To use highways you must purchase and display a tax disc (vignette) on your vehicle. The cost is EUR 40
The penalty for not displaying a disc is €80. They are sold at border crossings, fuel stations and post offices.
Written Jun 8, 2008
Favorite thing: The most common European emergency number 112 (following Directive 2002/22/EC: Universal Service Directive) and also standard on GSM mobile phones. 112 is used in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United Kingdom in addition to their other emergency numbers.
Here are some useful phone numbers that you might need while in Switzerland:
Police: 117
Ambulance: 144
Fire: 118
Poison: 145
Road emergency: 140
Psychological support (free and anonymous): 143
Psychological support for teens and children (free and anonymous): 147
Helicopter air-rescue (Rega): 1414 or by radio on 161.300 MHz
Air rescue (Air Glaciers) (in Valais only): 1415
Updated Jan 5, 2010
Favorite thing: Below few words in Romansh that you can use while visiting Switzerland.
0 - null
1 - in
2 - dus
3 - treis
4 - quater
5 - tschun
6 - sis
7 - siat
8 - otg
9 - nov
10 - diesch
11 - endisch
12 - dudisch
13 - tredisch
14 - quitordisch
15 - quendisch
16 - sedisch
17 - gisiat
18 - schotg
19 - scheniv
20 - vegn
1/2 - in miez
1/3 - in tierz
1/4 - in quart
second - la secunda
minute - la minuta
hour - l'ura
day - il di
week - la jamna
month - il meins
year - igl onn
decade - il decenni
century - il tschentaner
millennium - il millenni
forever - adina / en perpeten
morning - la damaun
noon - il miezdi
afternoon - il suentermiezdi
evening - la sera
night - la notg
midnight - mesanotg
Monday - gliendischdis
Tuesday - mardis
Wednesday - mesjamna
Thursday - gievgia
Friday - venderdis
Saturday - sonda
Sunday - dumengia
January - schaner
February - favrer
March - mars
April - avrel
May - matg
June - zercladur
July - fenadur
August - uost
September - settember
October - october
November - november
December - december
bread - il paun
cheese - il caschiel
butter - la pischada
chips / french fries - pommes frites
potato - il truffel
rice - il ris
pasta - pasta
vegetables - legums
fruit - il fretg
apple - il meil
pear - il per
nut - la nusch
herb - l'jarva
salad - la salata
dressing - la sosa da salata
chicken - il pulaster
meat - la carn
veal - la carn vadi
beef - la carn bov
pork - la carn piertg
sausage - la ligiongia
chocolate - la tschugalata
fish - il pèsch
milk - il latg
cold / hot chocolate - la tschugalata freida / caulda
water - l'aua
mineral water - l'aua minerala
lemonade - la limonada
wine - il vin
plate - il taglier
cup - la scadiola
glass - il migiel
fork - la savetscha
knife - il cunti
tablespoon - il tschadun
spoon - il tscahdun pign
insect - igl insect
reptile - il reptil
snake - la siarp
fish - il pèsch
bird - igl utschi
eagle - il tschess
chicken - la gaglina
rooster - il tgiet
mammal - igl animal lactont
mouse - la miur
cat - il gat
dog - il tgaun
cow - la vacca
horse - il cavagl
bear - igl uors
lion - il liun
tiger - il tigher
trail - la senda
road - la via
highway - la via pricipala
railway station - la statziun
main station - la staziun pricipala
time table - igl urari
plane - igl eroplan
car igl auto(mobil)
bus - igl autobus
Written Jun 13, 2008
Favorite thing: Below few words in Swiss German that you can use while visiting Switzerland.
Hello - Grüezi
Hello (to more than one person) - Grüezi mitenand
Good evening - Gueten Abig
Hi (more informal than "grüezi") - Hoi/Salü/Sali
Hi (to more than one person) - Hoi zäme
Good bye - (Uf) Widerluege/Ciao/Tschüss
Thanks a lot - Merci vilmal
See you later - Bis spöter
Monday - Määntig
Tuesday - Ziischtig
Wednesday - Mittwuch
Thursday - Dunschtig
Friday - Friitig
Saturday - Samschtig
Sunday - Sunntig
One - Eis
Two - Zwei
Three - Drüü
Four - Vier
Five - Feuf
Six - Sächs
Seven - Sibe
Eight - Acht
Nine - Nüün
Ten - Zää
Eleven - Elf
Twelve - Zwölf
Thirteen - Driizä
Fourteen - Vierzä
Fifteen - Füfzä
Sixteen - Sächzä
Seventeen - Sibezä
Eighteen - Achzä
Nineteen - Nünzä
Twenty - Zwänzk
Twenty-four - Vierezwänzk
Written Jun 13, 2008
Favorite thing: It is always better to be informed about road conditions.
So for this reason here's a website that wil tell you every Swiss tunnel and mountain pass status, open or closed.
http://www.tcs.ch/main/it/home/verkehrsinfo/paesse_tunnels.html
Written Jun 8, 2008
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