Hegi

Worth seeing in and around Hegi

10 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
   Kunstmuseum Winterthur

   The Kunst Museum Winterthur is an art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland run by the local Kunstverein. From its beginnings, the activities of the Kunstverein Winterthur were focused on contemporary art – first Impressionism, then Post-Impressionism and especially Les Nabis, through post-World War II and recently created works by Richard Hamilton, Mario Merz and Gerhard Richter.

   3.3 km · art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Swiss Science Center Technorama

   The Swiss Science Center Technorama is a science museum in the city of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

   1.4 km · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
3. 03
   ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

   The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil, is one of the largest University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. The university has eight departments, covering architecture and civil engineering, health, linguistics, life sciences and facility management, applied psychology, social work, engineering and management and law.

   3.4 km · university of applied arts and sciences in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Eschenberg Observatory

   Eschenberg Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Astronomical Society of Winterthur. It is located in northeastern Switzerland in Winterthur and was founded in 1979.

   3.9 km · observatory · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Trams in Winterthur

   The Winterthur tramway network was part of the public transport network of the city of Winterthur, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, for more than 50 years. Opened in 1898, the network also served the neighbouring communities of Töss, Wülflingen, Oberwinterthur and Seen, all of which were incorporated into the municipality of Winterthur in 1922.

   3.8 km · tram system · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Fotomuseum Winterthur

   Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland.

   2.7 km · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Castrum Vitudurum

   Vitudurum was a Roman vicus, whose remains are located in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the municipality of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

   1.4 km · roman vicus and fort in Winterthur canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Hegi Castle

   Hegi Castle is a medieval castle in Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Built around 1200 and first mentioned in 1225, it later passed to the Hohenlandenberg and Hallwyl families before coming under Zurich’s administration from 1587 to 1798.

   600 m · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Roter Turm (Winterthur)

   The Red Tower also known as the Swisscom Tower is a high-rise office building in Winterthur, Switzerland, located north of Winterthur railway station. Built between 1998 and 1999, the tower stands at 90 m tall with 25 floors and is the current 16th-tallest building in Switzerland.

   3.5 km · skyscraper in Winterthur, Switzerland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Gasthaus Sonne

    Gasthaus Sonne or Haus zur Sonne is a historic gasthaus and restaurant in Winterthur, canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The establishment is first documented as an inn in 1483 and is described by its present operator as one of the city's oldest continuously operating restaurants, second only to the Hotel Krone, whose history dates to 1434.

    3.3 km · cultural heritage of Winterthur · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hegi

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 18 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 58 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 95 km

Stations

Winterthur railway station, 3.8 km · Winterthur Grüze railway station, 1.8 km · Räterschen railway station, 1.6 km · Schottikon railway station, 2.9 km · Oberwinterthur railway station, 1.2 km

• Geneva → Hegi

  247 km · quickest by road, 4h 29m · CHF31–42
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• Friedrichshafen → Hegi

  18 km · quickest by ferry, 1h 29m · €11–37
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Hegi

  85 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · €11–15
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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 Hegi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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