General information

Switzerland

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Living conditions | Useful resources | Communications

Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions: There is no mandatory vaccination required. However it is advisable to take tetanus, diphtheria and polio vaccinations.
International hospitals: Hospitals Worldwide – Switzerland Directory
For further information on sanitary conditions: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)
For further information on safety conditions: Visit: Travel Report provided by the site of the Canadian Foreign Office
The Current Travel Warnings given by the American State Department
Contacter votre ambassade: Embassy of Tunisia in Switzerland
63, Kirchenfeldstrasse
CH 3005 Berne
Phone: +41 31 352 82 26 / 27
Fax: +41 31 351 04 45
tunberne.ch@bluewin.ch

Emergency numbers

Police	117
Medical	144
Fire	118
Rescue by helicopter	1414 / 1415
Telephone support for children	147
Road emergency	140

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference: It is %T:%M %A in Geneva, Bern, Lausanne (GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer)
Summer time period: Yes
+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October.

Map of the time zone

Type of climate

The Alps mountains cause climatic variations across the country. In the higher Alpine regions temperatures tend to be low, while the lower land of the northern area has higher temperatures and warm summers.

The temperature can go as low as -10 degree centigrade during winter and during summer it reaches up to 25 degree centigrade.

For further information: MeteoSwiss

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation: Swiss Hotels Association

Bed and Breakfast Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism

Swiss Alpine Club Camping web site

Camping site of Swiss Touring Club (TCS)
Switzerland Tourism Switzerland Tourism

Backpackers Hotels Swiss Hotels
The Swiss Camp Site Owners Association (VSC/ASC)
Swiss Youth Hostels
To find an apartment: Sublet.com

Swisstours
Apartments Swiss Star
To find a job: EURES (The European Job Mobility Portal)
PORTAIL EMPLOI
Travailler en Suisse

Communications

Telephone codes: To call in Switzerland from Tunisia, dial 00 (ou +) +41.
To call Tunisia from Switzerland, dial 00 (ou +) 216.
Mobile telephone standards: GSM
Internet suffix: .ch