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expat-services.ch lists 6 hand-checked English-speaking movers and storage companies in Bern, including Gosselin Switzerland, Kehrli + Oeler, Lüscher Umzug and placeB Self Storage.
Besides English, they also work in German and French. Every profile shows the services, languages and contact details, checked by hand before going live. See also Relocation agencies in Bern.
6 providers
Belgian-group international mover with Swiss offices and warehouses near Basel, Bern, Geneva and Zurich; door-to-door, diplomatic and art moves.
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Is this your business?Bern-based mover founded 1904 with branches incl. Zurich-Kloten and Zug; worldwide and Swiss moves, fine art, storage and employee relocation.
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Is this your business?Swiss mover with offices across Aargau, Basel-Land, Bern, Lucerne, Solothurn and Zurich; private, business and international moves, storage and cleaning.
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Is this your business?App-based self-storage provider with 50+ Swiss sites, 24/7 digital access, units from 1 to 50 m3; also vehicle parking at some sites.
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Is this your business?Large Zurich-based mover handling household and office moves in Switzerland and abroad, plus self-storage, art logistics and crane/heavy transport.
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Is this your business?Self-storage chain founded 1979 with around 15 Swiss sites including Zurich-Oerlikon, Basel-Allschwil, Bern and Lausanne.
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Is this your business?Local facts
A removal van that needs to stop in the inner city, or in a no-stopping or no-parking zone, requires a move permit from the city's parking-card office, which is issued free of charge on an online or PDF application (City of Bern, checked ). Signs that reserve the space come from a removal firm or, for self-placement, from the cantonal police's signage unit on +41 31 638 67 00; the order is due at least eight working days before the move (City of Bern, checked ).
Vehicle owners report the new address to the Strassenverkehrs- und Schifffahrtsamt within 14 days, and address changes there are mostly free of charge (Canton of Bern, Strassenverkehrs- und Schifffahrtsamt, checked ).
Bulky waste is collected from the kerb on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays for CHF 70.27, which covers five minutes of loading; each further five minutes costs CHF 54.05 (City of Bern, checked ). The two disposal yards, Fellerstrasse 13a and Wölflistrasse 17, are open weekdays from 8.00 to 12.00 and 13.00 to 18.30 and on Saturdays from 8.00 to 15.00 (City of Bern, checked ). Working items can be donated at the yards instead of being thrown away (City of Bern, checked ).
Foreign nationals register at the Einwohnerdienste, Migration und Fremdenpolizei (EMF) at Predigergasse 5, whose counter is open Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 16.00 and until 18.00 on Thursdays (City of Bern, checked ). Registration is due within 14 days of arrival, by web form for EU/EFTA citizens and by posted paper form for other nationals (bern.ch, checked ). The cantonal tariff lists CHF 25 for entering the registration (Canton of Bern, checked ). See registering at your commune.
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