to vote in favor of it and they did on 7th of February 1971. How many countries do you think still wouldn't grant women the right to political participation to this day if more than half of the male voters would have to vote in favor of it? I'd say a lot..

[@williamabaker12]

​@@LodrikBadricyikes! Where do you live, because I can't imagine any men I've ever met voting to keep women from voting.

[@LodrikBadric]

@@williamabaker12 In Switzerland. Yeah of course you don't because you live in a country where it has been the norm for decades, so your statement doesn't really make sense. The question is can you imagine men in the beginning of the 20th century (so waay before the 60s) being against women voting?

[@simonestreeter1518]

Good point. That is very interesting. I've wondered about that. @@LodrikBadric

[@Bearswipe-c8j]

In the US were lucky if someone doesn't dump their trash, sewage and maybe murder victim on the street. Even then, the police don't bother noticing much less citing anyone. Besides taxation, the street runoff must go into La🎉ke Geneva. So every step is taken to avoid trash polluting it. And Switzerland makes a lot of money off tourism and maintains their reputation for cleanliness and order.

[@mathiask.5474]

In fact we do have in Switzerland big facilities to handle trash. It might not really look glamorous, but that's how trash is treated, we actually also separate some things to recycle and reuse them, we make sure to destroy only the things we can't recycle

[@Bearswipe-c8j]

@@mathiask.5474 We have a lot more "empty" space in the US. In addition to two ocean coasts as well as large rivers of that flow into the sea. Sadly these are places we've toss our trash forever. Including native people's. But their trash was all biodegradable. America needs to learn some lessons from modern Europe. They've come to terms with modern consumer and digital society better than the rest of the world.

[@MaidenUtah1]

Only when you defend yourself from thuggery, it’s only then when the police intervene.

[@kimberlyhampton5332]

Well, I am 54 and I recycle. I live in an area where recycling is heavily encouraged. I do think younger people were taught more about it in school.

[@subschnee4573]

There is no runoff supposed to going into any lake in Switzerland.

[@petredaea2505]

Lausanne, for Swiss standards, is a mess of a city with much more bigger problems.

[@fjkfkfkf]

why is only the french part shown? its laws are very weird if you ask any other swiss...

[@jasonlacroix6083]

I notice you have some spicy sausage contraband hidden under the subwoofer.

[@spiritlevelstudios]

Lol

[@abc-ey4ld]

alot of women in the U.S. do the same thing

[@mbm8690]

Klar, man soll nie nie sagen und auch Undenkbares nicht ausschliessen, aber diese unerschütterliche Überzeugung, dass die Schweiz einmal militärisch erobert werden könnte, hat etwas Rührendes und Beeindruckendes gleichzeitig.

[@m-cw7er]

They should bring these two officers to Philadelphia. They’d resign within an hour.

[@christoph5191]

😂

[@andijamet4501]

This reminded me of the show Parking Wars with Garfield and Sherry. I'd love to see them handling that circus!

[@ziggystardust3060]

​@@christoph5191Sounds like Philadelphia is a lawless place. 😐

[@TheBerg366]

@@m-cw7er that's not a flex, it's just sad for Philadelphia tbh.

[@phoenix_is_dreaming]

I lived in Switzerland my whole life and let me tell you, not everyone owns a gun here. I do sports shooting (as a 16 y/o), but that's a rare hobby. The guns are stored and locked away in the shooting range. We disassemble half of the rifle every time after we shoot and store the parts in different places. A big part of the reason youths like me can do sport shooting is the military service. It should serve as a kind of preparation course for the military. Also, a big reason why Swiss citizens apparently own 'so many' guns is that when you are finished with the initial military course, you get a rifle that you keep at your home. But not the munition. Munition is stored in local military bases or similar and would be distributed to soldiers there in case of a threat. (The guns are handed back when their service ends.)

[@MrJm323]

"But not the [ammunition]. It is stored at local military bases and would be distributed to soldiers in case of threat." Why don't you also add that this policy of not allowing (any longer) citizen-soldiers to keep a complement of ammunition at home is a relatively new one (like, in the last twenty years). This effectively disarms the Swiss citizens. When Germany invaded Norway (in 1940), the Norwegian citizen-soldiers were ineffective at resisting the invasion ...because their weapons were stored in military bases, and they could not get their hands on them in time. But at that time, Swiss citizen-soldiers had BOTH their individual weapons and the ammunition for them in their own homes. ...Switzerland remained an island of freedom from Axis occupation. "...you get a rifle that you keep at your home." Utterly useless, and it's obvious that they will collect those in the near future.

