This group is open to any rock climbers, hikers, or mountaineers who want to explore the beautiful mountains and crags of Switzerland. Beginners, bouldering, sport, trad, and alpine climbers all welcome. We try to organize a climbing outing at least once a week during the summer, including single-and multi-pitch routes, adventure hikes, and via ferratas. Our outings take us all over Switzerland (it is a small country!), so you do not need to be a Bern "local" to join. We are also a very loosely …

Hello and Welcome Fellow Photography Enthusiasts! ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE VERY WARMLY WELCOME! Membership of our group is TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE and ideal for all those of you who are passionate about photography and interested to learn and share techniques, knowledge and ideas through friendship. Our group's motto is very simple and straight forward: Connecting People Through Photography. Our regular members take our events seriously and enjoy having fun learning photographic trade-craft. We a …

This MeetUp is a way for fellow intermediate tennis players to find each other. There are many of us who have enough flexibility in our schedules to play during the week when court availability is cheaper and more plentiful. Therefore, the MeetUps that I organize will be during the week. However, any member is free to organize a meetup at any other time as well. This meetup is for intermediate level players only. We like to be a bit strict in that so that we are always guaranteed a good challeng …

A meet up group for hotel industry, event and meeting organizer, suppliers, travelers. Zurich is a excited city with its booming international atmosphere, international company, International business, and international traveller. Join us to share information of being a traveller, organizer, supplier, and work experience in hospitality industry. Let's meet up to share ideas of event themes, and locations, experiences of travelling and destination knowledges.

Welcome to the Meetup Hike & Outdoor Group!!! As seen on this picture, Switzerland is a hiking paradise, as its trails almost covers the whole country...but there is more to see: majestic mountains, beautiful lakes and evergreen fields, just to mention few things. Since 2007 we have been organizing many, many hikes and other outdoor activities throughout the year. In Summer we do mostly hiking, but also Rafting, Canyoning, Biking, Inline Skating and Climbing (Vía Ferrata). In Winter, we concentr …

We meet in and around Bern for events and activities of all sorts: coffee, drinks, dinner, hikes, movies, parties, day trips, whatever. All nationalities are welcome - including people who aren't expats from anywhere. You are welcome to help organize and post events. On Meetup we post popular open events; organizers are welcome to post their activities. Many more activities are posted on the mailing list swisscc - see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swisscc. Join it by sending an email to swisscc- …

Better Ways for Doing Business In January 2012, a diverse group of twenty one people including senior executives, business strategists, managers, academics, and lean/agile development practitioners from four continents, met in Stoos, Switzerland. Their gathering was the starting point for a worldwide movement of people interested in promoting new and better ways to run our organizations and businesses. This Meetup page is used to announce local events organized by the Stoos Satellite Zurich.

This meetup group is dedicated to providing a platform to support the growth of the wellness, personal and spiritual development of a vibrant living community in Geneva, Switzerland. There are many people in Geneva looking for conferences, courses, workshops, retreats, potlucks, and other get together events that correspond in general to personal, physical, intellectual, spiritual health and well being. Furthermore, this site is an attempt to promote integration amongst practitioners from a vari …

This is a hiking, biking and general outdoor adventure group! Based out of Lausanne but members stretch from Geneva to Fribourg, Bern, and even Zurich. I'd like to organize hikes in different areas and perhaps even venture to France and Italy if there's interest during the warmer months for longer hikes on weekends. This is only the beginning! We're looking for group leaders that can help organizing in the different types of events (hiking, cycling, VTT, happy hours, etc). Especially since in g …

Dear fellow expats/internationals/global minds, We know, as well as you, how tough it is to meet new people in Zürich. Locals do not easily mix with foreigners and although, many expat organizations are there to back up your social life, we noticed that, especially when it comes to finding a potential new ‘love’, ‘amore’ or ‘amant’, Zürich does not make it very easy for all you singles out there. As of today, gone with these worries! ‘Cause we are here to help you! We decided that the single Exp …

The Basel Dragons Running Club Our club meets every Monday and Thursday evening at 18.30 under the Wettsteinbruecke (Muenster side) at the Basel Dragons club house. We also organise weekly Saturday morning runs (approx. 20km) in the Basel area, meeting points vary. The club caters for all levels - from people who have never run before, to people who used to run and want to get back in shape, to advanced runners who regularly compete in races. On weekdays we have four groups running at differen …

Wanna go to the movies? Perhaps have a drink before or afterwards? Not really keen on going by yourself? Well, then this would be the right group for you. This group welcomes Locals as well as foreigners/newcomers/expats, etc etc. If you have a specific movie in mind or if you wanna organize a Movie Night yourself on a specific day, just send me a mail and I can post the event. see you soon at the movies! Cheers, Guillaume

The purpose of this group is to provide fun activities where mom's and mom's to be can meet and make friends for themselves and their kids. The age range of the kids is new born to about 5 years old. We primarily run weekly playgroups with an occasional night out for just the moms and an event for the whole family. We try to keep most events located either in the center of Zurich or Baden. We also do outings to zoos, swimming pools, etc.. Everyone that speaks English is welcome. The group is pri …

