Winterthur - The Art City
Winterthur - Switzerland is a Swiss town, about 28 km north of Zurich. The town used to be a rather ugly industrial city and has undergone a great transformation into a citiy full of students and new start-ups.
From the times of the great commodity traders, especially silk and cotton, there are some great museums that contain very rare exhibits.
Also, the Photo-Museum is Eruope's most important museum of photography.
Winterthur - Switzerland
Winterthur (pronounced: Ger. /v?n:t?r,tur/, Eng. /,t??r/) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has an estimated population of ca. 100'000 and is the sixth largest in Switzerland. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti. Today Winterthur is a service and high tech industry centre, but many people make use of its proximity to Zurich, which is only 18 minutes by train.
Winterthur is connected to Germany and Italy by direct trains and enjoys excellent links to Zurich Airport. It is also a regional transportation hub: the A1 motorway from Geneva through to St. Margrethen connects in Winterthur with the A4 motorway heading north toward Schaffhausen and the A7 motorway heading close to the Swiss-German border at Kreuzlingen. There are also roads leading to other places such as Turbenthal. The Station of Winterthur is one of the highest frequent Stations of Switzerland. FC Winterthur is the local football side.
Guide Books about Winterthur and Switzerland
Insight Guide Switzerland (Insight Guides)
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The Rough Guide to Switzerland, 1st Edition (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
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Switzerland - Culture Smart!: a quick guide to customs and etiquette (Culture Smart!)
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The Museums of Winterthur
Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur
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Fotomuseum Winterthur
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Gewerbemuseum Winterthur
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Kunsthalle Winterthur
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Kunstmuseum Winterthur
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Museum Lindengut Winterthur
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Museum Briner und Kern Winterthur
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Naturmuseum Winterthur
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Museum Schloss Kyburg
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Technorama Winterthur
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Uhrensammlung Winterthur
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Villa Flora Winterthur
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The Canton of Zurich
The Canton of Zürich (German: Kanton ) has a population of about 1.3 million. The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zürich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch. In English the name of the canton is often written without umlauts: Canton of Zurich.
Winterthur Business Links
- TECHNOPARK Winterthur - Zentrum für Innovation | www.TECHNOPARK-WINTERTHUR.ch
- The business center for start-ups in Winterthur
- gruenden.ch - Die Gründungsplattform des Kantons Zürich - gruenden.ch:
- Die Gründungsplattform des Kantons Zürich
Information for company founders - Standort Winterthur:
- Standortförderung Region Winterthur. Office of the Business Promotion Department city of Winterthur
Winterthur Photos
Open Expo Wintertur
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Switzerland
Switzerland (English pronunciation: ; , Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz , , ), officially the Swiss Confederation (Confoederatio Helvetica in Latin, hence its ISO country codes CH and CHE), is a landlocked alpine country of roughly 7.6 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km². Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called cantons. Berne is the seat of the federal authorities, while the country's economic centres are its three global cities, Geneva, Basel and especially Zürich. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world by per capita Gross Domestic Product. Zurich and Geneva have respectively been ranked as having the first and second highest quality of life in the world.Swiss and German cities dominate ranking of best cities in the world
It is bordered by the countries Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. Switzerland has a long history of neutrality?it has not been at war since 1815?and hosts many international organizations, including the Red Cross, the World Trade Organization and one of the U.N.'s two European offices. However, it is not a member of the European Union. Switzerland is multilingual and has four national languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. The country's formal name is in German, in French, in Italian and in Romansh. The establishment of Switzerland is traditionally dated to 1 August 1291; the first of August is the national holiday.
Switzerland's name is pronounced as in German, in French, in Italian and in Romansh.
Winterthur - Tourisme - City Sightseeing by Video
Winterthur - tourism
a short movie with impressions of Winterthur by the Swiss tourism organization
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