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Welcome to Geneva!  Probably the first thing you should realize is that you are NOT in America anymore.  Most shops and government offices are closed at lunchtime (12-14:00) and after 6 p.m.  Restaurants are often closed for a month or more during certain months (July/August) for holidays.  Overall, the attitude is not very service-oriented, but give it time - you'll adaptHere are a few links that might be helpful.

  

  Weather forecast for Geneva   CERN Housing Service  CERN Map  Geneva Interactive Map

  Phone directories - CERN   Swiss Yellow Pages  French Telephone Directory How to use phones  

  Emergencies and health - Useful numbers and information  Hôpital de la Tour   Genève Univ. Hospital  Genève Medecins  Doctors in St Genis  Dentists in Geneva

  Banking - UBS (Swiss bank)  Credit Agricole (French bank)

  Postal service - Swisspost  La Poste FR

  Transport - Geneva Airport   Trains (SBB)  Geneva Buses/Trams  French Buses  Airport rental  Patrick Rental  AutoEurope  EuropeByCar EuroDrive

  CERN User's Office  French lessons   Women's Club French Classes  All Clubs  Skiing

  Online Language Tools: Multilingual dictionary  Langtolang  Babelfish Translation  Voila Translation   

  Schools and Daycare - Swiss and French school systems  International Schools  Pre-school  Genève Famille  Language courses in Geneva  Croque Loisirs, CERN Nursery School (Staff.Kindergarten@cern.ch)

  Utilities in Switzerland - Gas-Water-Electricity  Swisscom  Swisscom mobile  Orange Switzerland  Sunrise  Yallo  Migros  Lebara

  Utilities in France - Electricity  Gas  France Telecom  Freebox  Orange France  Bouygtel  SFR

  Insurance companies - AGF  Allianz-Suisse  AXA  Carrefour  Maaf  Macif  MMA Swiss Life

 Grochery Stores and Food Shopping 

  Restaurants/Eating out  - Cessy  Ferney-Voltaire  Geneva  Meyrin  Ornex  St Genis  Segny  Thoiry

  Books in English - CERN English Book Club  The Library in English  Off the Shelf  Payot Libraire FNAC  Library in Forum Meyrin

  Links - US LHC American International Women's Club ATLAS Cern Guide Genève Tourisme  Agenda de Geneve  Geneva AngloInfo  New to Geneva

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