Stans
Stans is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland.
Stans is the capital of the canton of Nidwalden (Nidwald) in Switzerland.
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Worth seeing in and around Stans
4 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.
- 01Stanserhorn
The Stanserhorn is a mountain in Switzerland, located in the canton of Nidwalden near the border with Obwalden, with the peak at 1,898 metres above sea level. It is a popular tourist destination, which can be reached from the adjacent town of Stans by a funicular railway and cable car, or via walking routes from Stans or Dallenwil.
2.4 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02Winkelrieddenkmal
The Winkelried memorial was erected in memory of Arnold von Winkelried, who sacrificed his life in the Battle of Sempach on the 9 July 1386. According to the Swiss legend, the Swiss wouldn't be able to break through the firmly positioned order of Habsburg pikemen.
1.4 km · monument in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Mueterschwanderberg
The Mueterschwanderberg is a ridge forming the southern shore of Alpnachersee, just northwest of Stanserhorn and west of the village of Ennetmoos, Nidwalden, Switzerland. Its peak is at an elevation of 860 m.
2.4 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia - 04Rotzberg Castle ruin
Rotzberg or Rotzburg is a ruined castle in the municipality of Ennetmoos in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
1.9 km · castle ruins in Ennetmoos in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
The old town core of Stans has a couple of historic buildings, but there are more things to see in the surrounding area:
- 01Glasi Hergiswil
- 02Fürigen Fortress
Kehrsitenstrasse, 6362 Stansstad, museum@nw.ch.
From Wikivoyage: Stans, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Stanserhorn
To get to the Stanserhorn you have to take the funicular halfway up and then change to a cable car.
- 02Felsenweg
This rocky path leads around the Bürgenstock along the precipitous rock wall.
From Wikivoyage: Stans, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Der Italiener im Tell
Engelbergstrasse 3, info@tellstans.ch.
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Getting to Stans
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 58 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 96 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 119 km
- Stations
- Stans railway station, 1.6 km · Stansstad railway station, 3.1 km · Dallenwil railway station, 3.7 km
- Zurich → Stans48 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · CHF7–9
- Geneva → Stans189 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · CHF29–38
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Stans96 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · €12–17
- 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 Stans
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 Stans. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn Beckenried, east of Stans, there's a ferry across the lake to Gersau, saving around of driving.
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Next door to Stans
Stans is 49 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.