[@tovachiere]

1) You don't need to be part of the military to own a gun and if you were 18yo you could buy your own PE90 and keep it at home and store it as it pleases you. 2) Having the bolt stored separately from the rifle is a military rule that only applies to firearms from the army (and privately owned machine guns). Shooting ranges affiliated with the military just comply with this rule. Shooting and gun ownership doesn't just come down to the old 300m "official" shooting ranges. There is also a lot of private ranges. 3) Only ammo provided by the military is regulated : basically you can't take it home. But you can buy your own ammo and store it at home as it pleases you. There is literally no limitations be it in terms of quantity of calibers.

[@eduardoking8402]

Way to go, Switzerland!Switzerland and Singapore... my favourite countries to visit, in Europe and Asia, respectively. Both clean, organized, efficient, with low crime and strong adherence to law and order for the well-being of society.

[@sandravaldez6278]

And why don’t you move there? Just move and be quiet. You know why because you wouldn’t last a year or there cause you like your freedom that’s why.😂😂

[@Hps-vy8qk]

This is super, great, fantastic. People don't understand the language of politeness. I have seen many videos of Switzerland and looks stunningly clean. In many states in the great America, you can loot unto $1000 from a business and nothing happens.

[@sookie4195]

That is due to our very liberal government. Hopefully that changes soon or there will no longer be in America.

[@cathbelle5096]

It must be a rich, clean and perfect country to live in . But i was said that a person can snitch on the neighbor or anybody.....I find this a little sad...😢

[@williamabaker12]

Yeah, that seems a little too totalitarian for my tastes.

[@alwaysasummergirl7]

I am a Japanese with a permanent residence in Switzerland. Correction of an early comment in the video: Switzerland is not the cleanest country in the world but second, after Japan where we don't have such laws or fines and people still don't litter as it's in our culture to be respectful and considerate 😉 I enjoyed this video - while it looks extreme, those who live here know that trash bags are tax, so yes, don't take your trash out to public bins. In Japan, you hardly see bins outside in public (they took them away years ago due to a bomb threat in a bin or something, can't remember) Since then, everyone just takes their trash home if they bought snack or food on the way. It's really that simple. Oh and those people trying to get out of fines smuggling way over the limit meat - saying they were going to donate them to the poor, come on! What a sad excuse. 🙄 I absolutely love living in Switzerland - an amazingly beautiful country, safe, stable and clean!

[@PeterAnk]

Japan is surely very beautiful but you just made that statistic up. In no newsarticle or study it states that japan is cleaner than switzerland.

[@benzo2762]

Thought it was Singapore 🇸🇬!

[@alwaysasummergirl7]

@@benzo2762 I also lived in Singapore for 8 years. At first glance it seems clean where the tourists go. When you live there, you see more. I worked in banking and my building was brand new. The ladies room and pantry always got so dirty. In a culture where it’s the norm to have cheap labor (maids) - people aren’t respectful of keeping areas clean themselves.

[@alwaysasummergirl7]

@@PeterAnk I speak from experience and every single person who’s been to both countries would confirm this. Every time I return to Switzerland from another country I feel relieved how clean it is here except when I return from Japan 😉

[@JonGreeny]

You are Japanese. No wonder you love living in Switzerland..

[@sscott4028]

I would trade the US for Switzerland. Peace, safety and cleanliness? Sign me up!

[@ariloves10]

Me too.

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

Living in Switzerland is different than going on holidays. On paper everything looks nice, but you will be very lonely. Tons of people would die to come to the USA and live there. I rather have a bit more crime than living in a dull country like Switzerland. Be careful what you wish for.

[@ariloves10]

@mariaagosti-pm7tk do you want to come to California? We will sponsor you. Have you ever been here? We are in a state of hate. The youth are dying to fall in love. The greedy elites aka politicians have made life a living hell bending everyone over and sodomizing us to kingdom come. We have all had enough!

[@mariaagosti-pm7tk]

@@ghostraptor2068 There are MANY unspoken rules in Swiss society and then there are also tons of official rules you have to follow. Many foreigners are not aware of that. Swiss people do not befriend someone easily, there is no small talk at all, when I lived there, we had a WhatsApp group chat with neighbors and the Swiss did a separate one , kind of excluding the foreigners. They discriminate you on the job market if you dont speak Swiss German. Its a very xenophobic environment! Its not the paradise people think it is. Social life is lonely, people oftentimes are very very close-minded. I can only recommend to move to the Italian speaking part in Switzerland where many Italians live. The Swiss and Italians there are definitely more relaxed due to the proximity to Italy.

