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- Winterthur is a city of many colours and contrasts. Spacious parks and gardens give Switzerland’s sixth-largest city a seductive mix of big-city flair and the natural beauty of a small town, which is the reason behind its legendary reputation as a “garden city”.
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Winterthur is a city of many colours and contrasts. Spacious parks and gardens give Switzerland’s sixth-largest city a seductive mix of big-city flair and the natural beauty of a small town, which is the reason behind its legendary reputation as a “garden city”.
- Old town of Winterthur
Winterthur is known as a garden city for good reason: a belt...
- Winterthur
Despite its industrial tradition, Winterthur is also a...
- Old town of Winterthur
- Marktgasse. Explore the old part of Winterthur and shop at the same time on lively, busy Martgasse. Switzerland’s largest car-free zone is where local farmers and traders come to sell their wares and where tourists come to browse for high-end merchandise.
- Oskar Reinhart Museum. The Oskar Reinhart Museum in the Stadgerten (City Garden) is not to be missed while in Winterthur, especially if you appreciate world-class art.
- Wildpark Bruderhaus. An adventurous destination for everyone, Wildpark Bruderhaus is an animal park located on a forested hill called the Eschenburg on Winterthur’s south end.
- Restaurant Goldenberg. Dine on delicious dishes like Poulet Piccata and Spaghetti Pesto along with a portion of rich history at the Restaurant Goldenberg.
Winterthur is known as a garden city for good reason: a belt of prestigious villas surrounded by...
Jan 28, 2024 · Because of the number of parks and green open spaces in the city, Winterthur is known as the ‘Garden City’. Visit the meeting place of 20th-century artists To view yet more art and design, there’s Villa Flora in Winterthur.
- Technorama
- Oskar Reinhart Collection – Am Römerholz
- Oskar Reinhart Museum
- Fotomuseum Winterthur
- Kunstmuseum Winterthur
- Kyburg Castle
- Marktgasse
- Wildpark Bruderhaus
- Naturmuseum
- Rosengarten
A science museum without equal in Switzerland, Technorama is the ultimate hands-on learning experience. Inside and out are more than 500 experiments to watch and take part in. These showing with ingenious simplicity how natural phenomena and technology work. Kids are constantly encouraged to get involved, creating their own cyclones, making papercl...
When he died in 1965 the art patron and collector Oskar Reinhart left his rich stash of art to the city. A big portion of this is at a plush house in woodland to the north of Winterthur, up the hill and blessed with panoramic views. Reinhart had an eye for French 19th-century art, and the array of works he gathered is almost unbelievable. In the ga...
Reinhart’s collection was so vast that it couldn’t all fit into one museum, so there’s another building under the same umbrella. You’ll find it on the edge of the Stadtgarten in a former grammar school, and comprising the various donations he made to the city while he was still alive. The collection is by artists from the Low Countries, Germany, Au...
In a former factory, this celebrated museum and the Fotostiftung Schweiz next door amounts to a centre of excellence for Swiss Photography. There are constant temporary exhibitions, many organised by the foundation and presenting world-renowned photographers like Robert Frank and Nan Goldin. The museum’s permanent collection is enthralling, because...
The cultural feast continues at the city’s art museum, in a 100-year-old edifice that also houses the Naturmuseum and Research Library. Even if you’ve been to both Oskar Reinhart locations, you have to make space in your plans for this museum. There’s more Impressionist art waiting for you, by yet more famous painters like van Gogh, Monet, Cézanne ...
A Swiss heritage site, Kyburg Castle reigns from its perch above the Töss River. The castle’s architecture is from between the 14th and 16th centuries, when it was first the seat of the Counts of Kyburg and then a Habsburg property. From around the 15th century to the end of the 1700s, this was the residence of the regional governor, and the update...
Although it doesn’t have the big name sights of other Swiss cities, the centre of Winterthur definitely merits a self-guided tour. Practically all of the old town is pedestrianised, and cafes and restaurants spill out onto the streets in summer, and there are some intriguing side allies to investigate. It all adds up to Switzerland’s largest pedest...
This animal park on Eschenburg, a forest-covered hill on the southern fringe of the city, is top of the list for family outings from Winterthur. The park has mostly European species like wild boars, fallow deer, red deer, mouflons, bison, wolves and lynxes living in large habitats. There’s also a herd of sika deer, a species most commonly found in ...
Sharing the same location as the Kunstmuseum, Winterthur’s Natural History Museum documents the native fauna and flora in the North of Switzerland. The trove of old specimens and taxidermies dates back more than a century, and a decade ago this was dusted off and reconfigured in new, more engaging galleries. Children are now given more opportunitie...
Winterthur’s rose garden is a fragrant haven a short walk from the old centre. The garden is on Heiligberg, a tall rise to the south of the old town and was planted in 1964 when the city celebrated its 700th anniversary. There are 2,900 rosebushes in the garden, from almost 300 varieties, many of which are historic cultivars. Naturally the rose gar...
Winterthur ( German pronunciation: [ˈvɪntɐtuːɐ̯] ⓘ; French: Winterthour) is a city in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland. With over 110,000 residents, it is the country's sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 140,000 inhabitants. [3] .
Despite its industrial tradition, Winterthur is also a "garden city" with a large number of parks and gardens. There is even a city tour dedicated to "Villas and Gardens". The city’s delightful environs are home to castles and fortresses set in the woods, in the wine country, and on the Töss and Rhine rivers, and to which the locals have ...
