Opfikon
Opfikon is the name of a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich, located in the district of Bülach.
Opfikon is the name of a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich, located in the district of Bülach. It has 21,462 inhabitants.
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Worth seeing in and around Opfikon
9 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.
- 01Hallenstadion
The Hallenstadion is a multi-purpose facility in the Oerlikon quarter of northern Zürich. It has a capacity of 11,200 spectators.
2.7 km · multipurpose hall in Oerlikon in the city of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02MFO-Park
The MFO-Park is a public park in the Oerlikon quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. The area to the north of Zürich Oerlikon railway station was once home to the extensive works of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, a site that has now been redeveloped as Neu Oerlikon.
3.1 km · park in the city of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Oerlikon Velodrome
Oerlikon Velodrome is an uncovered velodrome in the Oerlikon district of Zürich, Switzerland. It was built in 1912.
2.9 km · Velodrome in Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 04Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences
The Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences Switzerland is a University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland with the departments of Business and Management, Law, Health, Music and Applied Psychology. It was founded in 1997 and today is one of ten accredited Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences, being the only privately owned one.
2.6 km · University in Switzerland · Wikipedia - 05Gustav-Ammann-Park
The Gustav-Ammann-Park is a public park in Oerlikon, Zurich on the former premises of Oerlikon-Bührle and covers 32,291 ft2. In 1996, the privately owned park became a preserve.
3.4 km · urban park · Wikipedia - 06Glattzentrum
The Glattzentrum, more formally known as the Einkaufszentrum Glatt or Glatt shopping centre, is a shopping mall located in the Glatt Valley close to the Swiss city of Zurich. Politically, the mall is situated in the municipality of Wallisellen.
3.5 km · Shopping mall in the Glatt Valley to the north of the Swiss city of Zurich · Wikipedia - 07Louis-Häfliger-Park
The Louis-Häfliger-Park in Oerlikon, Zurich, covers 5,000 m2 and is embedded between the Regina-Kägi-Hof co-operative settlement, the existing production buildings for Oerlikon-Contraves AG, and new service buildings. It is a neighbourhood park allowing people who live or work here to relax and meet.
3.4 km · park in the city of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 08Wahlenpark
The Wahlenpark is a public park in New Oerlikon in the northern part of Zurich. The park covers 139,931 ft².
2.7 km · park in the city of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 09Oerliker Park
The Oerliker Park is a public multi-purpose district park covering 188,000 square feet in Oerlikon, just to the north of Zürich. The Oerliker Park was created by the Grün Stadt Zürich in 2001 as part of the regional development project "Zentrum Zürich Nord" and was the first of four parks.
3 km · Park in Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Opfikon
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 3 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 76 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 81 km
- Stations
- Zurich Airport, 3.1 km · Zürich Oerlikon railway station, 3 km · Zurich Airport railway station, 1.9 km · Zürich Seebach railway station, 2.3 km · Wallisellen railway station, 3 km
- Geneva → Opfikon230 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · CHF29–38
- Friedrichshafen → Opfikon72 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €13–18
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Opfikon99 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · €13–18
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Opfikon
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 Opfikon. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextA bit further away, but also worth a day trip: Appenzell — As close to the stereotypical image of Switzerland with wooden farm houses and traditional clothes as it gets.
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Next door to Opfikon
Opfikon is 8 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Klotenmunicipality and town in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland2 km
- Wallisellenmunicipality in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland3 km
- Rümlangmunicipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland3.4 km
- Oerlikonsuburb and quarter of the Swiss city of Zurich2.2 km
- Seebachquarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland2.1 km
- District 12district in the city of Zurich, Switzerland3.1 km