Altdorf
Altdorf is a municipality in Switzerland.
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.
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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.
- 01Rudenz 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 - 02A 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 - 03Medieval 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 - 04Tell 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 - 05Schweinsberg 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
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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 → Altdorf55 km · quickest by road, 1h 37m · CHF8–11
- Geneva → Altdorf205 km · quickest by road, 4h 32m · CHF32–42
- Friedrichshafen → Altdorf106 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · €21–29
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
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If you know how people move in Altdorf – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
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