Getting Around Zurich & Switzerland
Getting Around Zurich & Switzerland
Consistently ranked as one of the top cities with the best quality of life in the world, Zurich is a city renowned for its infrastructure.
Information about Zurich
Resources
- Tourist Information Centre In the Zurich Main Train Station
- ZVV: Public transport across Canton Zurich
- SBB - Public transport across Switzerland
- Hello Switzerland Expat guide to living and working in Switzerland
- Zurich4You Expats in Zurich
- Zürich geht aus! Zurich Restaurant Guidebook (available in many book shops)
- Visit Zurich Official website of the Zurich Tourism Office
- My Switzerland Official website for Swiss National Tourism
- Ostschweiz.ch Activities around Lake Zurich and in Eastern Switzerland
- Swiss Trails Hiking, rollerblading & cycling in Switzerland (only in German/French)
Swiss Federal Railway
The SBB website is your source for everything you need to know about public transportation in Switzerland, and excursions beyond. Click to access their English language website to plan travel, check timetables, or purchase tickets.
By purchasing a "Halbtax" card, SBB's half-fare travel card, you can travel for half price on all routes. If you have children under the age of 16, consider purchasing a juniorkarte travelcard which enables your children up to the age of 16 to travel accompanied by their parents at no cost anywhere in Switzerland.
Driving in Switzerland
Your foreign driving license is valid in Switzerland for a period of one year from the date on which you arrived in Switzerland. With your first year of residency, you must obtain a Swiss license. If you do not obtain your license within the first year, you will be required to sit for the Swiss driver's exam. In order to obtain a Swiss license you will need to get in touch with the Strassenverkehrsamt (website is only in German).
