Uster

Worth seeing in and around Uster

7 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
   Greifensee

   Greifensee is a municipality in the district of Uster in the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

   3.4 km · municipality on lake Greiffensee in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Aathal Dinosaur Museum

   The Aathal Dinosaur Museum is a paleontological museum in the locality Aathal of the municipality of Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, and one of the few dinosaur museums in Europe.

   3.6 km · museum in Seegräben in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Uster Castle

   Uster Castle is a hill castle which was built probably around 1200 AD by the House of Rapperswil in the Swiss municipality of Uster in the Canton of Zürich. Since 1995 it houses a boarding school.

   500 m · castle with outbuildings and garden · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gallus Chapel

   Reformierte Kirche Greifensee, is a church and a listed heritage building in the municipality of Greifensee, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

   3.4 km · protestant church building in Greifensee in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Storen

   Greifensee–Storen–Wildsberg is one of the 111 serial sites of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, of which are 56 located in Switzerland.

   2.9 km · UNESCO World Heritage Site in Canton of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
6. 06
   reformed church

   Reformierte Kirche Uster is an Evangelical Reformed church in the Swiss municipality of Uster in the Canton of Zürich that was built in 1824. The predecessor St.

   500 m · church building in Uster in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Greifensee Castle

   Greifensee Castle is a castle in the municipality of Greifensee and the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It was probably built by the House of Rapperswil and is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

   3.5 km · Castle in Switzerland · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Uster lies between two lakes. They are called "Greifensee" and "Pfaeffikersee". Greifensee is the bigger one. When the sun is shining the rim of the lake is full of people, above all on bicycles and rollerblades.

1. 01
   Uster Castle

   This medieval castle is today used as a school.

2. 02
   Model railway collection Uster

   This collection includes one big model in 0 gauge as well as a variety of vehicles in different gauges.

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

Things to do

1. 01
   Greifenseelauf

   A yearly half-marathon around the Greifensee lake.

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

Where to eat

There is a McDonald's next to the train station. Other affordable options are?

1. 01
   Peking Garden

   European Chinese food, good value for money.

2. 02
   Han Mongolian Barbecue

   Zentrum Brunnenhof, Industriestrasse 10a,.

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

Getting to Uster

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 17 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 70 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 94 km

Stations

Nänikon-Greifensee railway station, 3.1 km

• Geneva → Uster

  234 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · CHF31–41
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• Friedrichshafen → Uster

  66 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · €14–19
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Uster

  94 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · €11–16
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No local-transport research exists yet for Uster

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

If you know how people move in Uster – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.