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Quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland

Affoltern (Zürich)

Affoltern is a quarter in district 11 in Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley.

Affoltern (Zürich)
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The place

Affoltern is a quarter in district 11 in Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Affoltern (Zürich)

Airports
Zürich (ZRH), 5 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 76 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 81 km
  • Geneva → Affoltern (Zürich)
    225 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · CHF28–38
  • Bâle / Mulhouse → Affoltern (Zürich)
    77 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · €9–12
  • Friedrichshafen → Affoltern (Zürich)
    77 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · €14–19
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No local-transport research exists yet for Affoltern (Zürich)

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Affoltern (Zürich). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextA bit further away, but also worth a day trip: Appenzell — As close to the stereotypical image of Switzerland with wooden farm houses and traditional clothes as it gets.

From Wikivoyage: Zurich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    166 km
  2. 02
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    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

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  3. 03
    VlielandNL

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  4. 04
    HvarHR

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  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    801 km

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Affoltern (Zürich) is 7 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.