Winterthur District

Worth seeing in and around Winterthur District

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
   Stadion Schützenwiese

   Stadion Schützenwiese is a football stadium in Winterthur, Switzerland. It has been the home ground of FC Winterthur since the club's inception in 1896.

   3.8 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kunstmuseum Winterthur

   The Kunst Museum Winterthur is an art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland run by the local Kunstverein. From its beginnings, the activities of the Kunstverein Winterthur were focused on contemporary art – first Impressionism, then Post-Impressionism and especially Les Nabis, through post-World War II and recently created works by Richard Hamilton, Mario Merz and Gerhard Richter.

   2.7 km · art museum in Winterthur, Switzerland · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Swiss Science Center Technorama

   The Swiss Science Center Technorama is a science museum in the city of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland.

   1.5 km · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
4. 04
   ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

   The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil, is one of the largest University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. The university has eight departments, covering architecture and civil engineering, health, linguistics, life sciences and facility management, applied psychology, social work, engineering and management and law.

   2.8 km · university of applied arts and sciences in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Eschenberg Observatory

   Eschenberg Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Astronomical Society of Winterthur. It is located in northeastern Switzerland in Winterthur and was founded in 1979.

   3.3 km · observatory · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Trams in Winterthur

   The Winterthur tramway network was part of the public transport network of the city of Winterthur, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland, for more than 50 years. Opened in 1898, the network also served the neighbouring communities of Töss, Wülflingen, Oberwinterthur and Seen, all of which were incorporated into the municipality of Winterthur in 1922.

   3.3 km · tram system · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Fotomuseum Winterthur

   Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland.

   2.1 km · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Castrum Vitudurum

   Vitudurum was a Roman vicus, whose remains are located in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the municipality of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

   1.1 km · roman vicus and fort in Winterthur canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Hegi Castle

   Hegi Castle is a medieval castle in Winterthur, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. Built around 1200 and first mentioned in 1225, it later passed to the Hohenlandenberg and Hallwyl families before coming under Zurich’s administration from 1587 to 1798.

   1 km · museum in Winterthur (Switzerland) · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Roter Turm (Winterthur)

    The Red Tower also known as the Swisscom Tower is a high-rise office building in Winterthur, Switzerland, located north of Winterthur railway station. Built between 1998 and 1999, the tower stands at 90 m tall with 25 floors and is the current 16th-tallest building in Switzerland.

    3 km · skyscraper in Winterthur, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Winterthur District

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 17 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 59 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 94 km

Stations

Winterthur railway station, 3.2 km · Sennhof-Kyburg railway station, 3.9 km · Räterschen railway station, 2.1 km · Schottikon railway station, 3.4 km · Oberwinterthur railway station, 1 km

• Geneva → Winterthur District

  75 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · CHF9–12
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• Friedrichshafen → Winterthur District

  74 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €13–18
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Winterthur District

  119 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · €20–28
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