Welcome to ZurieXpats Business professinals. New in Switzerland? We are your first aid kit!!! Probably you are a needed Ausländer in Switzerland, whose productivity helps the Swiss Economy to maintain the highest international standards. And why? Because; Swiss Economy need qualified human resources to keep the wheels turning to keep wealth and health on a sustainable level there is a shortage of Human capacity; intellectual capital and without expats the society will collaps There are NOT EN …

A social group, the Hash House Harriers are international but mainly English-speaking. We run or walk following a trail set by one of the group (the "hare"). It is like the "hares & hounds" or a paper chase. Drinking beer is a frequent occurance though not a must. The Bern group meets every 2nd Wednesday (even weeks in 2012) at 19:00 - check out our MeetUp calendar for dates through 2013. For more information, contact the MeetUp organizer (TailGate).

This is a group for anyone who knows (or wants to know) the Zurich district of Oerlikon. Ideally you live/work in Zurich/ Oerlikon so we can meet up and check out the area and organize events depending on weather conditions. I started this group because quite a lot of people are working/living in Oerlikon who do not know each other but stay/live near by. This group is for everyone, especially expats who wish to share their "specific" Oerlikon experiences with other "Oerlikonien".

(Un)official Cambridge community group to engage deep technical discussion around not only SharePoint but everything is damned cloudly, techy and geek. Group is organized and driven by myTeamWorks product team.

Meetups by the Mozilla Switzerland community organized about once a month. Want to know more about Mozilla and/or talk to us about the Web? Feel free to join us!

If you live in or near Zurich and are interested in meeting new friends in a fun layed back environment this is the group for you. This group will run solely in English. Please leave all other languages at the door. Assistent organizers welcome!-Just send me a line.

NetSquared is a nonprofit organization focused on the intersection of technology and social impact. The Geneva group is open to all and acts as a forum to share ideas, learn together, and collaborate.

We all SIT too much, at work, at home, at school. That's life today. Problem is, we're not designed for sitting. Human bodies start to degrade after 15 minutes, even if you're fit. But the problem can be fixed with a 15 SECONDS MOVE- plenty of time to move the toxic sludge along in your intestines and stop the from body degrading. At work, home, school or wherever you are. In your normal clothes. Add the moves up at the end of the day. You'll be amazed at the exercise you've done. The moves are …

Originally held in France in 2001, it will be for the first time an international event this year in Genava and vegetarians and vegans from many countries are expected. It will include conferences, a big demonstration in the city, happenings in front of the UN and the World Health Organization, a peaceful action asking society to recognize legal rights for animals, and more. The conferences will also include Professor Melanie Joy who wrote a book about carnism and Renato Pichler, the President o …

Hi there! It was in Sweden that I had attended my first Language Exchange group, and the experience I gained in doing that in Stockholm was impressing! As I didn't find a similar group here in Switzerland, I decided to set up my own. I would like to create the possibility for everyone to improve especially oral skills in a foreign language in a relaxed environment (in the city of Zurich or in the greater area of Zurich). Therefore, everyone is welcome to participate! Of course, we also need nati …

Welcome to Horgen and Thalwil "Little Angels" Parents and Tots! English speaking, Baby, Toddler and pre-kindergarden children's play and meet group in Horgen, Thalwil and surrounding areas of Zurich, Switzerland. As a group we all know how it feels to be new to the area or even the country, and so we welcome new members at any event. Meeting up locally, mainly on the west side of the lake, for parents to meet up and children to play together. Daytime events are set up for all pre-kindergarden …

Introduction Group website: http://www.wp-zuri.ch I created this group in order to bring together the various WordPress people in Zurich (of all skill levels). So if you're just starting out or developing really cool stuff with WordPress, join up! In first line, we want to have regular & fun meetups! Goal If there's enough interest, I will proceed with the organization of an official WordCamp Zurich (pending approvals and such from the WordPress foundation). I think we already have a number of …

OpenTechSchool is a community initiative offering free programming workshops and meetups to technology enthusiasts of all genders, backgrounds, and experience levels. It supports volunteer coaches in setting up events by taking care of the organizational details, encouraging coaches to create original teaching material. This material is then openly shared online and can be further developed by contributions from the global OTS community. OTS’ main goal is to create a friendly learning environmen …

This is a group for those interested in art experiences in and around Zurich. The art tours and events that I organize through my company Art Tours, Etc. are great opportunities for people with shared interests to meet, get to know each other, and create lasting connections. Join this group to receive announcements for my upcoming events, and to become a part of a large network of people interested in culture and the arts, of which Switzerland has plenty to offer. For more information about m …

The purpose of the group is to meet other people who enjoy swimming. Whether you are looking for training partners to race up and down the pool, friends to join in a swim across a lake or like-minded water rats on a river-swimming outing, we hope you will join us. The group is targeted towards a wide range of swimming abilities. However, it's not a swimming course, so please be advised that you should to be able to swim and that your safety is in your own hands. Everyone is welcome. Members are …