Schaffhausen

Worth seeing in and around Schaffhausen

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
   Munot

   The Munot is a circular 16th-century fortification on Emmersberg hill inSchaffhausen, Switzerland, and is one of the city's landmarks. It is surrounded by vineyards, which have been cultivated since the early 20th century.

   600 m · fortress in Schaffhausen, Suiza · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Laufen Castle

   Laufen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Laufen-Uhwiesen in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance overlooking the Rhine Falls.

   2.9 km · castle in Laufen in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Berformance Arena

   FCS Arena Schaffhausen is a combined multi-purpose stadium and shopping complex in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. It is the home ground of the football team FC Schaffhausen.

   3.1 km · soccer stadium in Switzerland · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Wörth Castle

   The Wörth Castle is a fortification in the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, located on a small island in the Rhine Falls' basin.

   2.9 km · castle in Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Stadion Breite

   Stadion Breite is a multi-purpose stadium in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was the home ground of FC Schaffhausen until they moved to LIPO Park Schaffhausen in 2017.

   700 m · football stadium · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Iron Library

   The Iron Library is a special, scientific and technical library in Schlatt, Thurgau in Switzerland. Its main focuses are manuscripts, books and journals on iron, metallurgy, the history of science, and plastics.

   3.6 km · special library in Schlatt in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Paradies Monastery

   Paradies Monastery is a former monastery of Poor Clares in the municipality of Schlatt in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland. It lies on the south bank of the Rhine, 4 km upstream of Schaffhausen.

   3.7 km · monastery buildings in Altparadies in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Münster Schaffhausen

   Münster is one of the two main churches of the old town of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. First built in 1064 AD as a Romanesque Basilica of the then Benedictine Kloster Allerheiligen, it was rebuilt several times, and became in 1524 the Reformed Church of the city of Schaffhausen.

   600 m · church building in Schaffhausen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Schweizersbild

   Schweizersbild is a rock shelter from the Paleolithic period, located in the municipality of Schaffhausen in Switzerland, at the foot of a southeast-facing cliff near a spring. Beneath the natural rock overhang, remains of a significant Upper Paleolithic habitation dating to approximately 15,000–12,700 BC were discovered.

   2.7 km · archaeological site in Herblingen in the town of Schaffhausen, Switzerland · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cholfirst Radio Tower

    Cholfirst Radio Tower is a 96-metre-tall lattice tower on Cholfirst Mountain at Flurlingen, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The tower was built in 1973 by PTT on Cholfirst Mountain, a 570-metre mountain near Flurlingen after 3 years of successful operation of an experimental TV transmitter on channel 47 on a 40-metre-tall tower nearby.

    2.3 km · radio tower in Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Old town. Walk through the old town and admire the renaissance buildings.

1. 01
   Munot

   Visit the Munot fortress and enjoy the view over the old city and the beautiful landscape.

2. 02
   Rheinfall
3. 03
   Museum zu Allerheiligen

   Baumgartenstrasse 6, fax: +41 52 633 07 88, admin.allerheiligen@stsh.ch.

From Wikivoyage: Schaffhausen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Stadttheater Schaffhausen

   Herrenacker 22, fax: +41 52 632 54 32, theater@stadttheater-sh.ch.

From Wikivoyage: Schaffhausen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Doner/Kebab stands are spread all over the city, restaurants are easy to find in the old city too. Restaurant Mamma Rosa, Bachstrasse 19,. Excellent pizza in a familial environment for a good price.

1. 01
   Restaurant Kronenhof

   Kirchhofplatz 7,.

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Getting to Schaffhausen

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 28 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 66 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 84 km

Stations

Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof, 2.5 km · Herblingen railway station, 3 km · Langwiesen railway station, 2.9 km · Neuhausen railway station, 2 km · Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall, 3 km

• Geneva → Schaffhausen

  252 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · CHF33–45
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• Friedrichshafen → Schaffhausen

  63 km · quickest by road, 1h 44m · €8–12
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Schaffhausen

  97 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · €14–19
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