The 5 Best Dating Sites in Switzerland (What I Learned)

Here is the quick list of my top five dating sites in Switzerland. I’ll go into more detail in my reviews later in this article.

1. eDarling.ch (Targeted towards age 35+)
2. Hinge
3. Bumble
4. Parship.ch
5. Tinder

Switzerland has a good and bustling dating scene much like Germany. The best online dating sites and mobile apps in Switzerland have a lot of members and are up-to-date with the latest functionality that you would expect from leading dating sites around the world.

Having been to Zurich before and skied in one of the country’s most popular ski resorts, I’ll tell you that you can certainly find beautiful women all across Switzerland. You won’t find the raw beauty characteristic of women from Ukraine or the Czech Republic, but you’ll see some stunners here and there.

Should you decide to sign up for the online dating sites I recommend below, be sure to read member profiles carefully as you might come across a lot of fake profiles and women looking for “clients.” Usually, I can spot these profiles pretty easily. A woman who has only one picture posted, is wearing a tight bikini and making an overly suggestive pose are usually clear signals to steer clear.

Another clue of a pretender is a woman who has a poorly written profile. As a general rule of thumb, the more boring the profile, the more boring the person.

Without further ado, here are my detailed reviews of the top five dating sites and apps in Switzerland.

1. eDarling.ch

If you live in Switzerland and are over the age of 35, then eDarling.ch is the best dating website for you. If you are younger than 35, then continue on to the #2 site below. The eDarling brand is widely considered Europe’s most important dating brand.

eDarling.ch is a personality-test dating website for people who live in Switzerland. The site is operated and owned by the same people who run EliteSingles. Both of these websites have similar features and design.

The site has over two million users. People are matched based on a detailed, lengthy personality test. The only downside is that you will have to pay for a premium membership. However, if you want to find a match in Switzerland and do not mind paying, then Edarling.ch is a website that you must try.

How to Sign Up

You sign up by selecting your gender, match gender, password, and email. The next thing that you will need to do is take the personality test. It will take you 30 to 40 minutes to take the personality test. The test has 200 questions and asks you questions about your passions, interests, basic information, feelings and values. You will be able to browse once eDarling calculates your matches.

There is a lot that you will need to fill in on your profile. It also has 12 sections that you will need to fill in about yourself. There is a “What My Partner Should Know About Me” section. There is also a section that allows you to select the habits and traits that you want in a partner.

How to Locate Matches

eDarling has a unique way of helping you find matches. It uses an algorithm and helps you find matches based on test results. You will be limited to seven matches per day. If you are a free member, then you can view almost everything on your matches’ profiles. This includes their personality report. However, as a free member, you will not be able to look at the photos. If you upgrade to a premium membership, you can see up to 20 profiles a day.

How to Communicate With Other Members

If you are a free member, you can add favorites to your profile. You can also send smiles and ask five questions, which are selected from 53 questions. Here are some example questions:

• What do you look forward to seeing in the next decade?
• How important is personal space to you in a relationship?
• What would you do if your favorite song played, and the dance floor was empty?

Premium members will be able to send basic text messages to one another.

What is Included in Each Membership Level

eDarling has a top of the line personality test. It was developed by a team of qualified psychologists. You will be provided with an in-depth personality dimension analysis after you complete the test. It compares your level of neuroticism, extraversion, openness, conscientious and agreeableness to other members’ average.

I enjoyed reading other members’ personality reports. The personality reports, basic information, and what people write on their profiles will give you detailed information about what other members like.

Even though I was a free member and could not look at any photos, I was amazed at how well I felt like I knew people by looking at their profiles.

2. Hinge

I have had good experiences with Hinge. I did a full review of this dating app here.

3. Bumble

As another option, I recommend you sign up for Bumble. I did a full review of Bumble here.

4. Parship.ch

Parship.ch is the Swiss version of the popular Parship dating brand. Parship became a part of the online dating world in 2001 when they launched their service in Germany. The following year they expanded their website to other countries, including France, Italy, Sweden and the UK.

What separates Parship from many of its competitors is that they take a serious approach to dating, complete with an elaborately-designed matching system. Signing up requires more than just filling out a profile and uploading a photo. You will need to take a rather long personality test, which will determine your matches.

Even though some people may not like spending so much time on a personality test, it is actually quite helpful when looking for a serious partner. It also makes Parship a higher quality dating website than others.

Sign Up Process

The first part is relatively simple. You enter your email address, choose your password, then choose your gender and your ideal match gender. Then, you go onto the Parship Principle. This is a scientific questionnaire that may take up to an hour to finish.

While the majority of the questions are multiple-choice, there are also some sections that are more abstract. In these sections, you will be asked to pick a title for a dream image or to select your favorite from two abstract images.

The test may seem long at times, but it shouldn’t discourage you if you are serious about meeting a compatible partner. Once you have finished the test, your profile is just 35% complete.

How to Locate Potential Matches

While the majority of online dating sites have a search option that lets you browse through profiles in your area, Parship is a bit different. You can see users that are online and have the ability to filter matches through a few criteria, but Parship’s system makes partner recommendations for you.

These recommendations are created by comparing the results of your test with the tests of other members, creating a compatibility score.

At first, the photos of your matches will likely be blurred. This is because members need to authorize others to see their photos or upgrade their membership to premium to make their photos available to the public.

How to Communicate with Other Members

In order to get in touch with others on Parship, your own profile will need to be at least 50% complete. When this is done, you can send someone a text message, an “icebreaker,” which is a small multiple-choice questionnaire, a Smile, a compliment, or let them see your photos.

Unique Site Features

While Parship isn’t the only dating site to use a matching system, the one that they have developed is quite advanced. It was created by a psychology professor at Hamburg University and is the result of 40 years of ongoing research.

Just by joining the site as a free member, you will get access to a lot of information about yourself and others. The test results give you some insight as to what kind of partner would fit you best and how you handle yourself in a relationship.

What is Included in Each Membership Level

• Standard – Create profile, view summary of personality report, reply to messages from premium members, see profiles
• Premium Lite – View released photos, unlimited communication
• Premium Classic – Also includes the Contact Guarantee
• Premium Comfort – Same as Classic except a longer, cheaper subscription

5. Tinder

Tinder is a really nice app and is effective for dating in Switzerland. You can read my full review on Tinder at this page.

How to Get Started: 

Each country has a different culture and dating scene, so a lot of what you’ll learn while dating in Switzerland will have to be experienced by good old trial and error. Plant a lot of seeds in order to get success…and then learn what works and doesn’t work, while refining your approach along the way.

I recommend you get started by signing up for one of the dating sites/apps I’ve listed above and then start sending out lots of messages. If you need a starting point about how to set up a profile, what I recommend writing for your initial and follow up messages, when to ask the woman/man you’re interested in to go offline for a date, and more, go and buy my e-book, Online Dating Success: How to Find Love Anywhere in the World.

Good luck!

Further Reading

• Worldwide Online Dating Site Reviews: Be sure to check out my country-by-country reviews of the best online dating sites in the world.

• Worldwide Moving Guide: Everything you need to know in order to plan your move to 65+ countries around the world.

• Worldwide Jobs Guide: If you are interested in working in this country, be sure to check out my posts on how to find jobs in this country and other countries around the world.

• Worldwide Apartments Guide: If you are interested in renting an apartment in another country, take a look at my articles on how to find an apartment in various countries around the world.

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