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Kosher food list 2022

Zurich
HOTELS
-The Park Hyatt is fantastic and a 10 minute walk to shul.
Tram stop: Stockerstrasse

RESTAURANTS

Meat:

Florentin - Located inside he JCC https://florentin.rest/
Tram stop: Bahnhof Enge

Grill Cave

Food truck. Check website for opening hours. Burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs etc.
https://www.thegrillcave.co/


Milk/Parve:

Babi's Bagels (Bederstrasse corner Klopstockstrasse 8002 Zürich) Tram Stop "Waffenplatzstrasse"

Bakery:
Ma'Adan Bakery
Manessestrasse/Schimmelstrasse
Has delicious pastries and also sells sandwiches, salads, and some sushi.

Butcher:
Metzgerei Kol Tuv

Can preorder for pickup.
Can also deliver throughout Switzerland by post.
See website for details.

https://www.koltuv.ch/en

ATTRACTIONS
-Walk around the lake area
-Bahnhofstrasse window shopping
-Take a train to Lucerne and buy the golden ticket, included a boat ride on Lake Lucerne, cogwheel train and tram. Then take bus back to Lucerne
-When you arrive in Lucerne you can go to the tourist office to see a live view from Mount Pilatus (Or you can check online). If it's cloudy skip the cogwheel train and just take a nice boatride and explore the town, ancient bridges, and walk on top of the old city fortress walls.




Options in the Alps

Arosa: Metropol Hotel - quaint little old hotel. Not very fancy - it's like honeymooning in your grandmother's house (HT: Mrs. Moishebatchy). The food is very basic, but delicious. Mikva on premises. If skiing is your thing, the have an agreement with one of the ski places (Härtner) not to charge Metropol customers for ski rentals over Shabbos.


Need a meal on shabbes, please PM me (Chuchem). I live 15 minute walk from the hyatt, close to chabad. Zürich has no eiruv!

Major Attractions
“Please edit the wiki to add more attractions”

Central Switzerland
-Lucerne, Pilatus Offers: Cogwheel, Gondolas, Alpine Sliding, Mini Zip-line and fun area
-Titlis Offers: Gondolas, Snow Tubing, Trutti Bikes, Ice Museum, Row Boating
-Brunni Offers: Gondolas, Alpine Sliding, Stroll in Lake(!)

Jungfrau Region
-Jungfrau/jungfraujoch Click here for the Kosher hotel in Wengen / 360-degree panorama of Jungfraujoch-Top of Europe
-Grindelwald Offers: Gondolas, mega Zip-line, Trutti Bikes

Eastern Switzerland
-St. Moritz
Davos / Klosters
Arosa Click here for the Kosher Levins hotel

Southern Switzerland
-Zermatt - "Matterhorn"
-Saas-Fee Offers: Gondolas, Alpine Sliding, Mega Zip-line, Trotti Bikes, (Saas-Grund has Monster Trotteres) and on top of "Allalin" you can go Snow Tubing and Skiing even in the summer!
-Crans Montana You can email the Kosher hotel in Crans Montana Hotelmk@gmail.com  or call them at 0032485640498 or 003233011600


HalbTax Pass

A HalbTax pass (or Half Fare card) is a card designated for tourists and not for Swiss residents (officially...). The card gives you half price on all public transportation like buses, trains, trams, boats and also on "most" cable cars (attractions). There are basically 4 kinds.

1) An annual pass, the price is currently 175 francs. If i remember correctly it has a photo ID of the recipient, so double check before sharing it.
Click here for the annual pass

2) A 30 day pass, the price is currently 120 francs, it does not have a photo ID on it.
Click here or here for the 30 day pass

3) - Recommended for frequent traveling Swiss Travel Pass - you prepay a set amount per day and get unlimited for that day (plus "optional" for a fee, for 1 month including the days you chose, it is a HalbTax, even on the prepaid free days, it's only free for all transportation, on cable cars you only get half off). The price per day depends on how many days you prepay, for example if you prepay 8 days, the price per day will be about 53 francs, if you prepay 3 days the price per day will be about 73 francs. If you are 25 y/o or younger, you can get the Youth Pass which is cheaper - If you prepay 8 days  the price per day will be about 40 francs a day, if you prepay 3 days the price per day will be about 62 francs.
Click here (or here) for the prepaid pass