[@Ichi-San-1501]

Strange, in Switzerland I have smalltalks with random people all the time - maybe it's you who doesn't engage in smalltalks? Discrimination on the job market if you don't speak swiss german? Not true at all! Also, you need to precise a bit, as Switzerland has for linguistic parts and it also depends on the job. ... Btw, depending on what job it is, it is quite normal to expect knowledge of locally common language. E.g., if you don't speak japanese in Japan, you'll have great issues getting a job in most sectors. This is rather totally normal and logical, basicly everywhere... So, some neighbours of yours excluded foreigners, you claim - and then you generalize it... Frankly, I don't like your attitude at all; and trashing a country because you had difficulties finding friends is a bad approach. I prefer people who do not befriend easily, I admit. Spares a hell lot of potential trouble to be selective and cautious. And you'll find that behaviour in individuals and cultures all over the globe. Switzerland gives a lot of space to many cultures/ethnic groups, religions etc. And there is a huge difference between being humble, of calm temper, or introvert - and xenophobic. Switzerland IS a kind of paradise: No homeless people, social services, low street crime and murder rates, no gang wars and such; nobody walking around with loaded firearms, no schoolshootings; unless you're very, very unlucky, you can be in remote places all night, walk any street and barely anything will ever happen to you... Access to education, public services such as trains/busses, well connected. Health care mandatory. Lakes and rivers clean enough to allow you to swim in it at any time and no dangers in it at all; drinkable water tap sources everywhere... Barely any wildlife that threatens humans and pets such as venomous spiders & co, large predatory mammals or sharks,... you can go hiking and see beautiful landscapes and leave your bearspray at home. Supermarkets & co overfilled with anything you need or want (huge import). Spoiled kids everywhere, parking lots for people with handicaps and other installations for people with handicaps... Direct democracy and 7 "presidents" covering departments, freedom of speech, no horrible penalties and prison time rather gentle. No tsunamis, heavy earthquakes and such, 4 seasons... I have never been to a country that is closer to paradise when counting in all the possible peril and inconveniences for human beings other regions and countries have in store. But paradise itself doesn't exist, of course not! And like any other country, Switzerland has its dark corners. I invite you to be more grateful for the good things you've got. 🙏 Peace

[@Marco-zt6fz]

Its realy a geat documentary congrats. I say that as a swiss. Was realy exellent in Switzerland is the Public Transportation System. When you live in a City you dont need a car..

[@Erintii]

I am living in Switzerland car free and this is possible outside cities. I commute to Liechtenstein with trains and its amazing. Don't like driving and feel no need to have a car.

[@Locomaid]

@@Erintii - not to forget how quickly you are in Italy, France, Germany, Austria from any Swiss city less than five hours. The train from Zurich to Lugano via Arth-Goldau is like moving through time. Winter on one side of the Alps, late Spring early summer a few minutes later. And "circling" that one church three times maybe what inspired the matrix!

[@Erintii]

@@Locomaid agree, traveling to Ticino or Geneva is like traveling to another country without leaving Switzerland. Switzerland is very diverse when it comes to weather, for example snow in St Gallen and no snow in Rorshach

[@j.rosadahlia3960]

I like Swiss people mentality of being prepared for anything ♥ While most of us, Indonesian, foolishly solely surrender to God without much preparations and hard works 🤷‍♀

[@KhurshidsChannel]

Wow!! Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing.

[@MariskaSanjaya]

The weather, environment, and scene looks fresh

[@montre-moi]

These rules have nothing to do with public cleanliness. Switzerland was clean way before there were "officers" enforcing stupid public bin rules. Also, it's a very specific thing about the city of Lausanne. I've never seen stuff like this in any other Swiss city. These rules are about recycling and taxes. In Switzerland, people in the cities LOVE taxes: they think the world will be a better place if they pay a lot of taxes. In the countryside, not so much.

[@JerryMeyer-q6h]

Taxes in Switzerland are the lowest in Europe.

