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Welcome to Switzerland!
This guide is a comprehensive resource for AFS participants coming to Switzerland.
As you embark on this exciting exchange experience, you will discover a country rich in cultural diversity, breathtaking landscapes, and unique traditions. This guide provides essential information to help you navigate your exchange journey —from preparation and arrival to daily life, school, cultural adaptation— and make the most of your stay.
AFS Switzerland
About Switzerland
Preparing for your exchange
- Contacting your host family
- Online language learning
- Visa and travel
- Insurance
- Recommended vaccinations
- What to pack
- Managing money abroad
Your exchange experience
- Your time in Switzerland
- Arrival day and first weeks
- Your host family and you
- Your host school
- Your support network: the role of the PCP & FCP
- Making friends
- Leisure activities
- Religious practice and attitudes
- Good manners
- Typically Swiss?
- Health and wellbeing: highs and lows
- Money traps
- Social media fair play rules
- Conclusion