The card comes with a few days “you could chose your dates later”, officially when you want to use a certain day for the free day you should fill in on the pass that date, and when the first conductor comes he punches that day, but technically you can leave the date blank until the conductor comes, that way you have a chance if no conductor asks you for your card (happens quite often) you can save it for the next day :)

4) Swiss Transfer Ticket" This card costs 141 francs and is valid for 2 trips from and to the boarder or airport, for example you are traveling from the airport to Arosa and are not planning to go anywhere else or take any other transportation, with this card you will effectively pay 71 francs per way. This card is only valid for trips to and from the airport or boarder and no (long) stops allowed. Technically if you will travel one more day, the Swiss travel pass mentioned above will probably be cheaper.

Make sure to order your pass a few weeks before leaving, it takes about 1-3 weeks for the pass to arrive. But you can always buy it in the Airport, though you might have to wait in line and also if you want to buy the Youth pass (for 25 y/o or younger) they might ask you for proof...

There is also a family pass if you travel with a large family, I am not familiar with that.


Fast Baggage
There is a service via SBB, They deliver your luggage for you!! For example you are traveling from ZRH to Arosa, you don't want to be busy Shlepping around your luggage, You can check in your luggage in the airport and they (SBB) will deliver it to the train station in Arosa. This service is available "from and to" most train stations in Switzerland. You can ask about the Fast Baggage by any train station or read here or here

You can even buy a tag that you put on the luggage before checking in your luggage in any airport (i.e. JFK) and Rail Europe will take your luggage from the airplane in Switzerland and deliver it either to your hotel or to the train station in the city you're going to.  Read about Flight Luggage Here




PS. When doing research and getting to a website in German, just add /en (after .ch) to translate to English.
And Hey, Don't forget to write a TR ;)

Sample Itinerary for 9 hour stopover on Swiss flight from TLV to U.S. that lands at 810 and takes off around 5
Copied from @cholent:
Here it is: landed in zrh, crazy line for entering country but moved pretty quickly, about half an hour. Picked up sim in the airport. Rented car through Priceline from europecar. Drove to Titlis, stunning scenery along drive. Missed a turnoff because I couldn't get Waze to talk and I was trying to do some stuff online while we were driving, added half an hour to get there, but the stunning scenery made it worthwhile. Got there, parked, you pay at the entrance if you're going to park for more than an hour. Paid, took the cable car. Got off at there halfway station by mistake, gorgeous lake. Went back on and back up to the top. It was somewhat cloudy which was a pity. Suspension bridge was fun but no view because of the clouds. Took the ice flyer to the other peak, then went sledding down the hill, lots of fun. No tubing because there wasn't enough snow. We didn't have enough time for the ice cave because of the extra time driving there and we weren't sure where it was anyway. Made some new Israeli friends and took the cable car down with them. Got back to the airport, returning the car took less than five minutes, getting through the airport took a little longer so we didn't have time for showers at the lounge. It was amazing all around, I would definitely recommend

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2020 on: August 05, 2018, 04:41:43 PM »

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2021 on: August 05, 2018, 04:48:34 PM »
You can get one for free: https://www.lycamobile.ch/en/free-sim-request
https://www.lycamobile.ch/en/storelocator
heading to St Moritz towards the end of the week iyh.
Anywhere near the ZRH to pick up a sim? Was planning on using my at&t $10 a day pass
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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2022 on: August 05, 2018, 04:49:46 PM »
Can anyone confirm that the Bäckerei-Konditorei Bad in St Moritz is Pas Yisroel in the summer? Thanx

Yes

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2023 on: August 05, 2018, 05:03:36 PM »
Thanx! Gonna check it out tomorrow!

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2024 on: August 05, 2018, 06:02:17 PM »
heading to St Moritz towards the end of the week iyh.
Anywhere near the ZRH to pick up a sim? Was planning on using my at&t $10 a day pass
At the Kiosk in the airport. Blue K sign. Should be $15 for a great plan with Lycamobile. There's great coverage in Switzerland (depending on your phone).

