Olten

Worth seeing in and around Olten

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
   Aarburg Castle

   Aarburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Aarburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is located high above the town Aarburg on a steep, rocky hillside.

   3.2 km · castle in Aarburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

   The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland is a university of applied sciences in Switzerland. It is one of the largest universities in the country in terms of student enrollment.

   600 m · Swiss university of applied sciences · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St. Martin parish church

   St. Martin is a Roman Catholic church in the town of Olten.

   200 m · church building in Olten in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Eisbahn Kleinholz

   The Kleinholz Stadion is an ice hockey stadium located in Olten, Switzerland. It is mainly used by EHC Olten, an ice hockey club that currently plays in the Swiss National League B. It was built in 1961 and renovated in 2014.

   800 m · ice hockey stadium in Olten, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Frohburg Castle

   Frohburg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Trimbach of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   3.3 km · castle ruins in Trimbach in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Olten

Airports

EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 40 km · Zürich (ZRH), 50 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 126 km

Stations

Olten railway station, 600 m · Dulliken railway station, 3.5 km · Trimbach railway station, 1.8 km · Aarburg-Oftringen railway station, 3.4 km · Olten Hammer railway station, 200 m

• Zurich → Olten

  49 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · CHF7–9
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• Geneva → Olten

  185 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · CHF23–31
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• Friedrichshafen → Olten

  123 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · €20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Olten

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

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