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Have your say: Where’s best to find free wifi in Switzerland?

Whether you’re visiting Switzerland or just want to save on data, free wifi can be a great option. Let us know where to find the best source.

Do you have a hot tip for finding free wifi in Switzerland? Let us know. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash
Do you have a hot tip for finding free wifi in Switzerland? Let us know. Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

As a non member of the European Union, roaming charges in Switzerland can be exorbitant. Even if you’re just crossing over the border for a day trip, turning on your phone’s roaming can potentially cost you hundreds. 

Given how reliant we are on our smartphones, this can make travel particularly difficult. 

For those living in Switzerland, phone plans can also be significantly expensive – so much so that you might want to connect to free wifi whenever it is available. 

For freelancers and digital nomads, finding a place with free, reliable wifi can be absolutely essential – and far cheaper than turning on your hotspot. 

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These days however, cafes, bars, stations and some public spaces have easily accessible wifi for free. 

This is where you come in. Tell us: what’s the best way to get connected to wifi in Switzerland. 

Are there any great sources of free wifi, i.e. in specific public squares or other easily accessible areas? 

We’d also like to hear a bit more about paid wifi. Are there any good plans for tourists or visitors? 

Whether you live in Switzerland or have visited recently, we’d like to hear from you.

Let us know in the form below. 

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Goodbye Edelweiss: Swiss tourism body unveils its new logo

After three decades with the same 'old' logo — the Edelweiss flower — Switzerland’s tourism board has now re-branded itself. What is its new symbol now?

Goodbye Edelweiss: Swiss tourism body unveils its new logo

For nearly three decades, Switzerland Tourism, which promotes the country’s charms abroad,  depended on the Alpine flower to sell ‘Swissness’ to foreign tourists.

Coloured in gold, with a Swiss flag in the middle (perhaps so as to distinguish it from the edelweiss that also grows on Alpine meadows in Austria, France, and Germany), the flower had been part of the organisation’s official logo since 1995.

Image by Switzerland Tourism

 

Crossing its t’s

Now, however, the tourism board is taking its logo to a whole new level — or at least that is how the organisation is referring to the new design it unveiled at a press conference in Geneva on Monday.

And what could be more Swiss, or more emblematic of Switzerland, than… the country’s flag (you may argue that the iconic Matterhorn would be a good choice as well, now that it is no longer featured on the Toblerone chocolate).

The new logo features the word ‘Switzerland’ (in English), with the letter ‘t’ replaced by the flag.

With this new image, the tourism board “is now spreading its new identity throughout the world,” Switzerland Tourism said.

Another Swiss icon: Roger

Whatever you may think of the new logo, and even if you don’t think about it at all, the fact remains that Switzerland Tourism has had some clever ideas up its sleeve to ‘sell’ the country to foreign visitors.

Over the past few years, it has teamed up with retired tennis champ Roger Federer (who, in turn, had teamed up with other high-profile individuals) to promote Switzerland worldwide.

This is one example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXcBGfXXL4w&t=13s
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