driving holiday europe - crossing borders??

[A993LAD]

A quick question from me because I have never done this before.

Setting off on Monday for a short jaunt in the car through France and hopefully into northern Italy or the Swiss Alps before heading back.

What happens at the country border crossings?

Looking at the map there seem to be plenty of roads that cross in and out of France, Italy, Switzerland and Germany etc. I'm assuming that there can't be formal border crossings with checkpoints at all of these roads so do you just drive in and out like crossing county boundaries in the UK?

[A993LAD]

Thanks for all the tips - very helpful indeed.

With regards to the Swiss vignette - I looked at the link and it says for motorways. Does that mean I don't need anything if I'm staying on non-motorway roads?

Must knows about the Swiss motorway vignette
It is required to have a vignette if you intend to use the Swiss motorways;