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Remo Marco Freuler + Trains thread

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Jack Burkitt
I used the go there a fair amount for work to Basel on the border with France and Germany - its so civilised and nice it makes your teeth hurt... boring though
 

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
It is hugely expensive as a place to live.

Other than Hong Kong, which is the apparently the most expensive place to live in the world, the next four most expensive places to live are all in Switzerland.

Lovely scenery, though,
 

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
We have a bunch of offices in Zurich, Basel, Lausanne (and somewhere else, I have forgotten…)

Many of the colleagues based there actually don‘t live in one of the Cantons, they live in either Germany or France, and commute in (typically via train) as needed, because it is so expensive to live in Switzerland itself though.

I do like the train trip down from Stuttgart to Konstanz, the area around the lake is beautiful.
 

Thomas

AMERICAN IDIOT
We have a bunch of offices in Zurich, Basel, Lausanne (and somewhere else, I have forgotten…)

Many of the colleagues based there actually don‘t live in one of the Cantons, they live in either Germany or France, and commute in (typically via train) as needed, because it is so expensive to live in Switzerland itself though.

I do like the train trip down from Stuttgart to Konstanz, the area around the lake is beautiful.

you got an office in Sacramento?


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Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
you got an office in Sacramento?


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Sadly no, Pleasanton or Sunnyvale would be the closest.
 

Project Zeus

Steve Chettle
It is hugely expensive as a place to live.

Other than Hong Kong, which is the apparently the most expensive place to live in the world, the next four most expensive places to live are all in Switzerland.

Lovely scenery, though,
Is that so? I thought Macau would be up there.

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cheapseats

Grenville Morris
A complete generalisation but Switzerland to me always seems like the biggest melting pot in Europe, there doesn't seem to be a "Swiss look" if that makes sense? Another generalisation but they all seem to be so well spoken and intelligent as well.
Yes that’s a series of pretty baseless generalisations!.
Like the French smell of garlic or the Germans are boring (Strummer?)
 

jervine

First Team Squad
Is that so? I thought Macau would be up there.

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Not even close. There's not very much in Macau, besides casinos. Less usable land in Hong Kong, and (despite the current and past administration's best efforts), Hong Kong is still a world financial centre, on a par with London and New York.
Everything is relative of course, but Hong Kong is incredibly expensive.

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MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
It is hugely expensive as a place to live.
People here won't be able to properly conceptualise "hugely expensive".

I have family who live in Zurich, so I've been over a few times. Last time I went just before COVID a black coffee from Starbucks cost 11 euros and a meal out at an Italian restaurant which was, frankly, shit and no better than eating in Bella Italia, for 3 people (3x mains, 1 bottle of wine) - was 250 euros.

I was there for three days, and took 300 quid. I ran out on the second day.

Despite all that, the train fares are actually cheaper than here. Four hour trek from Zurich to Milan through the Alps was £40.
 

Pugwash

Viv Anderson
He’s the yin to lingard’s Yang.

A man so impossibly boring that he can cancel out the Jlingz madness.

Genius recruitment.
 

Matt

Stuart Pearce
People here won't be able to properly conceptualise "hugely expensive".

I have family who live in Zurich, so I've been over a few times. Last time I went just before COVID a black coffee from Starbucks cost 11 euros and a meal out at an Italian restaurant which was, frankly, shit and no better than eating in Bella Italia, for 3 people (3x mains, 1 bottle of wine) - was 250 euros.

I was there for three days, and took 300 quid. I ran out on the second day.

Despite all that, the train fares are actually cheaper than here. Four hour trek from Zurich to Milan through the Alps was £40.
When we used to play gigs in Switzerland, you'd triple the merch prices and they'd still think it was cheap. I think our record merch total was about 6000 euros after a show in Lucerne on our last ever tour. Rider was always f***ing banging too.
 

congo_red_49

Ale Ape
We have a bunch of offices in Zurich, Basel, Lausanne (and somewhere else, I have forgotten…)

Many of the colleagues based there actually don‘t live in one of the Cantons, they live in either Germany or France, and commute in (typically via train) as needed, because it is so expensive to live in Switzerland itself though.
Same for me with our Geneva office. Almost every member of staff that works there doesn't live in Switzerland.

I'm actually looking into relocating to work out of that office, as now I'm in the Marketing space, it's the EAME site with the largest Marketing Spend...but our international relocation team don't work very quickly if you're below VP level.
 

Canadian_red

Grenville Morris
Just listening to last week's totally football podcast and some of the people on think this guy is now our best player. Really excited to see him.

Some of them also did the whole "they've signed too many" and "brentford only signed 4".
 

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Jack Burkitt
When we used to play gigs in Switzerland, you'd triple the merch prices and they'd still think it was cheap. I think our record merch total was about 6000 euros after a show in Lucerne on our last ever tour. Rider was always f***ing banging too.
They accepted Euros? I know some places do but most places I went insisted on using the Franc.

Amazing scenery - I had to fly out of Zurich one time and got the train from Basel truly beautiful, also very impressed that it had an upstairs and downstairs - madness!!! I'm sure someone's done the maths but surely on some routes into London it'd be worth building for them rather than a white elephant like HS2.
 

cheapseats

Grenville Morris
I used the go there a fair amount for work to Basel on the border with France and Germany - its so civilised and nice it makes your teeth hurt... boring though
I had a pal who was a travelling musician and was living in Geneva. She had a lengthy period of employment in another Swiss Canton and had to leave her flat mid week to move.
The following week the local police knocked on her door at her new place and gave her a fine for leaving rubbish out (in bags by the bins) on an "unprescribed" day in Geneva.

Thats the Swiss. F'ing weirdos I reckon....
 

Tiff

Matchday Squad
They accepted Euros? I know some places do but most places I went insisted on using the Franc.

Amazing scenery - I had to fly out of Zurich one time and got the train from Basel truly beautiful, also very impressed that it had an upstairs and downstairs - madness!!! I'm sure someone's done the maths but surely on some routes into London it'd be worth building for them rather than a white elephant like HS2.

Double decker trains are everywhere in France , from TGVs to paris suburb to regional trains, don’t know why we don’t have them here.


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Col

Has he singed yet?
The way that they are designed I don't think tunnels is necessarily the issue. The ground floor is when you step on the train, then you either go upstairs or downstairs - like it's built deeper down.
 
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