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EXPERIENCE Northern Switzerland

Festsaal, and former offices
3 \-= and resi dential quarters. The
WINTERTHUR town hall passage, which
connects Marktgasse with
Stadthausstrasse, is decorated
with opulent ceiling frescoes
! E2 ⌂ 20 km (12 miles) NE of Zürich n Winterthur
Hauptbahnhof; winterthur-tourismus.ch and hosts shops and a café.
A two-minute walk away, at
Now associated chiefly with textiles and mechanical Stadthausstrasse 4a, stands
engineering, Winterthur is the second-largest city in the imposing Neo-Renaissance
the canton of Zürich. Despite its industrial character, Stadthaus. It was designed
this is a pleasant town, with leafy streets, open green by Gottfried Semper, who lec-
spaces and a fully pedestrianized historic core. It also tured at Zürich’s Technical
University, and completed in
has several outstanding art galleries that can be 1869. Once the seat of the city
explored via the museum bus, which circles the town council, it now houses the
every hour, stopping at the main museums and galleries. town’s main con cert hall.
S T . - G E O R G E N - S T R A S S E Sammlung Oskar Reinhart S T
am Römerholz
1 several other historic buildings, 3 "'- THEATERSTR. STRÄULISTR. 1 km (0.5 mile)
including the 1717 Haus zur
Kunsthalle Geduld (Patience House). Fotomuseum MERKURSTR. SULZBERGSTR. LIEBESTRASSE Kunst Museum FALKENSTR. . - G E O R G E N - S T R A S S E
Beim Stadthaus
Winterthur M U S E U M S T R A S S E M U S E U M S T R A S S E FRIEDENSTRASSE PA LM STRASS E
⌂ Grüzenstrasse 44
⌂ Marktgasse 25 # Noon– # 11am–6pm Tue–Sun Winterthur Stadtgarten LINDSTR. Stadthaus
6pm Wed–Fri, noon–4pm 2 "'-= (to 8pm Wed) ∑ foto station B A H N H O F P L A T Z Kunst Museum Technorama
Reinhart am
Sat & Sun Rathaus museum.ch BANKSTRASSE Stadtgarten S T A D T H A U S S T R A S S E G E N E R A L - G U I S A N - S T R A S S E R Ö M E R S T R A S S E 2.5 km (1.5 miles)
Haus zur
∑ kunsthallewinterthur.ch Rathaus Geduld O BE RTOR
⌂ Marktgasse 20 § 052 267 This oustanding museum, set S T A D T H A U S S T R A S S E MA RKTG ASS E Lindengut-
The former Waaghaus (Weigh 51 25 # 2–5pm Tue–Sat, in a spacious and well-restored Kunsthalle park
House) has been converted 10am–noon & 2–5pm Sun warehouse, is one of the finest BAHNHOF- U NT E RTO R MARKTG. Winterthur KIRCH- AD L E RST R ASSE SE I DEN ST R A SS E PA L M ST R A SS E
into a spacious exhibition hall, of its kind in Europe. On dis- PLATZ PLATZ O BE RGA SS E UNTERER GRABEN OBERER GRABEN BADGASSE NEUSTADTGASSE
the Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur’s Neo-Renaissance play is a comprehensive range ARCH- MARKT METZGGASSE Stadtkirche
NEU-
which organizes shows of town hall was built in 1874 on of images, from the early PLATZ STEI N BE RG GA SSE S T . G A L L E R S T R A S S E
contemporary art by local the site of a former Gothic beginnings of photog raphy to ARCH ST R. TECHNIKUMSTRASSE HOLDER- TÖSSTALSTR. G Ä R T N
PLATZ
and internationally renowned structure. In 1878, the ground the most recent exam ples of
artists every year. Marktgasse, floor was converted into a the art, by interna tional and L A G E R H A U S S T R A S S E
the Old Town’s pedestrianized shopping arcade. The upper local photographers. The FROHBERGSTR. FROHBERGSTR. TURMHALDENSTR. TECHNIKUMSTRASSE ADL E R STRASSE E R S T R A S S E
main artery and its principal floors have remained intact museum also holds world- Eulach T Ö S S T A L S T Adlergarten P A L M S T R A S S E
shopping street, is lined with and include the stuccoed class exhibitions. MÜHLESTR.
0 metres 200 N ROS ENSTR AS SE WILD BACHSTRASSE ZEUGHAUSSTRASE Fotomuseum
192 0 yards 200 BÜELRAINSTR. TEUCHELWELHER- OBERMÜH LESTR. R A S S E GRÜZENSTR.
PLATZ
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