[@montre-moi]

@@JerryMeyer-q6h ça dépend du canton et de la commune

[@JerryMeyer-q6h]

@montre-moi exact 👌

[@TwoSense2640]

People can be so disgusting and rude and careless that such government intervention is needed. But they should also intervene on the price of meat. When people start committing crimes so that they can afford food, government has failed.

[@gigi4k736]

They can affored the food though not like in america or Uk.

[@sonjagatto9981]

@@gigi4k736 ...and they can eat mostly "real food". Awesome dishes!

[@diggusbickus1528]

If you live in Switzerland you can afford food unless you're throwing away all your money but that's on you. It's just cheaper to buy in other countries so if you live close to the border might aswell do it.

[@JonGreeny]

@@sonjagatto9981 The Swiss food chains sell same junk as in many other countries.

[@JonGreeny]

@@gigi4k736 Food is much cheaper in the UK and USA, not even comparable to the ridiculous food prices in Switzerland.

[@kasikwagoma6740]

Just imagine, spitting everywhere else, I once lived in a place called Southall in West London and the spitting there is an epidemic, even snot from people's noses is everywhere, well done to Switzerland, don't become like Britain, where spitting, dog poo on the pavement and openly blowing your nose snot is the order of the day.

[@ela7893]

Same here in Australia. The spitting and cigarette butts have become ridiculous. Council couldn't care less.

[@vindiesel1469]

The Swiss are amazing, truly. Mind blown... 🤯

[@rob9528]

The swiss are boring and arrogant

[@GM-jv9jz]

I do agree with them guarding their borders. Here in the US it should be made mandatory that folks of certain age have to take turns guarding OUR border all the way around the country.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Switzerland is part of the Schengen area. They do not do regular border controls, same as in Germany or France.

[@simonestreeter1518]

Fact. I was there last year. Not a soul anywhere near the border where I drove in from France. @@eljanrimsa5843

[@rockstardonut777]

As a Swiss consider this sensational journalism. They took very extreme examples of things and made generalizations of our people based on quirky individuals such as sport shooters, the only square kilometer in the country with a trash police. Unfortunately goes both ways, most dog owners are not like this lady and don’t even leash or pick up after their dogs… I suggest visiting the country and making up your own opinion, don’t base it on clickbait videos like these.

[@lizh.413]

It's the most accurate depiction of Swiss life I ever saw outside of Switzerland 🇨🇭 🤣🤣🤣

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job.Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Special thanks to guest speakers sharing personal knowledge pertaining to daily life activities in the country.Making this presentation more authentic and possible -!!!😉.looks like a wonderfully beautiful region to spend time in during the summer season. Wishing viewers/Swedes s safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 )🌈🎉😉.

[@charliemarkovic4301]

I’m grew up in Bern the capital in the mid 1970s. It was safe, clean and a good place. I could literally go anywhere as an unaccompanied kid in safety. My father worked in Delenont in the French part. I used to travel by train every weekend by myself.

[@Lorraine-p4r]

I wish we had this in the U.K. it is disgusting here when I have had to see litter, all kinds of waste dumped around the corner. It's disgusting a few times , not often saw people urinating ! Spitting on the pavement! Dog faece on pavement. But I could not live in Switzerland, because I do not like how it is so expensive! I just visit. I like it's cleaness.

[@annaal7480]

Spitting on pavements and fly tipping is very Polish. I was born there so can say it. I hate visiting in towns to see spit everywhere and it is heartbreaking to see rubbish dumped in forests in Poland and just across the border in Germany. I have checked the rubbish and all of it is from Poland. Same along a beautiful road near my village in Germany, Poles just throw away food packaging through car windows. I HATE it.

[@Locomaid]

If you live and earn there, it is not that expensive. Just eat less meat 😂

[@JonGreeny]

@@Locomaid Majority of the Swiss earn normal salaries.

[@Locomaid]

@@JonGreeny I agree. But what is „normal“ differs markedly from canton to canton, city to city and industry to industry. A starting salary for an engineer is about 80 kCHF. Of course there are cashier, retail, waitstaff and bartending jobs (and many others) but often these are part-time jobs and thus don’t really fall into the data set. And I know that there are people that fall through the cracks. But skilled workers can earn well and very skilled workers can also earn very well. But having had a recruiting company for almost tens years in the German-speaking region (DACH), I can say that an established engineer earns between 120 and 140k CHF on average. Add in a qualified leadership role and there is easily another 30 kCHF on top. Change industries/sectors (from machine to insurance or finance, for example) and it can go up, but also down. It is not propaganda. Taxes are also lower in Switzerland. But rent and food can make you broke if you live by US standards (more discretionary spending). I saw many ex-pats struggle for the first years until they either left (happens a lot) or figured it out. Particularly people coming from France, Italy and Spain under negotiate salaries at the beginning.

