Do I need a visa to ride a motorbike through Switzerland?

[uriel]

Planning on spending 2 or 3 weeks covering a chunk of Europe in July and planned on crossing Switzerland. I've looked through some embassy sites and to me it seems the answer would be yes, and it's a right fanny on to get one. Yet I read about people nipping over for hoons all the time and nobody ever mentions it.

[Puggit]

If you have an EU passport there should be no problem.

Switzerland joined the Schengen area in Dec 2008 - wiki link

You still get duty free though - so customs rules apply (shouldn't be a problem on a bike!)

[moles]

We did it last year on a UK passport and never got one. You may have to get a Vignette though for driving on the motorways (again we didn't bother with that either).

[mrmaggit]

I've been through and around Switzerland many times on a bike and never needed a visa. I had heard they're a bit hot on the motorway stickers though, so if I thought I was using them (and sometimes there is no option!) I got a sticker. Never been pulled, though.

[Zod]

If you have an EU Member State passport, you don't need a visa for Switzerland.