Zürich: the vibe
Videos from people who went, played right here, with what viewers said underneath. Not part of the score.
The verdict
Wary · 42Mostly tourist-facing praise for Zürich's beauty, but the one long-term resident account and a Swiss commenter describe high costs, weather, and loneliness outweighing the appeal.
- scenery and lake views
- clean water and nature
- beautiful old town
- good value food options
- efficient transport
- very high cost of living
- gloomy weather most of the year
- difficult to make friends
- limited nightlife and things to do
- social coldness and money focus
- Great for a visit but expensive to live in long term
- Long-term residents report loneliness and a grey, costly lifestyle
- Some foreigners find the city fine with sports and a social circle
- Cheap eats exist around Langstrasse and in bakeries
- Evidence is thin, mostly tourist videos with little residency insight
Read from 8 videos, 33 comments and 0 posts on 2026-11-08; the summary is written by a language model and can misread sarcasm.
SWITZERLAND ON A BUDGET! 🇨🇭 Zurich Travel Guide
Let's Meet Abroad · 111K views · 2024
What viewers said
“I like that you guys prioritize on creating high quality videos. And I genuinely think your channel deserves more subscribers than what it has now. Keep it up!”
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“Zürich is the high German. We Zurich residents call the city "Züri" in Swiss German. A nice video about my hometown; I was very happy to see it. It's true that it's expensive, but most tourists go to the most expensive places. Like Bahnhofs”
♥ 4 likes
“A good place to eat not to expensive is the area around Langstrasse between Limmatplatz and the Railway. You will not find much Swiss food, but more or less every other country has restaurant there.”
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“My name is Azurich and I am not from Switzerland nor in Zurich but my parents name me based on this city. I want to visit someday once I have budget to travel there. I am from the Philippines 🇵🇭”
♥ 8 likes
“Great work, guys. For once, not the typical city of Zurich tour. By the way: you did well with your "Zurich"-pronunciation.”
“Hard place to do on a budget! Thanks for putting this together!”
♥ 3 likes
“Finally!!!!!!! This was long awaited”
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“one day i ll be there”
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“I'm fascinated by beautiful swiss City, it was a wonderful video. For savings you were behaving like Misers, I was also thinking visit there. It's worth it spend money, if you spend your money therefore you won't be disappointed by the Amaz”
“That's super common. Anywhere in Germany you can buy day old bakery the same day, just after lunch for pretty cheap. Japan does the same thing with lunch fare for dinner.”
♥ 1 likes
Found with a YouTube search for the city and “digital nomad”, fetched 2026-11-07; titles, descriptions and comments belong to their authors and link to the originals.