What we’re about
If you want to get to know people of your own age (18 to 35) doing outdoors or cultural activities such as hiking, attend a concert, I suggest you join this group.
There is a whatsapp community associated with this group: WhatsApp-Gruppeneinladung
you can see pictures (without the people faces) of the activities in this whatsapp channel:
🌄 Switzerland Discovery Crew (Preferred Ages 18-35)🌄 | WhatsApp-Kanal
Upcoming events (4)
See all- After Work Limmat Boating aka LimmatböötleWipkingerpark Zürich, Zürich
Let's go for an after-work Limmatböötle.
A swiss tradition floating down the river with a boat or any other floating object.
Important information:
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you will need a boat or a seat in a boat. Let us know when you have spare space on your boat. Also check sharely.ch for 1-day rent (search for Schlauchboot) or you can buy in jumbo (e.g. Letzpark or Oerlikon) -> https://www.jumbo.ch/de/hobby-sport/wassersport-pools/schlauchboote/intex-boot-set-challenger-3/p/40639
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you should be a good swimmer, or be able to swim with a swim vest.
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bring water and if you like snacks
Place: Limmat at Wipkingerplatz https://maps.app.goo.gl/zGadFZLYk1gNZxW97
Date and Time: Wednesday 16th of July at 18:00, we will start pumping our boats and leave soon after. Depending on the time it takes, we will stop in Glanzenberg or Dietikon and come back by train.
dedicated whatapp group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/DxUWRYnvtzB8vPPw3QTF7h?mode=ac_c
Registration:
To sign up, please select "Yes" in the WhatsApp community survey for this activity:
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaoercY1XquRrJm58k3V
Folge dem Kanal 🌄 Switzerland Discovery Crew (Preferred Ages 18-35)🌄 auf WhatsApp:
If the event will happen in more than 30 days, I haven't added the survey in the channel yet.
If you are concerned about privacy, only the admin of a WhatsApp channel can see who has voted in a poll (unlike a WhatsApp group).
Disclaimer: as usual, you are responsible for yourself. Nevertheless, I have done it many times and know the important spots
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- Paul Scherrer Institut visit (completely booked now)+BBQ in the eveningUnterm Blauen Engel am HB Zürich, Zürich
Warning:
You can no longer sign up to visit the Paul Scherrer Institute. We have already reached the maximum number of participants.
However, you can join the corresponding WhatsApp group to stay updated about future visits we will organize. These future visits will focus on different topics.
description:
the Paul Scherrer Institut is a nuclear research centre. More information here: Paul Scherrer Institut PSI
This is not a general visit this time. It is about how the particle accelerator is used to study protein structures.
Visit are only possible during the week.
The visit will start at 4pm. It take 2 to 3 hoursAfter the visit:
possibility to have a BBQ not along the Aare. Possibility to swim too
How to go with the train (from Zurich and I will meet you on the way):
Verbindungen Zürich HB nach Villigen, PSI West | Das Online-Portal der SBB für Fahrplan, Zug und ÖV
dedicated whatsApp group
Registration:
Not as usual, you need to give your name to the organizer and address. The PSI indeed want to know who is going to visit
No polls in the whatsapp channel this time:
🌄 Switzerland Discovery Crew (Preferred Ages 18-35)🌄 | WhatsApp-Kanal
Sign up only when you are sure
- hiking Weekend between Luzern and BernZurich HB - Under the Blue Angel, Zürich
warning
Because there was not enough people the first time the weekend was proposed, the weekend is reschedule. The current proposed date is very probably not the right one. It is just to say this project is not dead but we have to find another date.
what you need to bring:
your sleeping bag and your own food
And you need to be fit and have good hiking shoesprice of the sleeping place: 38 CHF
First day (17 Mai) description:
We will arrive in Flühli with the train/bus at 8:45
If you start from Zürich, this is your path: Schüpfheim, Bahnhof nach Flühli LU, Post | Das Online-Portal der SBB für Fahrplan, Zug und ÖVWe hike until the sleeping place:
von Flühli nach Bumbach | Wanderung | Komoot
If the hike is to long, there are some small shortcutsIf you're interested, you can already join the whatsapp group and ask questions.
Second day (18 Mai) description:
We take the bus until kemmeriboden. (people wanting to get up early and with energy can go directly by foot. It is a more path and we only go down)
then we can start the hike: von Brienz nach Bumbach | Wanderung | Komoot
We finish in Brienz and perhaps we have time to visit, swim, go a boat...
dedicated whatsapp group :
Registration:
It is not the usual way. I want to be 100% sure that somebody registering will come. I won't book accommodation for 10 people if only 5 come at the end.
Thus, I would like you to send me a personal message to confirm your participation. (you can contact me by entering the dedicated whatsapp group and write to the admin (me), or meetup). As soon as I get enough person, I will ask you to twint me the price of the sleeping place for the reservation
whatsapp channel:whatsapp channel:
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaoercY1XquRrJm58k3V - castle Schauensee visit and hike next to LuzernZurich HB - Under the Blue Angel, Zürich
Warning:
The Castle visit will happen in a long time. The visit has already been announced by the city Kriens but I don 't exclude the possibility of a date change.
The hike depends on the weather. The path can still change.visit of the castle in the morning
The castle in 18' by foot from the train station Kriens Zentrum Pilatus . The visit starts at 10am. The visit is in german
Führungen im Schloss Schauensee – Stadt Kriens
hike after the castle visit
von Kriens nach Horw | Wanderung | Komoot
If 18 km are too long for you, there is a cable car after 10 km. We can split the group between people wanted to do the hike completely and people wanted to go home after 10km
You need to be fit and have good hiking shoesHow to go with the train (from Zurich and I will meet you on the way):
dedicated whatapp group
Registration:
For the castle visit:
Write a personal message directly to the admin of the group to confirm you come. You have to be 100% sure. If you register without coming you take the place of somebody who wanted to visitFor the hike (registration possible 30 days before the hike) :
As usual
To sign up, please select "Yes" in the WhatsApp community survey for this activity:🌄 Switzerland Discovery Crew (Preferred Ages 18-35)🌄 | WhatsApp-Kanal
If you are concerned about privacy, only the admin of a Whatsapp channel can see who has voted in a poll (unlike a Whatsapp group).
Please sign up only when you are certain!
You can also register through Meetup, as it helps build momentum; however, I rely only on the number of people who signed up through the WhatsApp survey***
