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Swiss culture and daily life –  traditions, seasonal food and honest local insight 

– from someone who’s lived it for 25 years.

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Settling in, understanding the systems, and find your rhythm – guides for expat at every stage. 

See Switzerland through a local lens – where to go, what to eat and what most visitors miss.

z’Nüni is curated by Kristin Reinhard – married into a Swiss family, fluent in Swiss German, raising bi-cultural kids in Zug for nearly 25 years. This is the insider context for Swiss culture and daily life that guidebooks can’t give you. 

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Every experience of Swiss culture and daily life is different. These are real stories from people building their lives in Switzerland: the surprises, the challenges and the moments that made it finally make a foreign country feel like home. 

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