City Guides

New in St. Pölten: registration form within three days at the town hall, registration certificate for EU citizens, residents' parking card, LUP buses and nursery enrolment.

St. Gallen has just under 80,000 inhabitants in three city districts, from Winkeln to Neudorf. Neighbourhoods, employers, population services and parking at a glance.

New in Schwyz: four districts between Lake Lauerz and Lake Lucerne, registration at the municipal office, the station in Seewen, no residents' parking permits.

The municipality of Schwyz covers the Flecken, Ibach, Seewen and Rickenbach, with just over 16,700 inhabitants. Districts, employers and residents' office for newcomers.

New in Sion: register within 14 days without an appointment, schools with a German stream, health insurance within three months, districts from Champsec to Bramois.

New in Geneva: register with the OCPM within 14 days, health insurance under LAMal, eight city districts from Champel to Pâquis and the city's free bulky waste collection.

Moving to Geneva: eight quartiers from Pâquis to Champel, notification to the OCPM within 14 days, customs with Form 18.44, health insurance and bulky item collection.

Sion (Sitten) has almost 38,000 inhabitants and has included Bramois, Salins and Les Agettes since 2017. Districts, employers, language and registration in Valais.

New in Schaffhausen: register within 14 days at the residents' office, health insurance within three months, districts from Breite to Herblingen, vbsh buses.

New in Salzburg: Meldezettel within three days at the registration service, registration certificate for EU citizens, 24 districts, twelve trolleybus lines.

Settling in to Freiburg im Breisgau: registration at the Stühlinger town hall, a third of all trips by bike, a 200-euro resident parking permit and trams to the districts.

Schaffhausen has around 39,000 inhabitants, neighbourhoods from the oriel-window Old Town to Herblingen and Hemmental, and a rail link to Zurich. Registration within 14 days.