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Municipality in Uri, Switzerland

Altdorf

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland.

Altdorf
Altdorf · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Uri and retains historic town privileges. It is the place where, according to the legend, William Tell shot the apple from his son's head.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Altdorf

5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Rudenz Castle

    The Rudenz Castle is a fortified tower in Flüelen, a municipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland.

    4 km · castle in Flüelen in the canton of Uri, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    A Pro Castle

    Apro Castle or A-Pro Castle is a castle in the municipality of Seedorf in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    3 km · castle in Seedorf in the canton of Uri, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Medieval castle ruin Attinghausen

    Attinghausen Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Attinghausen in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    600 m · ruined medieval castle in Attinghausen in the canton of Uri, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Tell Monument

    The 'Tell Monument' is a memorial to William Tell in the market place of Altdorf, Canton of Uri, Switzerland. The bronze statue by sculptor Richard Kissling was inaugurated on August 28, 1895, at the foot of an old tower.

    1.9 km · memorial to William Tell in Altdorf in the canton of Uri, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Schweinsberg House

    Schweinsberg Castle or Schweinsberghaus is a fortified house in the municipality of Attinghausen in the canton of Uri in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    600 m · residential building in Attinghausen in the canton of Uri, Switzerland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Altdorf

Airports
Zürich (ZRH), 66 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 111 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 117 km
Stations
Flüelen railway station, 4 km · Altdorf railway station, 1 km
  • Zurich → Altdorf
    55 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · CHF8–11
  • Geneva → Altdorf
    205 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · CHF32–42
  • Friedrichshafen → Altdorf
    106 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · €21–29
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Altdorf

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 Altdorf. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    116 km
  2. 02
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    316 km
  3. 03
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    743 km
  4. 04
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    758 km
  5. 05
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    797 km

If you know how people move in Altdorf – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Altdorf

Altdorf is 56 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Bürglenmunicipality in the canton of Uri, Switzerland2.4 km
  • Seedorfmunicipality in the canton of Uri, Switzerland2.4 km
  • Attinghausenmunicipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland700 m
  • Schattdorfmunicipality in the canton of Uri in Switzerland3.5 km
  • Eggbergehamlet in Switzerland4 km