Oberwinterthur

Worth seeing in and around Oberwinterthur

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
   Kyburg Castle

   Kyburg Castle is a castle in Switzerland, overlooking the Töss river about 3 km south-east of Winterthur, in Kyburg municipality, canton of Zürich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   6.8 km · castle in Kyburg in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Stadion Schützenwiese

   Stadion Schützenwiese is a football stadium in Winterthur, Switzerland. It has been the home ground of FC Winterthur since the club's inception in 1896.

   4.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.4 km · art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Swiss Science Center Technorama

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

   500 m · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Tibet Institute Rikon

   The Tibet Institute Rikon is a Tibetan monastery located in Zell-Rikon im Tösstal in the Töss Valley in Switzerland. It was established as a non-profit foundation in 1968, because Swiss laws resulting from the 19th century secularization movement did not allow for the establishment of new monasteries until 1973.

   9.3 km · Tibetan monastery in Rikon in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   3.7 km · university of applied arts and sciences in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Fotomuseum Winterthur

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

   3.2 km · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   5.1 km · observatory · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   3.9 km · tram system · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    1.5 km · roman vicus and fort in Winterthur canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Oberwinterthur

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 18 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 58 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 94 km

Stations

Winterthur railway station, 3.9 km · Kemptthal railway station, 8.7 km · Winterthur Grüze railway station, 2.4 km · Sennhof-Kyburg railway station, 5.8 km · Oberwinterthur railway station, 1.2 km

• Geneva → Oberwinterthur

  246 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · CHF31–41
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• Friedrichshafen → Oberwinterthur

  57 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · €12–16
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Oberwinterthur

  109 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · €15–21
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No local-transport research exists yet for Oberwinterthur

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

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