Free Public Bike Pumps in Switzerland

Cities with the most public bike pumps

1. 1Zürich74 stations · 67 repair
2. 2Bern23 stations · 20 repair
3. 3Lausanne21 stations · 11 repair
4. 4Basel17 stations · 2 repair
5. 5Lucerne17 stations · 11 repair
6. 6Geneva16 stations · 7 repair

Bike pumps in Switzerland at a glance

OpenStreetMap lists 577 public stations in Switzerland in 202 towns and cities: 185 compressed-air pumps and 394 bike repair stations, 306 of which have a built-in pump. In total, 489 stations let you inflate a tire.

Most stations in Switzerland are bike repair stands: a post with a hand or foot pump, often with tools on steel cables. They take a little longer than a compressor, but they are usually free and in public space.

31% of the stations are in the 7 cities with their own page below; the other 396 are spread across smaller towns.

Free or paid?

272 stations in Switzerland carry fee information: 264 are marked free and 8 paid (97% free). So the vast majority of mapped pumps cost nothing. Stations without a fee tag are not necessarily free.

Valves, gauges and opening hours

73 stations list their valve types: 66 fit Presta, 71 fit Schrader, and 5 fit Dunlop (Woods) valves.

Of all stations, 11 have a pressure gauge, 17 are covered, and 15 are lit at night.

215 stations are open 24/7 and 247 have opening hours listed. Pumps inside shops or fuel stations follow their opening hours.

Example stations in Switzerland

A selection of well-documented stations from different towns. The live map shows all of them with directions.

• Gemeinnnützige Baugenossenschaft Limmattal

  Rautistrasse, Altstetten, Zurich

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta

• Stadt Bern

  Schwarztorstrasse, Mattenhof, Bern

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7

• Stadt Opfikon

  Sirius-Platz, Glattpark, Glattbrugg

  Repair station with pump · free · 24/7 · Presta

• CERN

  Route Pauli, Meyrin

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · gauge

• Gemeinde Köniz

  Waldeggstrasse, Liebefeld, Köniz

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · Presta

• PSI

  Forschungsstrasse, Würenlingen

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · Presta · gauge

• PSI

  Forschungsstrasse, Villigen

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · Presta · gauge

• Stadt Wil

  Säntisstrasse, Hörnli, Wil (SG)

  Repair station with pump · 24/7 · Presta

Who runs the stations

The most common operators and brands in Switzerland in OpenStreetMap:

• Tiefbauamt Stadt Zürich21
• Tiefbauamt - Stadt Zürich12
• Fahrrad Pumpe11
• Stadt Bern10
• so!mobil9
• Stadt Luzern9
• PB Swiss Tools8
• Ville de Carouge8

More towns with stations

These places have stations but no page of their own yet. You find them on the live map:

• Ecublens14
• St. Gallen14
• Illnau-Effretikon10
• Carouge9
• Meyrin9
• Köniz8
• Uster8
• Chavannes-près-Renens7
• Dübendorf7
• Glattbrugg5
• Renens5
• Schlieren5
• Zug5
• Allschwil4
• Crissier4
• Fribourg - Freiburg4

How public bike pumps work

Public bike pumps come in two kinds. Bike repair stations are posts with a hand or floor pump, often with tools on steel cables and a hanger to hold the bike. They stand in parks, at train stations, on campuses and along cycle routes, and they almost never cost anything. Compressed-air pumps are electric compressors, mostly at gas stations, car washes and bike shops. They fill a tire in seconds but are built for car tires.

Before you pump, check your valve. Most repair-station heads fit both Presta and Schrader; gas-station air chucks fit Schrader only, so a small Presta adapter is worth carrying. With a compressor, add air in short bursts and check the pressure, because a narrow road tire can burst well below car pressure. The right pressure is printed on the tire sidewall.

All stations on this site come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers add and update them. If a pump is broken, gone or missing from the map, fix it directly in OpenStreetMap or use the report button on the map. The change appears here after the next data update.

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