I live in Lausanne and work in Geneva.

In what field do you work? There is a lot of opportunity in the pharmaceutical industry as well as engineering field in Basel.
Zurich and Geneva have the best positions in banking and finance but you should be able to find great opportunities in Basel aswell.
There is also watches manufacturer not far from Basel(ie. Rolex's manufacture in Bienne)

Regarding entertainment I'd suggest,if you like furniture and design, the vitra house/museum: http://www.design-museum.de/de/informationen.html
Use: www.itaste.ch if you look for a restaurant in Switzerland.

And: http://www.englishforum.ch/forum.php is popular for expat.

If you need recommendation/tips don't hesitate to PM me.

been to Basel too many times for my liking.
Went last month and was staying in the Marriott with the waterpark next to it.
It had 4 lazy river rides! 4!!
what the fuck do you need 4 rides doing the same boring ass shit for?
sums up Switzerland right there

Got a friend who lives in Zurich and he says he would be bored shitless if he didn't Ski or Bike (Summer months)

but your Swiss, its like a Northerner saying the North isn't shit. When your surrounded by shit having been fed shit all your life shit looks quite good

Snaye

I doubt that you will find any other country with as much advantage as Switzerland(especially considering how small it is).
The quality of life is excellent, you can travel all around the country by train (and you can easily access places with stunning landscape views, ie. Zermatt, Gstaad, Montreux, etc.)
Also, there is a lot of big companies with their headquarter here, so the job opportunities are pretty good.
Anyway, you will see this by yourself jeg.

anyone recommend a cheap pay as you go sim in Switzerland and the best broadband? Moving over mid Jan and need to sort these

cheers
j

appreciated thanks

"Feel At Home is intended for our UK customers who are visiting one of the destinations for short trips, like holidays or business trips. If you only use your plan in a Feel At Home destination for a complete month, and this happens three times within a year, we may have to suspend international roaming on your account, which would mean you wouldn’t be able to use your phone or device abroad anymore. We’d let you know if this were likely to happen. If you spend a full month abroad but some of that time is spent in a destination that isn’t included in Feel At Home, the restriction won’t apply."

you are right. works fine for me though. feel so sorry for people still paying for roaming

Yeah, been away loads the last few months and not had to pay above my contract once