Official parking places in Switzerland are all marked and in most cases chargeable.

The parking places are divided into different zones:

  • Blue Zones: Parking from Monday till Saturday from 8 am until 6 pm is free of charge for an hour with the blue parking disc (including EU parking disc). Whereby the arrival time is to be inserted to the next half hour. On Sundays and public holidays parking is free between the hours 7 pm in the evening and 7 am in the morning.
  • Yellow Zones: These are private or reserved for companies and may only be used by them or their clients and guests.
  • White zones: These are chargeable, often numbered and located near a parking meter.
Yellow markings with crosses mean no parking and yellow lines by the side of the road mean no waiting at the roadside. Parking on main roads outside of towns is prohibited.