In a country where my residency card is delayed for two months so I can’t get a mobile phone contract, nothing is open on Sunday and most stores close between 6 and 7 p.m. every day but Thursday, this laundromat is surprisingly simplistic, convenient and, well, open until midnight.

AND they have free wifi.

I’m far too happy about this.

The only other locale I’ve discovered with legit free wifi (i.e. you’re not stealing it from a hapless neighbor), is Starbucks. And when you’re paying 7 CHF for a latte, it’s hard to call their measly 30-minute cards free.

So, let’s add up the plusses: free internet, the opportunity to use up all those silly coins that are actually worth 2 and 5 swiss francs and hot drinks (if I’d had the spare 1.50 frances, but it went towards drying). Not a bad deal.