Renting out furnished flats is less common in Switzerland than in other countries. But in international cities like Basel hundreds of highly qualified specialists are arriving from all over to work for a while, especially in the pharmaceutical sector. Making over old flats has proven a good business for an entrepreneurial English woman. (swissinfo, Raffaella Rossello)
Every year about 3,000 young people spend a working holiday on one of 1,200 Swiss farms. It's an opportunity to be close to nature, see where our food comes from and, for one Dutch girl, to practise French and German. (swissinfo, Raffaella Rossello)