Switzerland address formats & examples

Yodel-ay-ee-ooooo! It’s time to learn how to address a letter that’s headed to Switzerland. Don’t feel like you have to look too closely at your Swiss watch. This should only take a second. Writing a letter to your clients, friends, and family in Switzerland couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is follow our Swiss address examples here and try our suite of address validation tools for Switzerland’s address formats below. Just enter an address, and we'll format, standardize, and validate it faster than you can say “Swiss cheese.”

Now, let's get into the basics of Switzerland’s address format. Swiss address formatting for shipping or mailing addresses should be written as follows:

1. Addressee line - The recipient's full name, using appropriate titles.
2. Street name and house or building number - The street name followed immediately by the building number go on this line. No separating commas are needed.
3. Postal code and city - Include the five-digit postal code followed by the city name without punctuation marks.
4. Country - Write "CHE" in all caps on the last line. Yay! You’re done!