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Switzerland
Absurdly expensive and absurdly punctual, and the mountains earn it. A postbus will put you at a trailhead at two thousand metres to the minute.
Switzerland in ten slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Best time to visit Switzerland: Jan–Feb · Jun–Sep
Where people go in Switzerland
What people go to see in Switzerland
Basel Minster is a religious building in the Swiss city of Basel, originally a Roman Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant church.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 15 May 2026
The Basel Paper Mill, also known as the Swiss Museum for Paper, Writing and Printing, is a museum located in Basel, Switzerland. The museum is primarily dedicated to the history and techniques of papermaking, and the art of book printing and writing in general. Through a combination of pictures and objects, visitors gain insights into the old artisanal techniques of dipping paper, printing and bookbinding.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 7 Oct 2025
Basmus · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Basel Town Hall is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel, Switzerland.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 21 Apr 2026
Tobias Helfrich · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Beyeler Foundation or Fondation Beyeler, with its museum in Riehen, near Basel (Switzerland), owns and oversees the art collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, which features modern and traditional art. The Beyeler Foundation museum includes a space for special exhibitions staged to complement the permanent collection, which is not on public display. In 2006, approximately 340,000 persons visited the museum.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 Jan 2026
The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in Switzerland. It is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
The Museum Tinguely is an art museum in Basel, Switzerland, dedicated to the work of Swiss painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely (1925–1991). Designed by architect Mario Botta, it opened in 1996 on the banks of the Rhine. The museum holds the world’s largest collection of Tinguely’s works, ranging from early reliefs to large-scale kinetic sculptures.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 5 Aug 2026
HerBauhaus · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Bärengraben, or Bear Pit, is a tourist attraction in the Swiss capital city of Bern. It is a bear pit, or enclosure housing bears, situated at the eastern edge of the old city of Bern, next to the Nydeggbrücke and the River Aar. Although still in use, the Bärengraben has been supplemented since 2009 by the adjacent BärenPark, a larger and more natural enclosure alongside the River Aar.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jun 2026
Unknown artist · Public domain
Bern Minster is a Swiss Reformed cathedral in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction started in 1421. Its tower, with a height of 100.6 m (330 ft), was only completed in 1893.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 15 Jun 2026
André P. Holzer, Bern · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country. The building is a listed symmetrical complex just over 300 metres (980 ft) long.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jul 2026
Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland (talk) 05:54, 14 July 2010 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bern Minster is a Swiss Reformed cathedral in the old city of Bern, Switzerland. Built in the Gothic style, its construction started in 1421. Its tower, with a height of 100.6 m (330 ft), was only completed in 1893.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 15 Jun 2026
André P. Holzer, Bern · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Zentrum Paul Klee is a museum dedicated to the artist Paul Klee, located in Bern, Switzerland, and designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano. It features about 40 percent of Paul Klee's entire pictorial oeuvre.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jul 2026
Unknown author · Public domain
The Zytglogge is a landmark medieval tower in Bern, Switzerland. Built in the early 13th century, it has served the city as a guard tower, prison, clock tower, centre of urban life and civic memorial.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 22 Jul 2026
Mike Lehmann, Mike Switzerland 13:37, 2 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Château d'Ouchy is a hotel built on the site of a former medieval castle in the Ouchy lakeside neighbourhood of Lausanne, Switzerland by businessman Jean-Jacques Mercier between 1889 and 1893. It belongs to the hotel division of the Sandoz Family Foundation.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 12 Jun 2026
Gzzz · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Lausanne, or simply Lausanne Cathedral, is a Swiss Reformed church located in the city of Lausanne, in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is owned by the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Vaud.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 18 May 2026
Arnaud Gaillard (arnaud () amarys.com) · CC BY-SA 2.0
The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 artifacts, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games memorabilia in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2026
Sailko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo Élysée, formerly known as Musée de l'Élysée, is a museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, entirely devoted to photography. It is a government-supported institution founded in 1985 by Charles-Henri Favrod. It was housed in an 18th-century mansion until October 2020.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Von.schweiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Kapellbrücke is a covered wooden footbridge spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 9 Aug 2025
Simon Koopmann · CC BY-SA 2.5
The Lion Monument, or the Lion of Lucerne, is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820–21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were killed in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris. It is one of the most famous monuments in Switzerland, visited annually by about 1.4 million tourists.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 23 Jul 2026
Gürkan Sengün · Public domain
Pilatus, also often referred to as Mount Pilatus, is a mountain massif overlooking Lucerne in Central Switzerland. It is composed of several peaks, of which the highest (2,128.5 m [6,983 ft]) is named Tomlishorn.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 16 Aug 2026
Liridon · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Swiss Museum of Transport or Verkehrshaus der Schweiz in Lucerne opened in July 1959 and exhibits all forms of transport including trains, automobiles, ships and aircraft as well as communication technology. It is Switzerland's most popular museum. The museum also maintains a large collection of work by Hans Erni, a local painter and sculptor.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Verkehrshaus der Schweiz · Public domain
Bahnhofstrasse, is the main downtown street of Zurich, Switzerland, and one of the world's most expensive and exclusive shopping avenues. In 2011, a study named Bahnhofstrasse the most expensive street for retail property in Europe, and the third-most-expensive worldwide. In 2016, the street ranked ninth.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Jul 2026
KeanoManu · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Fraumünster is a church in Zurich, Switzerland, which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women and which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zurich, Uri, and the Albis forest, and granted the convent immunity, placing it under his direct authority.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 29 Aug 2025
CEphoto, Uwe Aranas · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Grossmünster is a Romanesque-style Swiss Reformed Church in Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 15 May 2026
Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Kunsthaus Zürich is an art museum in Zurich. It is the biggest art museum in Switzerland by area and houses one of the most important art collections in Switzerland, assembled over time by the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, a nonprofit art society. The collection spans from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 26 Apr 2026
Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, that extends southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or Zürichsee may refer to the entire lake or specifically to the section downstream of the Hurden peninsula and Seedamm causeway. In the latter case, the upstream part of the lake is called Obersee, while the lower part is sometimes also referred to as the Lower Lake, respectively.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 27 Jul 2026
Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Swiss National Museum is a museum in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, adjacent to Zürich Hauptbahnhof and the Platzspitz park. It is part of the Musée Suisse Group, which is itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 10 Jul 2026
Matt Joseph · CC BY-SA 4.0
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also called European Laboratory for Particle Physics, known as CERN, is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in Meyrin, a western suburb of Geneva, on the France–Switzerland border. It comprises 25 member states.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 30 Aug 2026
European Organization for Nuclear Research Organisation européenne pour la recherche nucléaire · Public domain
The Jardin anglais is an urban park in Geneva, Switzerland, situated at the location of an ancient harbor and a wood. It marks the beginning of the Quai Gustave-Ador.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 25 May 2026
Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Jet d'Eau is a large fountain in Geneva, Switzerland, and is one of the city's most famous landmarks, being featured on the city's official tourism web site. Situated where Lake Geneva exits as the Rhône, it is visible throughout the city and from the air, even when flying over Geneva at an altitude of ten kilometres (33,000 ft).
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 17 Aug 2026
Wikibusters · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Palace of Nations is the home of the United Nations Office at Geneva, located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was built between 1929 and 1938 to serve as the headquarters of the League of Nations.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 7 Aug 2026
Credits to Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saint Peter's Cathedral Geneva is a historic church in Geneva, Switzerland.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 13 Jul 2026
Torbjorn Toby Jorgensen · CC BY-SA 2.0
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