Rapperswil

Worth seeing in and around Rapperswil

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.

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   Ufenau

   Ufenau is an island located, with the neighbouring island of Lützelau, in Lake Zurich in Switzerland between Freienbach away) and Rapperswil away). Highlights on Ufenau include St.

   2.8 km · largest Swiss island in Lake Zurich on the territory of Freienbach in the canton of Schwyz · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Polish Museum

   The Polish Museum, Rapperswil, was founded in Rapperswil, Switzerland, on 23 October 1870, by Polish Count Władysław Broel-Plater, at the urging of Agaton Giller, as "a refuge for Poland's historic memorabilia dishonored and plundered in the [occupied Polish] homeland" and for the promotion of Polish interests. Except for two hiatuses, the Museum has existed to the present day—an outpost of Polish culture in Switzerland, a country which, over the past two centuries, has given refuge to generations of Poles.

   100 m · historical Museum in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Rapperswil Castle

   Rapperswil Castle is a castle, built in the early 13th century by the House of Rapperswil, in the formerly independent city of Rapperswil. The castle is located on the eastern Lake Zurich's western Obersee lakeshore in Rapperswil, a locality of the Rapperswil-Jona municipality in Switzerland's canton of St.

   100 m · castle in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Egelsee

   Egelsee is a lake in the municipality of Bubikon in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 4.3 ha.

   3.5 km · lake in the municipality of Bubikon in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena

   St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, formerly the Diners Club Arena, and originally known as Eishalle Lido, is an indoor sporting arena located in Rapperswil, Switzerland.

   800 m · building · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Heilig Hüsli

   Heilig Hüsli is a bridge chapel in Rapperswil, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

   500 m · chapel in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Knie's Kinderzoo

   Knie's Kinderzoo is a zoo aimed for children. It is located in the Swiss municipality of Rapperswil.

   500 m · zoo · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Catholic Church of St. John with Chapel of Our Lady

   Stadtpfarrkirche St. Johann is a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Rapperswil, canton of St.

   100 m · church building and part of an architectural ensemble in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Capuchin friary with wall enclosure

   The Capuchin Friary, Rapperswil, is a Capuchin friary located in Rapperswil in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

   300 m · church building in Rapperswil in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden

    Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden is a wooden pedestrian bridge between the city of Rapperswil and the village of Hurden crossing the Obersee in Switzerland. On 6 April 2001, the footbridge was opened.

    500 m · mutiple objects, a collection of wooden bridges: a) many pre-historic and historic bridges of which only some remains were found, b) a bridge 1360–1878, c) a 2001 bridge, all crossing Lake Zurich between Rapperswil and Hurden · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Stadtpfarrkirche St

   15,000 plants of 600 different kinds may be viewed between June and October.

2. 02
   Rapperswil Castle

   Built around 1220.

3. 03
   Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden

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Things to do

Watch a game of the ice hockey team Walk across the Seedamm to the other side of lake to Pfäffikon Take the train Voralpen-Express from Rapperswil to Arth-Goldau or in the opposite direction to Saint Gallen if you like very scenic train rides

1. 01
   Alpamare
2. 02
   Zoo

   Knie's Kinderzoo (Circus Knie's Children's Zoo) is not only for children and very the center of town (walking distance with kids from the center).

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Where to eat

There are many nice restaurants by the lake-side and in the old-town. You will find Swiss food, Spanish, Indian, Italian, Thai and Chinese restaurants, kebab shops and McDonald's. Manolos, Rathausstrasse 2,. until midnight. Spanish restaurant & bar with moderate prices. Dieci, Fischmarktplatz 1. By the lake this pizzeria serves delicious food. Often full and the waiters are sometimes a bit arrogant.

1. 01
   Thai Orchid

   Take-out only but within walking distance of benches along Lake Zurich.

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Getting to Rapperswil

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 33 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 72 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 106 km

Stations

Rapperswil SG railway station, 200 m · Feldbach railway station, 2.8 km · Blumenau railway station, 2 km · Jona railway station, 1.4 km · Altendorf railway station, 3.7 km

• Geneva → Rapperswil

  234 km · quickest by road, 4h 37m · CHF33–44
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• Friedrichshafen → Rapperswil

  68 km · quickest by road, 2h 25m · €16–22
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Rapperswil

  125 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · €17–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rapperswil

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

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