I don't know about Switzerland specifically, but it's up there with Norway as the most expensive places in Europe. I think they are somewhat equivalent. For re

I don't know about Switzerland specifically, but it's up there with Norway as the most expensive places in Europe. I think they are somewhat equivalent. For reference, in Norway, a lower-tier apartment would go for about >9000 NOK/month. You could find cheaper, but that'd be <20 square meters, or really kind landlords. (I've managed to secure two short-term contracts for a small urban apartment and a small rural house for 6000 NOK respectively, but that wasn't market rate in either case.)