Everything that changes in Switzerland from September to September

If you're tired of all unrequested calls (<x0) that try to convince you to spend your cover on this or insurance company, you can breathe extenuating.

This is because on September 1st, health insurance agents will no longer be allowed to call a person who has never been secure in a particular company, or who has not been secured there for 36 months, trying to sell a policeman.

September 1st: Will free the reference rate for rents

Federal Housing Office (BWO) publishes the so-called mortgage interest reference plant, which also determines rents, four times a year. He'll do it again on September 1st.

Currently, rates are 1.75 percent and are unlikely to increase, given the current favourable economy, but may fall, transmit albinfo.ch.

September 1st: laurels are forbidden in Switzerland

These known shrubs, occupant in public spaces and private properties, will no longer be allowed as an invading species threatening biodiversity.

By September 1st, the sale or purchase of these bushes (and less their planting) will be illegal and existing, both in public and private environments, will have to be withdrawn, theocal writes.

September 2nd: Gotthard tunnel reopens for railway traffic

The route was shut down mainly after a train exit from the tracks on August 10, 2023, damaged significant parts of the tunnel.

On September 2nd, this strategic north-south axis will be fully reopened for all InterCity and EuroCity trains, as well as for all cargo trains between German-speaking Switzerland and Ticino.

Passengers will be able to travel from north to south of Switzerland at a time reduced for an hour and for the first time every half hour throughout the day.

September 6th to 9th: Knabenschessen

On this day, the hills around Cyril will be alive with the sound... of gunfire.

This is the largest public festival of Cyril, Knabenschiessen, which means the boys' trial in English, (even though these days include many girls and, as you can imagine, none of them were actually shot.)

It is also the world's largest youth rifle race (at the very least, children with rifles are not exactly a common sight in every country), where young people between 12 and 16 years of age demonstrate their firing skills a healthy activity according to Swiss standards.

This tradition, dating back to the 17th century, is organised by the Zurich City rifle Association.

September 5th and 15th: Geneva and Federal Thanksgiving

Unlike North America, where Thanksgiving is celebrated in the fall (October 1st in Canada and November in the United States), the Swiss version ʹ without turkey is marked on the third Sunday of September.

Known as Eidgenösischer Dank-, Buss- und Bettag in German, Ye pursuen fedéral in French, federal Digono in Italian and the federal Rogaziu in novels, Federal Thanksgiving Day, Pendim and Prayer celebrated throughout Switzerland, with the exception of Geneva, which has its own comparable holiday, let Yegie genevois, this year on September 5th.

Next Monday, September 16th is also a public holiday throughout the country, except in Geneva.

September 22nd: Reference

Two cases will be submitted to a popular vote on 22 September 2024.

The first, and the least controversial of both, is the “vote for the future of nature and our landscape.

It calls, as its name suggests, for increased funds to preserve the country's biodiversity and ecosystems.

The second issue '%reform the second column pensions (LLP) is much more controversial, since it would require lowering pension benefits by several thousand francs annually.

Once in September: SBB equips transport police with cameras

The body-covered video cameras, which will be presented in September, are intended to de-scale conflicts, ensure the safety of passengers and employees, and record evidence of violations, the national railway company (SBB) said.

Each patrol will be equipped with at least one body camera, and over 200 police officers will be deployed across Switzerland in public transportation areas and trains.

The SBB is also reminding passengers that anyone observing “a situation that is harmful to security”, on a train or at a station, must contact transport police at 0800 11717.

September 22nd: Starting autumn

The so-called fall Equinox marks the beginning of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere.

In Switzerland, it will officially begin at 8:44 this morning.

It is too early to know in advance what the weather will be like after the autumn officially begins, but after a summer with some extremely hot periods, most people are probably looking forward to sunny but cooler days.