Guidebook for Central Switzerland

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Anne-Marie
Guidebook for Central Switzerland

Shopping

Grösseres Einkaufscenter mit einem Coop.
Perry Center
4 Bernstrasse
Grösseres Einkaufscenter mit einem Coop.
Here you will probably find all you ever need from do it yourself Garden Centres to Electronics, clothing and food.
Einkaufszentrum A1
1 Spitalweidstrasse
Here you will probably find all you ever need from do it yourself Garden Centres to Electronics, clothing and food.

Getting Around

Aarburg-Oftringen station
In Olten or Zurich Airport you can rent a car.
EUROPCAR
34 Neuhardstrasse
In Olten or Zurich Airport you can rent a car.
At this fuel station you can also buy food on sundays and late in the evening.
Coop Pronto Shop mit Tankstelle
2 Neue Aarburgerstrasse
At this fuel station you can also buy food on sundays and late in the evening.

Food Scene

Fair prices for traditional Swiss cuisine in 7 min walking distance.
Hotel Krone
52 Bahnhofstrasse
Fair prices for traditional Swiss cuisine in 7 min walking distance.
This is the closest bakery.
Bakery Café Wälchli Aarburg
64 Bahnhofstrasse
This is the closest bakery.
Burger King
2a Neue Aarburgerstrasse
La Perla Restaurant
17 Landhausstrasse
Gastro zum Rathaus GmbH
1 Rathausgasse
Restaurant Bögli / Thutstube
Niklaus-Thut-Platz
We can highly recommend this restaurant. The menu may not be available in English and a reservation may be good. The price is rather high.
Einfach Anders Restaurant_Bar
5 Städtchen
We can highly recommend this restaurant. The menu may not be available in English and a reservation may be good. The price is rather high.

Essentials

Opening Hours: Monday: 07:00 – 20:00 Tuesday: 07:00 – 20:00 Wednesday: 07:00 – 20:00 Thursday: 07:00 – 20:00 Friday: 07:00 – 20:00 Saturday: 07:00 – 18:00 Sunday: closed
VOI
59 Bahnhofstrasse
Opening Hours: Monday: 07:00 – 20:00 Tuesday: 07:00 – 20:00 Wednesday: 07:00 – 20:00 Thursday: 07:00 – 20:00 Friday: 07:00 – 20:00 Saturday: 07:00 – 18:00 Sunday: closed

Entertainment & Activities

6 paikallista suosittelee
youcinema Oftringen
52 Zürichstrasse
6 paikallista suosittelee
31 paikallista suosittelee
Bad Zurzach, Thermalbad
11 Dr. Martin Erb-Strasse
31 paikallista suosittelee
Thermalbad
8 paikallista suosittelee
Schinznach-Bad
8 paikallista suosittelee
Thermalbad

