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Maison de Rousseau et de la Literature
A 25-minute audiovisual display traces the troubled life of Genevas greatest thinker, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was born in this house in 1712.
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Alpengarten
Atop the1967m plateau of Schynige Platte, the Alpengarten nurtures 600 types of Alpine blooms, including snowbells, arnica, gentian and edelweiss.
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Schweizerisches Alpines Museum
The Swiss Alpine Museum hosts special exhibitions; its permanent collection of relief maps and Alpine mountaineering exhibits are kept under wraps.
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Knies Kinderzoo
An offshoot of Rapperswils famous century-old, family-run Circus Knie, this childrens zoo southeast of the train station houses 300 animals.
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Planetarium
Switzerlands largest planetarium, in Luzerns Verkehrshaus (transport museum), presents a variety of shows every afternoon on its 508-sq-metre dome.
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Musée Suisse de l’Appareil Photographique
Focussing on the instrument rather than the image, this photography museum explores inventors, techniques and equipment and is a must for gear nuts.
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Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie
This 15th-century church has an extraordinary fresco cycle of the life and death of Christ. The centrepiece is a panel depicting Christ’s crucifixion.
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Volkskunde Museum
This folksy museum provides an overview of Appenzell life, its collection spanning everything from pastoral paintings to cheesemaking traditions.
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Fontaine de la Justice
Fanciful gold-leaf fountain topped by a woman representing Justice; see a copy on the street and the original in the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire.
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Museum für Kommunikation
Berns Communications Museum houses items such as antique phones and stamps as well as an entertaining historical retrospective on computers.
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MUDAC
This ode to modern design and applied arts hosts six intriguing temporary exhibitions each year. Find it opposite the cathedrals southern side.
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Chiesa Nuova
Guarded by a giant bas-relief St Christopher, the baroque-gone-mad Chiesa Nuova has cherubs and stucco smothering its pastel-painted interior.
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Campione d’Italia Casino
The 12-storey casino, converted by Lugano’s favourite architect, Mario Botta, into Europe’s biggest in 2005, does a brisk business. Smart dress is required.
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Musée de Montreux
Displays range from Roman finds and period furniture to thimbles and street signs at Montreux’ local history museum, situated inside an old winegrower’s house.
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Juraparc
About 2km south of Vallorbe on the road to Lac de Joux at Mont d’Orzeires is Juraparc , where North American bison cavort in the company of bears and wolves.
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Engadiner Museum
For a peek at the archetypal dwellings and humble interiors of the Engadine Valley, visit this museum showing traditional stoves and archaeological finds.
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Antikenmuseum Basel
This multilevel museum contains Switzerland’s most impressive collection of ancient artefacts, dating from the heyday of the pharaohs in Egypt to Roman times.
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Schloss Rapperswil
North of the train station and boat dock, Rapperswils Old Town is dominated by this 13th-century castle, which is worth a climb for the views from its terrace.
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Statue of St Benedikt
For a fine view over the abbey complex to the surrounding hills, wander through the monastery stables and continue uphill for 15 minutes to this statue.
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Site Archéologique de la Cathédrale St
The highlights of this small archaeological site in the basement of Genevas cathedral are fine 4th-century mosaics and the tomb of an Allobrogian chieftain.
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