[@JonGreeny]

@@Locomaid 120 and 140k with an additional 30k in Switzerland as a salary for engineers? LOL.. Well, you must be talking about maybe 10% of professionals with a solid track record and many years of experience. The figures you are quoting are far from reach for about 80% of the Swiss workforce. Taxes are not necessarily low as high cost of rent, insurance, groceries, transport should be taken into consideration. Switzerland is constantly squeezing the majority of it's citizens with more expenses year in and out but somehow they present an image of glitter and gold to the outside world.

[@sneferuzefayawachuma]

I have lived in Switzerland for 10 years and I love it. These rules seemed crazy at first and I didn't like some of them. But I have learned to appreciate the rewards reaped by everyone complying. Two standouts I recall are the noise curfew (loud music, power tools, washing machines vaccuumers etc) are not allowed during night hours, Sundays and public holidays. So we have peaceful nights and on a holiday sometimes you can hear the whole town distant laughter and barking etc it's lovely. The other one is the road rules. The fines for road transgressions are so steep. And drivers always give pedestrians right of way, unless it's not safe to stop. So the roads are very safe, and it's normal for kids to walk to school unaccompanied, from the age of 5. I'm so glad my children grew up here! I don't have a dog, but I think the dog licence and compulsory puppy training is such a good idea. Animals have such good rights here. You have to sign a paper even to buy a hamster and you cannot buy one without having a cage with certain dimensions so the hammy has plenty of room. The cows in the fields have so much space to graze it's so nice

[@annam4313]

The importation of groceries to Switzerland? I agree with the rules, it is wonderful how the country protects their own farmers.

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

This has nothing to with farming. Switzerland is not in the EU and consequently import duties are payable On everything.

[@annam4313]

@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kpImport duties designed to protect the countries own industries/market.

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

​@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp agricolture is also very heavely subsidised

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

@@idkimlikereallybored9533 Where in this world is agriculture not subsidized. The old playbook - "Growing Food is a "GOOD CAUSE" Who is against paying the farmers on top of what they charge - is "against a good cause". And those are bad people. Sut up anD PAY or you are against good people.

[@idkimlikereallybored9533]

@@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp in switzerland its very much higher than elsewhere due to historical reasons and the landscape :)

[@drsinixt9269]

Young Swiss here: Don't come live here if your young, this country offers the best last resting place if you're old and rich you can possibly imagine, but if you're young, it makes you miserable and depressed because the needs of younger generations don't get any attention besides education(gotta give them that) and everything is taken soo seriously you'd think it's a joke. Yes, it's comfortable and safe, but imagine it like the Utopia Squidward(in german "Thaddäus") lived in in this one Spongebob episode. It's a country for old men and businesses.

[@Wisteria__Lane]

what needs

[@billikash2591]

ITS ALSO A SAFE HAVEN FOR MONEY LAUNDERERS.

[@rob9528]

Überall Senioren in der Schweiz mehr graue Haare als Kinder.

[@nthglsn]

I spent 7 years in this country. It has a lot of perks but overall it was a pain. Too much regulation make the life there toxic and boring.

[@Desertwolf399]

In welcher Kantone hast du gewohnt? In which Canton you were living?

[@daveweiss5647]

Crazyness... the west needs more of this... everywhere is going to hell, every other city is turning into a dump and you whine about an orderly city?

[@tinayeo1962]

I love that they need their Guinea pigs and rabbits to have companions…so they aren’t lonely. ❤ Quick! Someone send me a gazillion Swiss Francs so I can go live there with my animals two by two!

[@dalehoward3704]

Wow, no wonder its so clean! LOVE IT❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!

[@davidanalyst671]

The implications of this video are correct. There are too many rules. They don't need all these rules to function as a society.... but they sure could fix a lot of attitude problems in the USA. For instance, people like to go insane and shoot in america. That wouldn't be happening if half of the houses had a small armory. There is a law that you have to let people pass on the sidewalk if you have a dog. Thats just politeness enforced with a law. Putting your trash in a trash can? thats just freaking nuts. The usa doesnt even enforce its litering laws, so we could do some improvements. The real problem is people's attitude problems and lack of politeness. That would literally solve half of americas problems

[@keahnig164]

We don't have too many rules. It's the reason why Switzerland works as it does.

