Repair Café (Switzerland)

The concept was devised by Martine Postma in 2009. On 18 October 2009, the first Repair Café was held at Fijnhout Theater, Amsterdam-West.

On 2 March 2010, the Repair Café Foundation was set up. The foundation was formed to support local groups around the world in setting up their own Repair Cafés. Since then, the number of Repair Cafés has grown quickly.

In 2014 the Foundation for Consumer Protection (Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz) in Switzerland set up the first Repair Café in Switzerland.

In 2017, the first International Repair Day was announced. It is intended to be an annual event, taking place on the third Saturday of October each year.

In March 2018, information about almost 4,000 repairs had been entered into this system, aiming to promote reparability and durability of products.