Driving in Switzerland

[autorouter]

We drive to Switzerland frequently with either car or MO and if you want to go anywhere on a motorway a vingnette is essential or get a fine. As already mentioned the cost is chf40 but it lasts until the end of the year you bought it plus one months grace to buy another if required, ie the following January. Vingettes are available at post offices and garages. If you enter the country via a motorway you will not be allowed in without buying one. I enter over the Jura mountains and drop down to lake Geneva for an easy and free entry.
Have a good trip.

One point worth mentioning for first-timers to Switzerland. If you're trying to avoid motorways be aware that the colour of the road signs is opposite to the UK. Green for motorways, blue for non-motorways. Oh, and Motorways are named with 'A' (for Autoroute/Autobahn/Autostrada)

 

[ADJF]

I'd recommend that you take your own dog food, we go for several months at a time so we load up with his favourite Iams as its not available there, plus good quality dry dog food is very expensive.

 

[nicholsong]

Yes but the importation of food products is strongly protected, as mentioned especially meats. In theory most of the meat you find in a CH supermarket will be high cost CH produced, there are a few exceptions but that only makes up a small percentage. This is what keeps the meat prices high, especially beef (Rib eye was about £120 and Entrecôte £140 p/kg at the weekend at COOP)

So in their agreement with the EU SW were allowed to pick and choose on tariffs, but M. Barnier says UK is not allowed to do so. Hmm?

But then a lot of EU countries gold is in SW.

Geoff

 

[Ridgeway]

So in their agreement with the EU SW were allowed to pick and choose on tariffs, but M. Barnier says UK is not allowed to do so. Hmm?

But then a lot of EU countries gold is in SW.

Geoff

Yes correct CH used a pick n mix approach when signing up to the EU, that includes import tariffs and even the free trade agreement for workers ie the frontarlier pay tax in CH and not where you live (DE; FR; AT)