[@Axitheking]

And we don't have shootings because everybody has gun at-home. Because the ammo is missing so no real thread for a robber or murder. We don't have shootings because we have a working society with a great healthcare system to help people with problems.

[@williamabaker12]

Make no mistake, the main reason for so many mass shootings in the US is the government's deep desire to find away around the 2nd amendment and take away the right to own firearms. It's far more nefarious than you think. They're trying to do what Australia did, hoping they can use the feelings from awful shootings to convince the people to give up their rights. It hasn't worked to this point, but they will keep trying.

[@JonGreeny]

@@keahnig164 ahschiinend hesch ke ahnig vo de Schwiiz

[@keahnig164]

@@JonGreeny Hä? Haha

[@Stu-SB]

Im OCD with cleanliness. This appeals to me haha, Japan and Singapore are super clean too, I wonder if chewing gum is still Verboten in Singapore.

[@Locomaid]

Yes, it is

[@90taetaeya]

Nope, lifted since 2002.

[@Dr.Engr005]

They have very high duties, but the good news is that customs officers are doing their jobs very well and with full dedication.

[@merc340sr]

and forcing Swiss citizens to pay more for their food! This is criminal.

[@NixMatti]

@@merc340srswiss are paid enough money to buy their produce in switzerland and support local farmers. not spend it on german, italian or french farmers.

[@merc340sr]

@@NixMatti That's not an excuse! People have a right to free trade,...to buy the best goods at the best price. All else is protectionism which keeps ineficient businesses operating and forces consumers to pay higher prices. Unacceptable politics!

[@NixMatti]

@@merc340sr there is free trade within limits. you are allowed 3kgs meat per person which is more than enough for 1 individual. otherwise it would be a free for all and everydick tom and harry can do what they want. this is not only siwtzerland other countries have the same policies. at the end of the day the countries system functions, there is prosperity people are happy.

[@merc340sr]

@@NixMatti It's petty politics! It is the meat lobby bribing politicians or politicians pleasing the meat lobby to get votes.

[@Swissvistas-fz9ey]

I live in CH. Needless to say that Switzerland is a bit of police state, but I suppose that is the price to pay for the relatively high level of safety. Although I see the point of fines to keep the streets clean, the garbage patrol units preying and hunting down "suspects" throwing away possibly even just some candy wrap in a public bin seems somewhat petty and exaggerated: it's somehow a bit reminiscent of a good old Swiss movie "Die Schweizermacher" in terms of their overall mentality. At least they're (not as yet) fining people for walking along the edge of pavements as opposed to the center of these (just kidding). Regarding firearms, it's important to distinguish between military and civilian firearms. All those who complete their military service get to keep their assault rifle (a .223 cal. Sturmgewehr 90) at home if they wish. They need to take part at shooting sessions to confirm that they still master the skill. In contrast, civilians can purchase handguns based on an acquisition license granted after a detailed background check by the police, or purchase non-semi-automatic rifles without a permit. Civilians do not need to demonstrate competence skills with the firearms they purchased. A special license is required to carry guns in public spaces. In terms of food purchases abroad, a large number of people living in Switzerland drive to France and Germany for their weekly grocery shopping, because of the exorbitant prices (see Numbeo) at stores such as Coop and Migros, who prefer employing cross-border workers (frontaliers) paid far less than their Swiss counterparts. The prices for products imported from the EU are commonly 50% to 100% higher (a rip-off) in Switzerland. The classic argument that Swiss wages are much higher does not justify such massive price increases, and many households in Switzerland are having a hard time making ends meet in view of skyrocketing rents (70% of the population lives in rented housing) and health insurance premiums. Health insurance companies have a powerful lobby at the Swiss government. Last but not least, wages have stagnated in Switzerland for a long time, and the effects of inflation are definitely noticeable, despite official statements to the contrary. Net annual immigration to Switzerland, primarily from the EU, stands at approximately 100,000 people per year (the effects of the Schengen Agreement), which is excessive in view of the rather limited livable geographic surface area between Geneva and Basel (two thirds mountains in CH). Switzerland has a serious housing shortage linked to mass immigration, and housing prices have gone through the roof since the early 2000's. It's a very nice country if you're rich, or earn enough money to pay for an extremely high cost of living an are able to add to your savings. For the average Joe and Jane, it's a bit of a struggle in a country where rules and regulations are stifling, and where friendliness is a rare asset. Switzerland, very nice natural scenery indeed, but the whole setup is a bit sterile with a strong sense of "verboten" looming above you in daily life. Just my two cents worth...

