Living in Geneva

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expat.comYour favourite team20 November 2008 08:56:44

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You are an expatriate living in Geneva, or you used to work and live in Geneva.

Share your expat experience!

How would you describe life Geneva?

Has it been complicated to settle down, to find a job, and an accomodation?

Is it complicated to make friends in Geneva?

What would you recommend to people who would like to live in Geneva?

Thanks in advance for your participation

PatMatNew member14 May 2009 12:38:57

Am an expat living in Maputo and am keen to know how life is in Geneva. Is it easy to settle, make new friends and all. Would you face serious communication problems if you don't speak French or German?

meetnewface.comMember10 November 2010 13:40:44

Geneva is a nice place to live!
the bright side is geneva is a safe place (maybe less safe than many years ago, but still more safe than many world known cities), a REAL international city, very good standard of living, transportation system, etc. And the dark side is the crisis of accomodation, unemployment (compared to many other big swiss cities), the poor night life (many people find it boring to live here), locals very reserved (nice though)etc. from this last, no need to say it's not easy to make friends. but if you really search for friends, you will easily find some in the expat community. ways to meet them include meetnewface, glocals, internations...just to mention some.
I hope this helps

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