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Relevant blog post: https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/ https://blog.archive.org/

Relevant blog post: https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzerland-expanding-a-global-mission-to-preserve-knowledge/ https://blog.archive.org/2026/05/06/internet-archive-switzer... > Internet Archive Switzerland joins a growing group of mission-aligned organizations, alongside Internet Archive, Internet Archive Canada, and Internet Archive Europe. Together, these independent libraries strengthen a shared vision: building a distributed, resilient digital library for the world.

card_zero 5mo ago
I was interested in the others, but https://www.internetarchive.eu https://www.internetarchive.eu is a horrible corporate-looking site with a hero image, a boast about AI, a carousel of news that won't scroll with doing its slow scroll animation, a huge "meet the team" section with mugshots and boring profiles, social media links, a newsletter signup form, and nothing to say where the actual archive is.
- carlosjobim 5mo ago
  Reading what little information they have there, they aren't a public facing or public serving organization. They seem to provide their services to institutions only: "working with dozens of European libraries and government agencies to build web collections, Internet Archive Europe prioritized collaboration with cultural heritage organizations to safeguard our collective history."
  - casey2 5mo ago
    [flagged]
  - badlibrarian 5mo ago
    Internet Archive runs a completely separate version of their site for paying institutional clients. https://archive-it.org/ https://archive-it.org/ In a best case scenario, this eventually becomes the replacement for the (lets be honest) absurdly awful archive.org front and backend. So: an expansion into the EU market. And yes, a honeypot for grant funds, because why not? Good for them.
- ferongr 5mo ago
  Looks like an "organization" tailor made to be awarded EU funds for their "mission".
  - CPLX 5mo ago
    Mysteries abound.
    - vages 5mo ago
      The .eu branch that card zero criticized seems to be based in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands (an EU member). Or am I missing something?
      - wongarsu 5mo ago
        I think people are questioning the "Archive" part, not the "Europe" part of the name
- justusthane 5mo ago
  I was excited to see there's a Canadian one, but it's just a Wordpress blog?
  - chorizo 5mo ago
    They do exist and involved in archiving. Someone reached out to our amateur radio club and offered to archive any documents we might have. They even asked to archive the video recording of one of our monthly meetings.
- ConceptJunkie 5mo ago
  Somewhere there's a "create a random, soulless, corporate website generator", and these folks used it.
rbanffy 5mo ago
Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48068333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48068333, but got little traction.
dang 5mo ago
Thanks! Since the submitted URL https://internetarchive.ch/ https://internetarchive.ch/ seems to be down, I've put your link at the top and moved the other to the toptext.

card_zero 5mo ago

I was interested in the others, but https://www.internetarchive.eu https://www.internetarchive.eu is a horrible corporate-looking site with a hero image, a boast about AI, a carousel of news that won't scroll with doing its slow scroll animation, a huge "meet the team" section with mugshots and boring profiles, social media links, a newsletter signup form, and nothing to say where the actual archive is.

carlosjobim 5mo ago
Reading what little information they have there, they aren't a public facing or public serving organization. They seem to provide their services to institutions only: "working with dozens of European libraries and government agencies to build web collections, Internet Archive Europe prioritized collaboration with cultural heritage organizations to safeguard our collective history."
- casey2 5mo ago
  [flagged]
- badlibrarian 5mo ago
  Internet Archive runs a completely separate version of their site for paying institutional clients. https://archive-it.org/ https://archive-it.org/ In a best case scenario, this eventually becomes the replacement for the (lets be honest) absurdly awful archive.org front and backend. So: an expansion into the EU market. And yes, a honeypot for grant funds, because why not? Good for them.
ferongr 5mo ago
Looks like an "organization" tailor made to be awarded EU funds for their "mission".
- CPLX 5mo ago
  Mysteries abound.
  - vages 5mo ago
    The .eu branch that card zero criticized seems to be based in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands (an EU member). Or am I missing something?
    - wongarsu 5mo ago
      I think people are questioning the "Archive" part, not the "Europe" part of the name
justusthane 5mo ago
I was excited to see there's a Canadian one, but it's just a Wordpress blog?
- chorizo 5mo ago
  They do exist and involved in archiving. Someone reached out to our amateur radio club and offered to archive any documents we might have. They even asked to archive the video recording of one of our monthly meetings.
ConceptJunkie 5mo ago
Somewhere there's a "create a random, soulless, corporate website generator", and these folks used it.

rbanffy 5mo ago

Also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48068333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48068333, but got little traction.

dang 5mo ago

Thanks! Since the submitted URL https://internetarchive.ch/ https://internetarchive.ch/ seems to be down, I've put your link at the top and moved the other to the toptext.