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|country = Switzerland
|language = German, French, Italian
|capital = [[Bern]]
|map = <map lat='46.927758623434435' lng='8.26171875' zoom='7' view='0' float='right'/>
|pop = 7,761,800
|currency = Swiss Frank (''Schweizer Franken''), CHF
|hitch = <rating country='ch' />
|BW = CH
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'''Switzerland''' is a country in [[Western Europe]].
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In '''Switzerland''' people speak three different languages, depending on the area you are hanging around: [[Germany|German]] in the north and east, [[Italy|Italian]] in the south and [[France|French]] in the western part of the country. There is a large percentage of foreigners, as well as many tourists. Most people will be able to understand some English.
Hitchhiking works very well in '''Switzerland''', especially in the mountain regions and small country roads, where it is quite common to pick up wanderers and hitchhikers. It's also quite easy to get lifts with truck drivers from [[Germany]] to [[Italy]] and back. There are not that many service stations along the highways, and some are not open 24 hours.
Since the mid-December 2008 Switzerland is officially part of the [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen Area]], and long existed cross-border passport checks are on a way to be abolished.
== Hitching at the border ==
Since in not legal to hitch on motorways (petrol stations are allowed though), you should avoid to get dropped at the border.
Bikepunk got dropped at the border on the motorway close to [[Geneva|Geneve]] and the border staff asked him to get out of there (He just went a bit further and hid behind a wall (not the best to hitch) and finally someone picked him up).
[[File:Lausanneswitzerland.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Anthony hitching in [[Lausanne]]]]
== Cities ==
<!-- Keep them in alphabetic order - capital always on top! -->
* [[Bern]] - the capital
* [[Basel]]
* [[Bellinzona]]
* [[Biel/Bienne|Biel]]
* [[Chiasso]]
* [[Duedingen]]
* [[Fribourg]]
* [[Geneva|Geneve]]
* [[Lausanne]]
* [[Luzern]]
* [[Marly]]
* [[Neuchâtel]]
* [[Solothurn]]
* [[St. Gallen|St.Gallen]]
* [[Winterthur]]
* [[Zürich]]
== Camping ==
In Switzerland, everybody is legally allowed to use pasture and woods to a certain extent, including camping. The same goes for agriculturally not usable space such as public bodies of water, rock, snow or ice.
== Highway petrol stations ==
Here is a [http://www.acs.ch/ch-fr/pdf-public/Reisen/Autobahn-Restaurants_und_Tankstellen_in_der_Schweiz.pdf list of all the motorway petrol stations] of Switzerland. If you type the name of the petrol station in Google Maps you will find where exactly it is. This makes it much more comfortable to hitchhike.
== External links ==
* [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Schweiz:Trampstellen Anarchopedia's information about hitch spots], in German, under GFDL.
* You can find a nice online map at http://map.search.ch, including zoom, service stations and integration with [http://www.sbb.ch the Swiss railways].
* [http://www.autobahnen.ch/index.php?lg=001&page=018 Service Stations in Switzerland]
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[[Wikipedia:Switzerland]]
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[[Category:Switzerland| ]]
[[Category:Western Europe]]
|country = Switzerland
|language = German, French, Italian
|capital = [[Bern]]
|map = <map lat='46.927758623434435' lng='8.26171875' zoom='7' view='0' float='right'/>
|pop = 7,761,800
|currency = Swiss Frank (''Schweizer Franken''), CHF
|hitch = <rating country='ch' />
|BW = CH
}}
'''Switzerland''' is a country in [[Western Europe]].
__NOTOC__
In '''Switzerland''' people speak three different languages, depending on the area you are hanging around: [[Germany|German]] in the north and east, [[Italy|Italian]] in the south and [[France|French]] in the western part of the country. There is a large percentage of foreigners, as well as many tourists. Most people will be able to understand some English.
Hitchhiking works very well in '''Switzerland''', especially in the mountain regions and small country roads, where it is quite common to pick up wanderers and hitchhikers. It's also quite easy to get lifts with truck drivers from [[Germany]] to [[Italy]] and back. There are not that many service stations along the highways, and some are not open 24 hours.
Since the mid-December 2008 Switzerland is officially part of the [[Schengen Agreement|Schengen Area]], and long existed cross-border passport checks are on a way to be abolished.
== Hitching at the border ==
Since in not legal to hitch on motorways (petrol stations are allowed though), you should avoid to get dropped at the border.
Bikepunk got dropped at the border on the motorway close to [[Geneva|Geneve]] and the border staff asked him to get out of there (He just went a bit further and hid behind a wall (not the best to hitch) and finally someone picked him up).
[[File:Lausanneswitzerland.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Anthony hitching in [[Lausanne]]]]
== Cities ==
<!-- Keep them in alphabetic order - capital always on top! -->
* [[Bern]] - the capital
* [[Basel]]
* [[Bellinzona]]
* [[Biel/Bienne|Biel]]
* [[Chiasso]]
* [[Duedingen]]
* [[Fribourg]]
* [[Geneva|Geneve]]
* [[Lausanne]]
* [[Luzern]]
* [[Marly]]
* [[Neuchâtel]]
* [[Solothurn]]
* [[St. Gallen|St.Gallen]]
* [[Winterthur]]
* [[Zürich]]
== Camping ==
In Switzerland, everybody is legally allowed to use pasture and woods to a certain extent, including camping. The same goes for agriculturally not usable space such as public bodies of water, rock, snow or ice.
== Highway petrol stations ==
Here is a [http://www.acs.ch/ch-fr/pdf-public/Reisen/Autobahn-Restaurants_und_Tankstellen_in_der_Schweiz.pdf list of all the motorway petrol stations] of Switzerland. If you type the name of the petrol station in Google Maps you will find where exactly it is. This makes it much more comfortable to hitchhike.
== External links ==
* [http://deu.anarchopedia.org/index.php/Schweiz:Trampstellen Anarchopedia's information about hitch spots], in German, under GFDL.
* You can find a nice online map at http://map.search.ch, including zoom, service stations and integration with [http://www.sbb.ch the Swiss railways].
* [http://www.autobahnen.ch/index.php?lg=001&page=018 Service Stations in Switzerland]
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[[Wikipedia:Switzerland]]
{{IsIn|Western Europe}}
{{Template:Europe/countries}}
[[trash:Switzerland]]
[[Category:Switzerland| ]]
[[Category:Western Europe]]