Country guide · CH

Switzerland

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Before you go

Lectura obligada antes de ir

Línea rojaVestimenta

Ticino and St Gallen, Switzerland: face coverings are banned

  • Showing your face in public places
  • Covering your face in public places

Fines of CHF 100–10,000.

Verificado el 19 oct 2026Fuente: GOV.UK: Switzerland travel advice

Línea rojaSeguridad

Switzerland: no fires during fire bans

  • Watch for local fire-ban notices
  • Lighting a fire during a fire ban

Starting a forest fire in a fire-ban area, even accidentally, can mean a fine of up to CHF 20,000.

Verificado el 19 oct 2026Fuente: GOV.UK: Switzerland travel advice

Línea rojaConducción

Switzerland: buy a vignette before using the motorway

  • Buy and display a motorway vignette
  • Driving on a Swiss motorway without a vignette

You may get a heavy fine.

Verificado el 19 oct 2026Fuente: GOV.UK: Switzerland travel advice