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Musée International d’Horlogerie
This is a well thought-out museum in a leafy park with history and fine arts museums as neighbours and a huge steel carillon that plays on the quarter, half-hour and hour.
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Devil’s Bridge
A two-hour walk north of Einsiedeln and back will bring you to the narrow, wood-covered Devil’s Bridge (Teufelsbrücke), built by abbey master Caspar Moosbrugger in 1699.
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Collegio Papio
The Collegio Papio , now a high school, boasts a fine Lombard courtyard and includes the 15th-century Chiesa Santa Maria della Misericordia , with medieval frescos.
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Blausee
From Kandersteg, its a scenic 5km hike up to the azure, crystal-clear Blausee and its nature park. The restaurant on its shore serves the organic trout caught here.
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Deutsche Kirche
Murtens German Church, dating to 1399, was rebuilt in baroque style in 1710. Dont miss its stucco ceiling and lovely polygonal pulpit, carved from a single oak tree trunk in 1484.
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Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel
Basel’s Toy World Museum claims the world’s biggest collection of teddy bears and a slew of extraordinarily detailed doll houses among its 6000 objects displayed over four floors.
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Schloss Hünegg
The plaything of a wealthy Prussian baron, silver-turreted Schloss Hünegg is a feast of art nouveau and neo-Renaissance styles, featuring fabulous 19th-century stuccoed salons.
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Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna
The Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna , in Palazzo Pancaldi, includes paintings by artists connected with the town, among them Paul Klee, Ben Nicholson, Alexej Jawlensky and Hans Arp.
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Heimat und Rebbaumuseum
This attractive 18th-century wooden chalet showcases exhibits on wine cultivation. The best time to actually taste local tipples is at the Läset-Sunntig wine festival in September.
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Heimwehfluh
A nostalgic funicular trundles up to family-friendly Heimwehfluh for long views across Interlaken. Kids love the bob run down the hill – lay off the brakes to pick up speed.
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Brasserie du Cardinal
Duck west under the train tracks along Passage du Cardinal and visit local brewery, Brasserie du Cardinal , which has brewed one of Switzerland’s best-known lagers since 1788.
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Migros Museum
Housed in the newly renovated Löwenbräu brewery, this well-funded contemporary art museum focuses on innovative work from the past few decades. Take tram 4, 13 or 17 to Dammweg.
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Lindenhof
Spectacular views across the Limmat to the Grossmünster from a tree-shaded hilltop park, smack in the heart of the Aldstadt (Old Town). Watch the boules players while you eat.
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Rosengarten
Uphill from the bear pit, the fragrant Rosengarten (rose garden) is as famous for its stupendous city views as its sweet-smelling blooms, although both are worth the climb.
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Ricola Herb Garden
The Ricola Herb Garden in the pretty mountain hamlet of Blatten bristles with aromatic herbs that end up in Ricola sweets and theres a family-fun touch and smell quiz to do.
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Jesuit Church
This church’s (1680-89) unprepossessing facade disguises an interior of baroque embellishments and stucco work. All the ‘marble’ in here is fake – mere spruced-up wood and plaster.
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Museum Oskar Reinhart am Stadtgarten
Reinhart’s 500-strong collection of Swiss, German and Austrian works of art from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries is displayed in a museum on the edge of the central city’s park.
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Museo d’Arte
This cutting-edge art space is housed in Villa Malpensata. Recent exhibitions have zoomed in on the likes of German avant-garde artist Hans Richter and French sculptor Jean-Arp.
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Monte San Salvatore
From Paradiso, the funicular to Monte San Salvatore operates from mid-March to early November. Aside from the views, the walk down to Paradiso or Melide is an hour well spent.
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Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Down by the riverfront, this extension of Basels Kunstmuseum focuses on temporary exhibitions of contemporary art (1990s and later). A combined ticket with the Kunstmuseum costs Sfr25.
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