Sightseeing

In this List you will find some of the most spectacular places to visit in Switzerland.
Wunderschönes Wasserschloss
30 paikallista suosittelee
Hallwylin linna
30 paikallista suosittelee
Wunderschönes Wasserschloss
234 paikallista suosittelee
Reinin putoukset
Rheinfallquai
234 paikallista suosittelee
41 paikallista suosittelee
Kapellbrücke
Kapellbrücke
41 paikallista suosittelee
UNESCO-World Heritage
229 paikallista suosittelee
Bern
229 paikallista suosittelee
UNESCO-World Heritage
70 paikallista suosittelee
Murten
70 paikallista suosittelee
Gruyère is a tiny old Swiss village where the famous Swiss cheese Le Gruyère comes from. You can visit the old town and a cheesery. You can perfectly combine this with a visit to the Maison Cailler a chocolate factory and museum nearby or with Les Bains de la Gruyère in Charmey (thermal bath).
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Gruyère District
14 paikallista suosittelee
Gruyère is a tiny old Swiss village where the famous Swiss cheese Le Gruyère comes from. You can visit the old town and a cheesery. You can perfectly combine this with a visit to the Maison Cailler a chocolate factory and museum nearby or with Les Bains de la Gruyère in Charmey (thermal bath).
Lenzburg Castle (German: Schloss Lenzburg) is a castle located above the old part of the town of Lenzburg in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It ranks among the oldest and most important of Switzerland. The castle stands on the almost circular castle hill (altitude: 504 m), which rises approximately 100 m (330 ft) over the surrounding plain but is only about 250 m (820 ft) in diameter. The oldest parts of the castle date to the 11th century, when the Counts of Lenzburg built it as their seat. The castle, its historical museum and the castle hill with its Neolithic burial grounds are listed as heritage sites of national significance.
Schloss
Schloss
Lenzburg Castle (German: Schloss Lenzburg) is a castle located above the old part of the town of Lenzburg in the Canton of Aargau, Switzerland. It ranks among the oldest and most important of Switzerland. The castle stands on the almost circular castle hill (altitude: 504 m), which rises approximately 100 m (330 ft) over the surrounding plain but is only about 250 m (820 ft) in diameter. The oldest parts of the castle date to the 11th century, when the Counts of Lenzburg built it as their seat. The castle, its historical museum and the castle hill with its Neolithic burial grounds are listed as heritage sites of national significance.
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is the second-largest of the four major office sites of the United Nations (second to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City). It is located in the Palais des Nations building constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938 at Geneva in Switzerland, and expanded in the early 1950s and late 1960s.
165 paikallista suosittelee
United Nations Office at Geneva
Palais des Nations
165 paikallista suosittelee
The United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG) is the second-largest of the four major office sites of the United Nations (second to the United Nations Headquarters in New York City). It is located in the Palais des Nations building constructed for the League of Nations between 1929 and 1938 at Geneva in Switzerland, and expanded in the early 1950s and late 1960s.
At 800 hectares, the terraced vineyards of the UNESCO region Lavaux form Switzerland's largest contiguous vineyard area with terrace after terrace offering magnificent views.
31 paikallista suosittelee
Lavaux-Oron District
31 paikallista suosittelee
At 800 hectares, the terraced vineyards of the UNESCO region Lavaux form Switzerland's largest contiguous vineyard area with terrace after terrace offering magnificent views.
179 paikallista suosittelee
Chillonin linna
21 Av. de Chillon
179 paikallista suosittelee

Arts & Culture

Vindonissa-Museum
1 Museumstrasse
The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (literally "Transportation House of Switzerland") in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport, including locomotive, automobiles, ships, and aircraft) as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum.
42 paikallista suosittelee
Verkehrshaus station
42 paikallista suosittelee
The Swiss Transport Museum or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz (literally "Transportation House of Switzerland") in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport, including locomotive, automobiles, ships, and aircraft) as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum.
Umwelt Arena Switzerland
4 Türliackerstrasse
Only open during summer times. The fortress until recently classified “TOP SECRET” is one of the largest underground defensive fortifications in Switzerland. In the impressive and vastly extended caverns – deep inside of the mystique Gotthard mountain – originates the “UNIQUE MUSEUM “SASSO SAN GOTTARDO” with the HISTORIC FORTRESS, the underground cable car “Metro del Sasso” and furthermore the GOTTHARD EXPERIENCE WORLD displaying the history and the significance of the Gotthard. https://www.sasso-sangottardo.ch/
Sasso San Gottardo
Passo del San Gottardo
Only open during summer times. The fortress until recently classified “TOP SECRET” is one of the largest underground defensive fortifications in Switzerland. In the impressive and vastly extended caverns – deep inside of the mystique Gotthard mountain – originates the “UNIQUE MUSEUM “SASSO SAN GOTTARDO” with the HISTORIC FORTRESS, the underground cable car “Metro del Sasso” and furthermore the GOTTHARD EXPERIENCE WORLD displaying the history and the significance of the Gotthard. https://www.sasso-sangottardo.ch/
Traditional Swiss chocolate factory museum. You can perfectly combine this with a visit to Gruyère the place where the most famous Swiss cheese origins or with Les Bains de la Gruyère in Charmey (thermal bath).
122 paikallista suosittelee
Maison Cailler
7 Rue Jules Bellet
122 paikallista suosittelee
Traditional Swiss chocolate factory museum. You can perfectly combine this with a visit to Gruyère the place where the most famous Swiss cheese origins or with Les Bains de la Gruyère in Charmey (thermal bath).