How the map is made

Sources, verification status and limits · as of 05/10/2026

Every classification on the map goes back to a named document — usually the municipality's regulations, read in their wording. It carries its source and the date of the last check. Where nothing is documented, nothing is claimed.

Where do the classifications come from?

Protected areas come from the federal inventories (FOEN, via opendata.swiss) and from OpenStreetMap. Cantons have been checked via a full-text search of all cantonal law (lexfind.ch) and the enactments found there — all 26. Municipalities are looked up individually: in the police regulations, in land-use planning or in their own camping regulations.

Many municipalities adopt their canton's model regulations word for word. A recurring wording is therefore read and classified once and then applied to every municipality whose regulations contain it — always with that municipality's regulations as the source, including the article. Where no regulations can be found online, the municipality is asked in writing; 77 entries are based on such information or a document sent by the municipality. 35 municipalities do not regulate overnight stays outdoors themselves; higher-level law applies there, and their page says so.

What do the terms mean?

Wild camping

Staying overnight in nature outside an authorised campsite — in a tent, in a sleeping bag or in a vehicle. It is not a uniform legal term: the regulations speak of “camping”, “tenting” or “staying overnight outdoors”. The map therefore classifies each form separately.

Tent camping

Staying overnight with a tent outside authorised sites. This is the question most regulations answer, often under the word “camping”.

Bivouacking

Staying overnight without a tent, in a sleeping bag, possibly with a bivy bag. Only 48 of the 637 municipalities looked up address it explicitly; where a regulation is silent, bivouacking is unclear.

Sleeping in a vehicle

In a car, van or camper outside authorised campsites and pitches.

Allowed, conditional, prohibited, unclear

Allowed: The source permits it. Conditional: Only with a permit from the municipality, with the owner's consent or only in certain places, such as above the tree line — which condition is stated for the municipality. Prohibited: The source forbids it. Unclear: The source says nothing about it. This is neither a permission nor a ban.

What does “officially documented” mean?

What doesn't the map say?

• No entry never means “allowed”. For 1,483 of 2,120 municipalities, nothing has been researched yet; the map leaves them unfilled and shows the municipality's contact.
• Tent and bivouac are two questions. If a regulation only says something about tents, bivouacking remains unclear — it is never derived from the tent rule.
• Short-term changes are missing. Seasonal bans, closures and new decisions are often published nowhere before they take effect. Signs on site take precedence.
• The map knows nothing about land plots. It says what the federal government, canton and municipality regulate — not what an owner allows on their land. If a regulation requires their consent, this is stated for the municipality.

How up to date is this?

Every page shows the date on which its source was last seen — not the date of the regulation. The most recent check in the dataset is from 05/10/2026.

Who is behind this?

Munggi is an independent one-person project without advertising and without paid listings; no campsite and no municipality can buy a colour. Who runs it is stated in the legal notice. The quickest way to report incorrect or outdated information is via the report button on the map, or by e-mail to contact@camping-map.com.

What other data is included?

• Municipal boundaries, campsites, huts and pitches: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
• Wildlife rest zones and federal protected areas: Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, via opendata.swiss
• Base maps: swisstopo, OpenTopoMap, OpenFreeMap
• Weather: Open-Meteo