Frequently Asked Questions

You can reach the nextbike Zentralschweiz customer service at +41 41 50 80 800, info@nextbike.ch or via App Support function.

First check whether a spoke is blocking the lock by turning the rear wheel slightly. Then open the active rental in your app and click on ‘open lock’. Unlocking will be initiated again.

If the frame lock does not open even after another attempt to open it via the app, our system automatically detects this after three minutes and cancels the rental. No costs will apply. Please check the cancellation in your app and contact our customer service if it is still active after three minutes. Don’t worry about possible charges if our customer service can’t deal with your case right away. No charges apply as long as you tried to contact them right away.

Please contact our customer service by app, hotline or email to correct any miscalculations. Please provide us with all necessary information about the rental / tariff / customer account in order to be able to understand the case. Our customer service can be contacted via app under support, via the hotline stated in the footer of the system’s website or via info@nextbike.ch.

Register easily and for free via app or website. Bikes can be rented via the nextbike by TIER app or the hotline. Return the bike to an official station and close the lock to end the rental.

You can sign up via the website, app or at the terminal. Depending on the city, not all registration channels may be available. Information on registration can be found on the respective website of the system. If you don’t know the system’s website, please use the location search.

To activate your customer account, you need to add a payment method to your customer account. We will deposit a credit of 1 CHF to verify your payment method. This is not a fee but will be available on your account as rental credit. All available payment methods are listed in the app.

After successful debiting your customer account will be activated immediately. Only if you make a bank transfer, your account will be activated after two to four days, depending on the bank.

To verify your payment method and to activate your account, your bank account will be debited with 1 CHF. However, this is not a registration fee, but can be used as your starting credit. You can find all prices in the price list.

Your PayPal account is probably not verified. For more information please visit PayPal.

Invoices are available for SEPA direct debit only. You can download your invoices after the end of the respective month in your customer account via the website under “Account status”.

You can easily cancel your account in your customer account via login on our website. Log in and click on “Close account”. Remaining credit will be automatically refunded.

Alternatively you can send us your cancellation by e-mail to info@nextbike.ch or by post (address to be found in the website footer).

If you have specified a credit card as the payment method, the fees for your trips will usually be debited 24 hours after your rental.

With the direct debit payment method, we debit the open fees monthly from your bank account.

You can view your rental history and direct debit invoices in your customer account at any time. Log in via the website. Please note that invoices are only available after the end of the month.

If your account goes into the red because open sums cannot be debited, your account will be temporarily deactivated until the open sum has been paid. Please check if you have a valid means of payment. If we cannot debit EU direct debit, there will be an additional return debit of approx. 10 CHF.

Probably open sums could not be debited from your bank account or there is no means of payment deposited. Please check this in your customer account and contact customer service if in doubt.

To change your phone number, please contact our customer service at info@nextbike.ch. Send the email from the email address you use for your account.

You can reach the nextbike Zentralschweiz customer service at +41 41 50 80 800, info@nextbike.ch or via App Support function.

Please contact our customer service by app, hotline or email to correct any miscalculations. Please provide us with all necessary information about the rental / tariff / customer account in order to be able to understand the case. Our customer service can be contacted via app under support, via the hotline stated in the footer of the system’s website or via info@nextbike.ch.

First check whether a spoke is blocking the lock by turning the rear wheel slightly. Then open the active rental in your app and click on ‘open lock’. Unlocking will be initiated again.

If the frame lock does not open even after another attempt to open it via the app, our system automatically detects this after three minutes and cancels the rental. No costs will apply. Please check the cancellation in your app and contact our customer service if it is still active after three minutes. Don’t worry about possible charges if our customer service can’t deal with your case right away. No charges apply as long as you tried to contact them right away.

Register easily and for free via app or website. Bikes can be rented via the nextbike by TIER app or the hotline. Return the bike to an official station and close the lock to end the rental.

All stations are marked on the map in the app or on the website with large markers (the small markers mark individual bikes). In some cities there are also station signs, terminals or bicycle stands at the marked places.

You can rent up to four bikes at a time using one customer account. Booked tariffs and special conditions usually only apply to the first bike.

Yes, you can.

Activate the park mode in the app and then close the lock (attention: If you close the lock before the park mode has been activated, the bike will be returned immediately). To continue cycling, end the park mode in the app and the lock will open automatically. Never end the park mode from afar.

