This site is dedicated to those of you who are new to CERN or have not yet arrived. All of us "expats" went through the "newcomer" experience. We created this site hoping to make your transition time easier.

We found every bit of this information invaluable and hope this guide on how to “survive and thrive” will help you integrate, and make moving to a foreign country easier.

We would like to make the site more international - so please send us any information that you feel is missing, or any tips that you would like to share with this community.

Welcome Meetings

We meet the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month from 10 to 11.30am at Restaurant 1 in the children's dining room. Next meetings will be on 4 and 18 Februrary. We hope to see you soon!
Until then, if you have any questions please
send us an email.

CERN Quick Links

Users' Office
Information for CERN Users on all aspects of coming to CERN and living in the area.

CERN Women's Club
offers 70 hours of courses weekly including
sports, languages, arts, handicrafts, as well as
meetings and excursions.
It is a unique opportunity to make friends.