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Uster
Municipality in Zürich, Switzerland

Uster

Uster is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich.

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Get in

Getting to Uster

The 1 station of Uster is part of the ZVV S-Bahn network. The following lines pass through Uster: S5 from Zug (1 h 5 min) via Zurich main station (15 min), and from Pfäffikon SZ (30 min) via Rapperswil (20 min), two hourly trains. S9 from Schaffhausen (1 h 20 min) via Zurich main station (20 min) and ending in Uster, two hourly trains.

See

Worth seeing

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.

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    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.

Do

Things to do

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    Greifenseelauf

    A yearly half-marathon around the Greifensee lake.

Eat

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,.

How locals move

Getting around Uster the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Zurich, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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