It takes a Village to feel at home.
Navigate Switzerland with confidence and create a life that feels truly yours. From day one.
Settle with Confidence
Follow guided steps and trusted recommendations to handle every essential, from registration to insurance, with ease. We simplify the details so you can focus on what matters.
Connect with Neighbors
Match with people nearby who share your interests, languages, or life stage. From fellow professionals to parents, students, or creatives. Build friendships that go beyond small talk.
Discover Local Gems
From hiking trails and cozy cafés to cultural meetups and language exchanges. Village helps you uncover the places and events that make Switzerland feel like home.
Grow your Knowledge
Understand how Swiss systems work, from finances and education to local culture, through clear and reliable explanations that help you feel informed and empowered.
Plan for the Future
As your roots grow deeper, Village helps you prepare for what’s next — from managing finances to shaping your career and future in Switzerland.
Give Back & Belong
Share what you’ve learned, host local meetups, or support newcomers following in your footsteps. The more you give, the stronger your Village grows.
Your Swiss setup, simplified.
Moving to Switzerland comes with dozens of tasks, from finding a home to setting up finances, healthcare, and daily essentials.
Village brings everything together in one place with step-by-step guidance, verified information, and clear explanations that help you understand what matters and why.
You won’t need to hunt for answers or wonder what’s next. We show you what to do, when to do it, and what to expect along the way.
From settling to living.
After the basics are covered, Village helps you grow into your new life in Switzerland. Whether you’re expanding your circle, discovering local activities, or planning your future, your move becomes a collection of meaningful journeys.
From exploring breathtaking hikes to finding community, advancing your career, or immersing yourself in local life: Village guides you with clear steps and verified information so you can build a life that truly feels your own.
Our FIVE Pillars
Curation
Everything on Village is verified, relevant, and easy to understand. Our curated guides, events, and connections cut through noise so you can trust what you see and focus on what matters.
Intelligence
Village is designed to grow alongside you, helping you find what’s most useful at each stage of your journey. The more you explore, the more relevant your experience becomes. Naturally and without effort.
Personalization
Your experience on Village adapts to you — your profile, interests, life phase, and location. The more you share, the smarter your journey becomes, showing what’s truly relevant for your life in Switzerland.
Hyper-Locality
Switzerland is built on local layers, from federal to municipal. Village reflects that reality by helping you discover what applies right where you live, from nearby events to practical local insights.
Engagement
Village is where knowledge meets action. Guided modules help you complete real-world steps with confidence, keeping everything you need in one clear place.
How it works
Here’s how Village brings joy to new beginnings.
1) Choose your module
Pick the area you want to focus on. After arriving in Switzerland, start with THE BASICS to set up your essentials. As you share a few details about yourself, Village personalizes your journey by tailoring your tasks to what's relevant to you.
Later, move on to CONNECT to grow your circle or discover your new surroundings with EXPLORE.
2) Check off bite-sized tasks
Work on any journey by following guided tasks that simplify the most complex processes. Go at your own pace: delay tasks, set reminders, or keep the momentum going by ticking them off one by one. Each win, however small it may be, brings you closer to the life you’re envisioning for yourself.
3) Learn, earn, unlock
Get helpful insights as you go, earn points for progress, and celebrate as you unlock new modules and perks. The more you explore, the more Village learns what matters to you, guiding you with personalized steps that match your goals, your pace, and your stage of life in Switzerland.
