Wäldi
Waldi was the first official Olympic mascot, created for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Waldi was the first official Olympic mascot, created for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was a dachshund, a popular breed of dog from Germany. The course of the marathon was designed to incorporate the Waldi design, and during the construction phase of the 1972 Olympic stadium and village, Waldi was used in unofficial satirical posters.
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Worth seeing in and around Wäldi
2 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.
- 01Altenklingen Castle
Altenklingen Castle is a castle in late Renaissance style in the Swiss Canton of Thurgau in the municipality of Wigoltingen. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.8 km · castle in Altenklingen in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 02Castell Castle
Castell Castle is a castle in the municipality of Tägerwilen of the Canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.1 km · Castle in Tägerwilen in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Wäldi
- Airports
- Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 31 km · Zürich (ZRH), 45 km · Memmingen Allgau (FMM), 94 km
- Stations
- Triboltingen Station, 3.4 km · Tägerwilen Dorf railway station, 4 km
- Zurich → Wäldi51 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · CHF7–9
- Geneva → Wäldi275 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · CHF35–46
- Memmingen → Wäldi89 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · €15–21
- 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 Wäldi
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 Wäldi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy car 1 hour to Konstanz (take the car ferry between Meersburg and Konstanz).
- Get inThe fastest connections are : Car ferry from Meersburg, runs several times an hour from 06:00 until 24:00, and once an hour from 00:00 until 06:00.
- Get inApart from Meersburg and Friedrichshafen, the ferries to and from Konstanz call in.
From Wikivoyage: Konstanz, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Wäldi
Wäldi is 51 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Raperswilenmunicipality in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland3.6 km
- Neuwilenvillage in Switzerland3.2 km
- Schwaderlohvillage in Switzerland3.7 km