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Zeppelin Museum
Friedrichshafen will forever be associated with the Zeppelin, the early cigar-shaped craft of the skies, which made its inaugural flight in 1900. The Zeppelin Museum traces the history of this bombastic, but ill-fated, means of air transport.
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Parco Scherrer
Set in subtropical parkland, Parco Scherrer, 400m west of the boat stop in Morcote, offers a bustling range of architectural styles, including copies of famous buildings and generic types, for instance the Temple of Nefertiti and a Siamese teahouse.
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Caumasee
Ringed by thick woods, this exquisitely turquoise lake is a 15-minute stroll and then short lift ride south of Flims Waldhaus. Its an attractive spot for a cool summer swim. You can hire a rowboat and eat at a restaurant terrace overlooking the lake.
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Mitteldorf
To see how Vaduz once looked, amble northeast of town to Mitteldorf. Its streets form a charming quarter of traditional houses and rose-strewn gardens. Particularly eye-catching is the late-medieval, step-gabled Rote Haus perched above the vineyards.
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Musée National Suisse
About 2.5km northeast of central Nyon, the sprawling mansion of Château de Prangins houses a branch of the Musée National Suisse . The permanent exhibition covers the period from 1730 to 1920 in Swiss history and there are regular temporary exhibitions.
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Hauptplatz
Most action in Schwyz spirals around the gurgling fountain on cobbled Hauptplatz (main square), dominated by the Rathaus (town hall), complete with elaborate 19th-century murals depicting the Battle of Morgarten, and the baroque St Martin’s Church .
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Rothorn Bahn
This is the only steam-powered cogwheel train still operating in Switzerland, climbing 2350m, from where you can set out on hikes or enjoy the long views over Brienzersee to snow-dusted 4000m peaks. Walking up from Brienz takes around five hours.
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Museo delle Dogane Svizzere
Across the lake from Gandria is the Museo delle Dogane Svizzere, accessible by boat. It tells the history of customs (and more interestingly smuggling) in this border area. On display are confiscated smugglers’ boats that once operated on the lake.
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Josefswiese
An atmospheric Kreis 5 park in the shadow of a towering smokestack and railway viaduct, this family-friendly place has huge grassy expanses and a fountain for kids to splash in, along with drinks and snacks for sale at the adjacent Kiosk Josefswiese.
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Grottes de Réclère
Beneath the Préhisto Parc lie these stalagmite-filled caves, discovered in 1886 and open to visitors by guided tour; dress warm (the caves are freezing). A combined ticket for this and the Préhisto Parc costs Sfr15/10 per adult/child. No credit cards.
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Fusio
This pretty village sits surrounded by woods at the head of Val Lavizzara . From here the road leads to the dam holding back the emerald Lago Sambuco , from where you can hike to other lakes as well as north over the mountains into Valle Leventina.
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Forum der Schweizer Geschichte
Recently revamped top-to-bottom, this cultural hub of the Swiss National Museum offers splendid, engaging multilingual exhibits focused on the foundation of the Swiss Confederation and the development of Swiss culture and commerce through the centuries.
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Schaulager
Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, this sharply contoured, modernist art bunker displays huge video screens on the front facade, giving you a foretaste of the rolling temporary exhibitions inside. Catch tram 11 from Barfüsserplatz or Marktplatz.
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Musée Barbier
Protestant John Calvin lived in the house opposite this refined gallery space, filled with objects from so-called primitive societies – think pre-Columbian South American art treasures, Pacific Island statues, and shields and weapons from Africa.
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Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain
Set in an industrial 1950s factory, the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum plays cutting-edge host to young, international and cross-media exhibitions. Its free on the first Sunday of the month and between 6pm and 9pm the first Wednesday of every month.
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Bourbaki Panorama
Edouard Castres’ painstakingly detailed 1100-sq-metre circular painting depicting the internment of French troops in Switzerland after the Franco–Prussian War of 1870–71 is accompanied by a moving narrative (with written translation in English).
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Aargauer Kunsthaus
For centuries of Swiss art and the occasional temporary exhibition, call by Aargau’s home to the fine arts, about 250m south of the Old Town along Vordere Vorstadt and housed in a striking building that was renovated by Herzog & de Meuron in 2003.
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Gletscherschlucht
Turbulent waters carve a path through this craggy glacier gorge, a 30-minute walk south of the centre. A footpath weaves through tunnels hacked into cliffs veined with pink and green marble. It’s justifiably a popular spot for canyon and bungee-jumping expeditions.
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Dazio Grande
Today the restored Dazio Grande has pleasant, modern rooms, a small museum on the post’s history and a restaurant . The museum contains a small permanent display on the Via delle Genti, the transalpine route that followed this valley since medieval times.
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Werdenberg
Blink and you’ll miss this village and that would be a shame! Founded in 1289, it is said to be the oldest settlement of timber houses in Switzerland. The huddle of some 40-odd houses lies between an oversized pond and a grapevine-covered hill topped by a castle.
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