[@JonGreeny]

But the irony of your last statement is that the majority of Switzerland are actually just average Joe's and Jane's.

[@Swissvistas-fz9ey]

@@JonGreeny Indeed, and roughly 15% of them live below the poverty line.

[@simonestreeter1518]

There was nothing ironic about that statement. The whole post is saying that it is tough there for most. @@JonGreeny

[@belemboster]

The reason for the taxed bin bags is that the costs-by-cause principle is popular here. If someone produces a lot of trash, and someone else less, the one producing less should also pay less. To the production: We don't have Euros in Switzerland, but Swiss Francs, which is valued at a similar amount as euros (approx 1:1 in the last few years)

[@beyondEV]

It's not a tax. It's a service fee. And you're free to simply take your trash unsorted to the next private company and pay a little extra, if you don't like the service and fee for the public variant. We did had the flat rate way back, but now you pay flat rate to partake (payed by the landlord) and then for actual use.

[@elise.cherinekemm2984]

I totally agree with discipline,, l have family near Zurich,,your living standards, r excellent,expensive, but worth it.,,everything works to excellent standards,, It makes many other countries,look very sloppy ,

[@sonjagatto9981]

I agree and I love Zurich❣

[@afreeworld2024]

In how many countries have you been?

[@tristepin2228]

I'm from Switzerland and never seen anything like that It's really exaggerated, yes sure you can't make noise after 10 pm and you should avoid making noise on sunday And you should respect your environment but man it's not that strict

[@CineSoar]

I noticed, most of this was filmed in French-speaking areas. As a Zurcher for the past year, I am aware of these rules. But, I can't say I've seen 'cleanliness police' monitoring the bins, or other overt displays of enforcement. I wonder if there are regional differences in the relative zealousness of monitoring and enforcement?

[@CineSoar]

I went back to the story at the beginning, and noticed the v/o says "Enforcing a law, that is unique to the city [Lausanne]".

[@tristepin2228]

​@@CineSoar i'm from the french side of switzerland, and really, i've never seen anything like that, heck, i feel like the germanic side is way more strict than us and those bin officer guys, yeah never seen them either, usually, the police would fine, or at least remind people to not loiter, but i feel like it's like that anywhere, it's just a matter on how much the police will actually enforce the laws but i've seen plenty of people loitering the streets, although, i must say, it's really rare Haven't seen them in Lausanne either, tbf i don't know what to say, the documentary isn't 100% wrong, but i feel like it paints an image of switzerland that may not be 100% right either switzerland is somewhat like japan, societal norms that aren't written in a book, but norms that you need to follow to some degrees, but switzerland being ethnically diverse, people tend to be less strict with each other trust me, i've seen alot of stuff, public transports, streets, etc...

[@c.c7263]

I would say Geneva is the only place where rules are not so strict in Switzerland, which makes Geneva more "liveable" in my opinion. You would be surprised how strict they are in Zurich or Bern for example, each citizen there can be considered a police, as they will report you to the law enforcement the moment you do something wrong.

[@tristepin2228]

​@@c.c7263 It's probably true but i can't say for sure what i know, is small towns are definitely more relaxed

[@LizzKlaesson-cd9iv]

I love Schweiz I wish I could move there and become a citizen.👩🏼‍💻🇨🇭💙

[@tombargeloh3467]

I remember back in the 80s I was in Lasan Switzerland on business. During the weekend I walked around the city and saw a parade. I was quickly approached by their policeman and told I was not allowed to look at the parade because I didn’t pay I valved them to never go back to Switzerland, and I never have.

[@afreeworld2024]

I once wanted to visit a lake in the mountains of Switzerland, only to find that it had been fenced in to charge an entrance-fee - never seen anything like that before 😅

[@January.]

*I vowed...

[@Locomaid]

It is a "plakat" You attended a private parade that allows people to attend who did not contribute to funding it. Your few franks go to cover the costs of policing and cleaning up

[@BernhardSchwarz-xs8kp]

The Swiss are thankful for people like you staying away.

[@krozareq]

@@Locomaid If it's private then hold it on private property.