Bern - Post Report Question and Answers
What is your housing like? What are typical housing sizes, locations, and commute times for expatriates?
Post just switched to an unfurnished housing pool. Mostly apartments, commutes are fairly easy -- 20 minutes or so. Like most of Europe apartments are on the small side, with limited storage though some have a storage room available in the basement. Our apartment is new, modern and very nice but there have been glitches. The main issue here is we switched to an embassy housing pool but the embassy doesn't have adequate staff to handle maintenance. Traffic is light and public transport is good, so there are many good options for areas to live -- housing tends to be spread all over. - Jan 2020
LQA apartments and wonderful, now housing pool but mostly apartments and fewer than 30 minutes from work using trams/trains/buses. - Oct 2019
MOSTLY RENTAL--EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE, AND LANDLORDS TEND TO THINK THEY ARE DOING YOU A SERVICE DEIGNING TO RENT THEIR PROPERTIES. - Jan 2011
People seem happy. Smaller apartments downtown with single family homes further out. - Feb 2009
