Urdorf
Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley.
Urdorf is a municipality in the district of Dietikon in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, located in the Limmat Valley.
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Worth seeing in and around Urdorf
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.
- 01Swiss Life Arena
The Swiss Life Arena is an ice hockey and entertainment arena in the Altstetten quarter of Zürich, Switzerland. It is located approximately seven kilometers west of downtown Zürich.
3.7 km · indoor ice hockey arena in Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02Benedictine Monastery Fahr
Fahr Convent is a Benedictine convent located in an exclave of the canton of Aargau, surrounded by the municipality of Unterengstringen. It is located 8 km to the north of Zürich's city centre.
2.8 km · monastery complex in Würenlos in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is a research organisation specialising in on forests, landscapes, biodiversity, natural hazards, snow and ice. As of the end of 2024, WSL employed approximately 650 people.
3 km · Swiss federal research institute · Wikipedia - 04Glanzenberg ruin
Glanzenberg Castle is a ruined castle in the municipality of Unterengstringen in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
2.4 km · castle ruin in Unterengstringen in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Urdorf
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 12 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 73 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 87 km
- Stations
- Dietikon railway station, 3.3 km · Birmensdorf railway station, 2.9 km · Schlieren railway station, 2 km · Glanzenberg railway station, 1.9 km · Uitikon Waldegg railway station, 3.1 km
- Geneva → Urdorf218 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · CHF28–37
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Urdorf72 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · €9–12
- Friedrichshafen → Urdorf84 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · €15–20
- 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 Urdorf
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 Urdorf. 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 Urdorf
Urdorf is 9 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Dietikoncity in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland3.3 km
- Schlierenmunicipality in Switzerland2.1 km
- Dietikon Districtdistrict of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland1.3 km
- Birmensdorfmunicipality in Switzerland3.3 km
- Bergdietikonmunicipality in Switzerland3.8 km
- Unterengstringenmunicipality in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland3.7 km