The rental stays active during the park mode and will be charged as usual.

If you have returned a bike or ebike improperly, you can avert the usual fee of 20 CHF for bikes and 25 CHF for ebikes by renting the bike again and returning it properly. The successive rentals of the same bike are merged.

This means that the final rental period is calculated from the start time of the first rental and the return time of the second rental. The break between the two rentals is then also added to the rental time. The fine will be waved.

If the station does not have fixed bicycle racks, the bike will be locked to itself.

For unlocked bikes we reserve the right to charge a service fee of 25 CHF.

As a general rule, nobody should be hindered by the parked bike.

Please note the following:

The bike may not be parked or returned:
a) at traffic lights
b) parking ticket machines or parking meters
c) at road signs
d) on sidewalks, if this results in a passage width of less than 1.50 m
e) in front of, at and on escape routes and firefighter access zones
f) where this conceals the stationary advertising of a third party
g) by locking to fences of private or public houses and establishments
h) on public transport platforms and bus platforms
i) at public bicycle racks

In Central Switzerland, the bikes can be returned at official stations only. On the location map in your nextbike app you can easily see where the next station is. Cross-city returns are allowed within central Switzerland.

Stations can be found in Ebikon, Eich, Emmen, Ennetmoos, Geuensee, Hergiswil, Horw, Knutwil, Kriens, Stadt Luzern, Mauensee, Meggen, Neuenkirch, Nottwil, Oberdorf, Oberkirch, Root, Sarnen, Schenkon, Sempach, Stans, Stansstad, Sursee, Wolfenschiessen

For improper returns away from official stations a fee of 20 CHF will be charged.

Please report failed returns immediately to our customer service via app support or the hotline and have the bike number, the parking location and the actual use time ready. Our customer service can be contacted via nextbike by TIER app under support or via the hotline stated in the footer of the system’s website. Use the location search to find the website of your nextbike system.

Yes, bikes can alternatively be rented and returned via the hotline. If the local system has terminals or BikeComputers, these can also be used for rental and return. All available rental channels can be found on the system’s website.

The bike can only be returned in the city where you rented it, otherwise a return fee applies. Exceptions are the interconnected systems. Return regulations are communicated on the respective website of the system, which can be found via location search.

Defects can easily be reported using the app’s support function. Please check the bike for obvious defects before starting your journey or before renting it and inform us of any damage so that the bikes in question can be locked and repaired as quickly as possible. If you set off on your bike and only then notice a defect, stop your ride and call our service. Only then can we cancel the trip and register the bike for repairs.

If you return your bike away from a station in Switzerland, a service fee of at least 20 CHF will be charged. 

A service fee of at least 20 CHF / 25 CHF will be charged if a bike is returned away from an official station in Switzerland.

It does not matter if the bike has already been rented off a station. The service fee of the previous user does not cover the misconduct of the next user.

With your nextbike account you can use almost all nextbike affiliated bike sharing systems worldwide. However, for some systems a second registration in the respective system is necessary. This applies to the MVG-Rad Munich, VAG_Rad Nuremberg, Mol Bubi Budapest / Hungary, Sitycleta / Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Bilbaobizi in Bilbao / Spain. In some systems, bikes can be rented without re-registration, but only via the local app. This applies to Veturilo Warsaw / Poland, among others.

Tariffs that don’t prolong automatically do not have to be cancelled. Tariffs with automatic renewal can be cancelled in the app.

Links to partners in order to take advantage of special conditions can either be made via the partner selection in the customer account or by registering with a specific email address, such as the university email address or a work email address. How exactly a link is made can be read on the pricing, CAMPUSbike or partner page of the respective website of the system. If you don’t know the system’s website, please use the location search.

Links to partners in order to take advantage of special conditions can either be made via the partner selection in the customer account or by registering with a specific email address, such as the university email address or a work email address. How exactly a link is made can be read on the pricing, CAMPUSbike or partner page of the respective website of the system. If you don’t know the system’s website, please use the location search.

The maximum load of our bikes and e-bikes is 100 kg, of which a maximum of 5 kg may be transported in the basket.

Find the information about the maximum load for cargobikes on the stickers on the transport boxes.

As a rule, nextbike does not offer any accessories. Exception: At the PLUS stations on the island of Usedom you can rent children’s bikes, helmets and trailers. Veturilo Warsaw also has children’s bikes and tandems.