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Wettingen
Municipality in Aargau, Switzerland

Wettingen

Wettingen is a residential community in the district of Baden in the Swiss canton of Aargau.

With a population about 20,000, Wettingen is the second-largest municipality in the canton.

Get in

Getting to Wettingen

Zurich Kloten airport is within easy reach by train. There are 5 connections between Baden and the airport per hour. One of them is a direct connection, with the others it is necessary to change trains at Zurich main station respective Zurich Oerlikon. The ride takes about 35 minutes. Baden is served by rail.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Stein Castle

    Walk up the hill in the middle of town to the old ruins of a Habsburg castle, the Stein, for an excellent view of Baden, Wettingen, and surrounding communities.

  2. 02
    Historic Museum Baden & Bailiff’s Castle
  3. 03
    Museum Langmatt

    For those interested in Impressionist art.

  4. 04
    Children's
  5. 05
    Covered

    This is the fifth iteration of the bridge.

  6. 06
    Lion's Fountain

    The fountain was created in 1822 and was frequently remodelled.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Have a stroll around the Bäderquartier

    It is located at the Limmat river 10 minutes by foot from the town centre.

  2. 02
    Fortyseven

    Once you are there you may want to go to a thermal bath.

  3. 03
    Local
  4. 04
    Swim in the Limmat

    During the summer, walk along the beautiful Limmat (river).

  5. 05
    Crest hike over the Lägeren

    If you are an avid hiker you should go for this tour.

  6. 06
    Grand Casino Baden

    Haselstrasse 2 (In the middle of the Kurpark), info@grandcasinobaden.ch.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Elanet

    Haselstrasse 21, info@indische-food.ch.

  2. 02
    Manora Restaurant

    A self-service restaurant on the highest floor of Manor shopping mall.

  3. 03
    Martinsberg Restaurant

    Wiesenstrasse 32, daniel.hunziker@bbbaden.ch.

  4. 04
    Stadtbistro Isebähnli

    Bahnhofstrasse 10 (Opposite Manor store),.

  5. 05
    Schwyzerhüsli

    Badstrasse 38 (Station end of the main shopping street),.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.