{"id":3043,"date":"2021-05-11T06:03:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T06:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/switzerlandbylocals.com\/was-du-ueber-die-schweiz-wissen-musst\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T06:19:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T06:19:36","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/switzerlandbylocals.com\/en\/what-you-need-to-know-about-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland Guide: All important things you need to know before travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In this article I want to answer the questions “What is the language of Switzerland?”, “What is the CHF currency?”, “What is the best train ticket?” And “What is the best time to visit Switzerland?”.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Text and pictures by Marc Gottwald<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Languages \u200b\u200bin Switzerland<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>

What is the language in Switzerland<\/span><\/span>\u00a0? <\/span>There are four official languages<\/a> : German is spoken in the German-speaking part (Northern and Eastern Switzerland), French in Western Switzerland, Italian in Ticino and parts of Graub\u00fcnden and Rumantsch in the canton of Graub\u00fcnden. <\/span>So there is no one language, however we have four official languages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

You can also communicate relatively good with English in the Swiss cities and tourist resorts in the Swiss Alps. <\/span>Nevertheless, in remote mountain areas, you will get rather less far with English.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

On the picture you see the region of “Lauterbrunnen<\/a>“. <\/span>In this region they speak German with the Swiss German dialect. <\/span>No worries, as it is a bigger touristic village, you can easily communicate in English at most of the time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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There are also many dialects within Switzerland. <\/span>For example, the one in the canton of Valais is even for a Zurich person difficult to understand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Time in Switzerland<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>

In Switzerland we have the <\/span><\/span>Central European Time<\/span><\/span><\/a> (CET) and<\/span> distinguish between summer and winter time. <\/span>Funny but true: one of the arguments for the time shift in Switzerland was that cows can produce better milk that way. <\/span>But that was a long time ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

The easiest way to see the time in Switzerland is to look at this watch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Current local time in<\/span><\/span><\/span>
Switzerland<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h2>