Swiss Tips

Tips & Tricks for living in Bern and Switzerland! These tips are mainly for newcomers and might also be helpful for travelers and locals who might not have heard about a thing or two.
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🧊 Madame Frigo Fridges

There is an initiative called Madame Frigo and they have fridges all around the city, which you can check for food.

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Food Sharing Telegram Group

You can also join the food sharing group on Telegram and ask for food or wait until someone posts something they are offering.

✈️ Join Telegram Group

🍱 Food Sharing Website

There is a website called Food Sharing you need to pass a short test (ask them for help if you get stuck) and then you can pick up food from some restaurants and other places for free nearly every evening. The idea of this movement is to reduce food waste so it's not about you getting free food, but about reducing food waste, you can also give out the food that you collect in the food sharing group or in the fridges.

🌱 Visit Food Sharing

🛍️ Too Good To Go App

The app Too Good to go is not free but it has a lot of stores offering very cheap food just before closing.

📱 Download App

🏪 Supermarket Discounts

At the end of the day at supermarkets you can often find food that will be much cheaper than normal, especially at Migros and Coop.

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Supermarket Microwave

You can use the microwave in the supermarket when they are open. For example in Coop/Migros.

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Drinking Fountains

You can drink the water from the fountains which you can find all around town!