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2025 on: August 05, 2018, 08:10:55 PM »
At the Kiosk in the airport. Blue K sign. Should be $15 for a great plan with Lycamobile. There's great coverage in Switzerland (depending on your phone).
Right, Lycamobile as an MVNO in Switzerland has good coverage and is cheap.
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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2026 on: August 06, 2018, 03:31:36 AM »
Right, Lycamobile as an MVNO in Switzerland has good coverage and is cheap.

Yes, it's using the Swisscom Network, they have the cheapest data, ie. but tethering (hotspot is blocked)
1GB CHF 5.90
2GB CHF 9.90
5GB CHF 13.90
10 GB CHF 21.90, etc.
 

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2027 on: August 06, 2018, 10:17:49 AM »
Yes, it's using the Swisscom Network, they have the cheapest data, ie. but tethering (hotspot is blocked)
1GB CHF 5.90
2GB CHF 9.90
5GB CHF 13.90
10 GB CHF 21.90, etc.
They have a lot of promo bundles that are even cheaper.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2028 on: August 06, 2018, 10:18:27 AM »
Yes, it's using the Swisscom Network, they have the cheapest data, ie. but tethering (hotspot is blocked)
1GB CHF 5.90
2GB CHF 9.90
5GB CHF 13.90
10 GB CHF 21.90, etc.
All these can be purchased in the airport?

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2029 on: August 06, 2018, 11:49:56 AM »
All these can be purchased in the airport?

Yes, You buy the sim card (SIM-karte) and the credit (guthaben). Then you would need to subscribe to a package,
i.e. you dial *139*91490# to buy the 1GB data. (https://www.lycamobile.ch/en/great-savings-on-data-bundles)

Else, you will be charged their standard rate of 10Rp/MB...

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2030 on: August 06, 2018, 01:26:29 PM »
Iirc, you get a very good package at the airport. About $15 for unlimited data (5gb high speed), unlimited calls and sms in Switzerland and $5 credit, that can be used for calls to US for very cheap.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2031 on: August 07, 2018, 03:52:57 AM »
Can we please go back to the topic of buying kosher products in St moritz - Engadin area.
What else can be bough there besides bread? are the prices crazy?
I was in Davos in the spar and there was almost every thing you can imagine chicken, meat, nosh, dairy etc.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2032 on: August 07, 2018, 03:55:14 AM »
If any one has experience with finding kosher food (besides the kosher list of genreal products) in other resort towns in the alps
please be so kind to share.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2033 on: August 07, 2018, 05:23:47 PM »
Can we please go back to the topic of buying kosher products in St moritz - Engadin area.
What else can be bough there besides bread? are the prices crazy?
I was in Davos in the spar and there was almost every thing you can imagine chicken, meat, nosh, dairy etc.

There is a small store in Kempinski that sells kosher cheese, cy chocolate and some deli etc. not much and prices are exorbitant (10 chf for a small back of turkey etc). Not sure if intended for public or only for hotel guests.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2034 on: August 07, 2018, 05:27:05 PM »
Can we please go back to the topic of buying kosher products in St moritz - Engadin area.
What else can be bough there besides bread? are the prices crazy?
I was in Davos in the spar and there was almost every thing you can imagine chicken, meat, nosh, dairy etc.
The bakery that sells bread also has a bunch of cakes and during the season usually also some deli products
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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2035 on: August 07, 2018, 05:55:08 PM »
The bakery that sells bread also has a bunch of cakes and during the season usually also some deli products
Extremely limited beyond the bread (which is absolutely delicious)

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« Reply #2036 on: August 07, 2018, 05:56:16 PM »
Extremely limited beyond the bread (which is absolutely delicious)
bread and mayo is more than enough lol
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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2037 on: August 07, 2018, 07:57:00 PM »
Bread, meat, poultry, eggs, and ices/sorbet are all delicious in Switzerland and doesn't compare to what we have here in the US.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2038 on: August 08, 2018, 06:24:37 PM »
 Extremely limited beyond the bread (which is absolutely delicious)
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I just received a warning from St.Moritz. At the minyan maariv tonight it was brought to the attention that the bread from the Bakery St. Moritz is forbidden. Something has been found.

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Re: Switzerland Master Thread
« Reply #2039 on: August 12, 2018, 03:23:35 PM »
Do you mean takeout? Then you will only have that before Shabbos. The Belzers have a takeout for Shabbos.

Does anyone have the contact info for this belzer takeout?
Thanks
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