Overland · Liechtenstein
London to Liechtenstein
Landlocked, small, and reached through other countries. A van does it in one run.
Twenty-five kilometres long, no coastline, no airport, and reached overland through Switzerland or Austria. Household moves here are typically a flat or an apartment rather than a house, and the whole journey is a road journey whatever vehicle does it.
Why a van
There is no port and no sensible container destination, so a container would land elsewhere and finish by road anyway — with extra handling at both ends. A van does the entire journey once, which on a modest load is both cheaper and better for the furniture.
The route
Overland through France or Belgium onto the German network, south through Switzerland, and across on ordinary roads. Good motorways for nearly all of it, and a Swiss customs formality on the way in.
Who moves on this route
- People relocating for work with an apartment's worth of possessions.
- Households moving specific furniture rather than replacing everything locally.
- People sending a part load ahead of a permanent move.
- Returns to the UK, where the same route runs in reverse.
Destination areas
Which part, exactly
Paperwork
Who holds which document
Liechtenstein forms a customs union with Switzerland, so the customs formality is a Swiss one and it happens on the way in rather than at the Liechtenstein border. You supply the documents and make the declarations, and their accuracy is legally yours. Not advice, not exhaustive, and subject to change.
Arriving, and the easy part
Access here is genuinely straightforward compared with the rest of this list. Valley-floor towns with ordinary streets, modest apartment blocks, and somewhere to put a vehicle at most addresses. Triesenberg on the hillside is the exception and it is a gradient question rather than a width one.
The useful information is the same as anywhere: the floor, whether there is a lift, its door width, and where a vehicle can stand. We ask about all four and it takes two minutes to answer.
Electrical standards are continental, so UK equipment needs adaptors. As with every route on this site, it is worth deciding what is actually worth the space before it is packed rather than after it has travelled.
London to Liechtenstein
Questions about moving to Liechtenstein
- Is the customs post at the Liechtenstein border?
- No. Liechtenstein is in a customs union with Switzerland, so the formality happens on entering Switzerland. We prepare the transport documents; the declarations are yours.
- Would a container ever be better?
- Not for a modest household load. There is no port, so a container finishes by road anyway and is handled twice more at each end for no benefit.
- Do you deliver to Triesenberg?
- Yes. The gradient on the approach is the only thing worth flagging, and a photograph of the road outside the building settles it.
- Can I send a part load?
- Yes. A shared run costs less and is handled more; sole use means one loading and one unloading. On a short European road route the difference is smaller than on a long one.
Tell us what it is and where it is
If it is not a van job we will say so, and say what to book instead.
Both addresses, what the item is, what floor each end is on, and a photograph of the biggest thing. That is enough for a straight answer and a written price.