Buy Switzerland digital vignette

Yes. A valid vignette is mandatory for using Swiss national roads (motorways and expressways), regardless of whether you are just passing through or staying in the country longer.

Yes, since August 1, 2023, in addition to the classic sticker vignette, there is also the digital e-vignette, which is linked to your license plate instead of your windshield. With the vignette flat rate, you will exclusively receive this digital version.

Cars, motorhomes, motorcycles, and utility vehicles up to 3.5 t gross vehicle weight require a vignette - there is no exception for motorcycles here. In the case of a combination with a trailer, the trailer also needs its own vignette. Vehicles over 3.5 t gross vehicle weight are exempt from the vignette requirement, but pay the heavy vehicle charge (LSVA/PSVA).

Yes. The toll sticker is valid on all Swiss national roads – including on the way to Zurich, Bern, Basel, Geneva, or Lucerne.

Yes, the digital e-vignette is registered to and bound to the respective license plate. There is no physical product or confirmation that needs to be carried.

Your digital vignette becomes valid upon receipt of the registration confirmation, usually within a few minutes. You should only set off once you have received this confirmation.

The Swiss vignette is only available as an annual vignette. It is valid from the registration confirmation until 31 January of the following year and remains valid for that period – even if you cancel the Flatrate in the meantime. It does not renew automatically: for a new period, you activate a new vignette within the Flatrate.

A fine of 200 Swiss francs (around 213 euros) is threatened.

Yes, since these cities are accessible via national roads subject to a toll sticker requirement, you will need a valid toll sticker (vignette) to travel there.

With the vignette Flatrate, you pay a flat monthly price and can use it to activate the vignette for Switzerland as well as for other countries. We cover the vignette fee. An activated vignette remains in place for its period of validity, even after the Flatrate is cancelled; it is not renewed automatically. With the official providers, by contrast, you buy each vignette individually and pay for each country separately. With the Flatrate, you cover several countries for a single monthly price.

No. Booking the Flatrate initially activates a vignette for the selected country and the specified period. Within the Flatrate, you can and must activate vignettes for all further countries and travel periods. Without activating the vignettes, you are not authorized to use toll roads in the respective countries.

No, there is neither a 10-day nor a day vignette. Unlike some neighbouring countries, Switzerland sells its vignette exclusively as an annual vignette (valid for 14 months, from 1 December of the previous year to 31 January of the following year). There is no shorter official option. If you only need the vignette for a shorter period, the vignette flat rate gives you more flexibility: cancellable monthly instead of being tied to a full year.

The official Swiss annual vignette costs a flat 40 CHF (around 43.00 €) and is only available for a full year. With the vignette flat rate, you instead pay 12.80 €* per month, cancellable at any time – and in return all other flat-rate countries are automatically covered as well. For a purely long-term stay in Switzerland, the official annual vignette is usually cheaper; for shorter or cross-border journeys, the flat rate is the more flexible choice.* ASFINAG toll fee (10-day vignette): 12.80 €, toll fee fully covered by DMC, flat price (per calendar month): 12.80 €, notice period 0 days

The official Swiss e-vignette is available via the Via portal of the FOCBS (Federal Office for Customs and Border Security, e-vignette.ch) or as a sticker vignette at petrol stations/customs offices. If you only need Switzerland and want to keep the vignette for a full year, that is the right place. If you would rather have it flexibly and cancellable monthly and for several countries at once, book the vignette flat rate – conveniently online, without waiting at the border.