Christmas trip to Switzerland

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EdtheAussie

·Jul 25, 2017

Hey everyone,

I'm heading over to sweden (my SO is swedish) for christmas this year, and we decided to go through switzerland for a few days on the way to the homeland.

Do you have any suggestions for watch/non-watch related things to visit/do?

Thanks,
Ed

 

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gemini4

·Jul 25, 2017·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

Nice. Taking the neutrality tour. Not many war museums to visit.

 

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ConElPueblo

·Jul 25, 2017

gemini4

Nice. Taking the neutrality tour. Not many war museums to visit.

But a relatively large number of armaments factories, funnily enough 😗

To the OP; go and visit Denmark, Sweden's better looking neighbour 😁



*runs*

 

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ATWG

·Jul 25, 2017

Nice train ride to Zermaat to see the Matterhorn would be on top of my list during winter.

 

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gemini4

·Jul 25, 2017·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

On the south side of the Alps, the train up to Zermatt and further up to the Gornergrat. You can gondola even higher to the Kleine Matterhorn.
On the north side, you can train it from Interlaken through Grindelwald to the Jungfraujoch.
Both trips are all day adventures BUT are not cheap and a clear day is a must.
If you are using the trains for a few days, are going on expensive mountain rides, consider purchasing a half fare card.

Jungfraujoch

 

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ATWG

·Jul 25, 2017

What a great a picture! Here is the Matterhorn taken from the Gornegrart observatory @ 3,093 meters.

 

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smitty190373

·Jul 25, 2017

+1 for the Gornegrart observatory. I was there in 2013.

 

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eugeneandresson

·Jul 25, 2017

gemini4

On the south side of the Alps, the train up to Zermatt and further up to the Gornergrat. You can gondola even higher to the Kleine Matterhorn.
On the north side, you can train it from Interlaken through Grindelwald to the Jungfraujoch.
Both trips are all day adventures BUT are not cheap and a clear day is a must.

If you have kit (i.e. maybe you are on your way to Åre) get a ski day pass and do all that PLUS add to the sense of amazement by strapping your ski's/snowboard on and riding all the way down and around the Matterhorn as many times as you can in one day...its a serious long (awesome) ride. If you cant ski/snowboard then just ignore...

gemini4

If you are using the trains for a few days, are going on expensive mountain rides, consider purchasing a half fare card.

If you come for longer and plan on riding lots of trains, a GA can also be worth it. But if you are only here for a few days, then on top of a 1/2 tax is also the '9-o-clock' pass -> gives you pretty much a ticket for the entire country at a good price after 9am...which can be cheaper than point to point tickets.

But be warned, everything is $$$$$$$$$$$$.

 

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ATWG

·Jul 25, 2017

Switzerland in general is $$$$$$$$. Everything is 1.5-2x the US, or at least that's what it used to be a few years back.

 

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gemini4

·Jul 25, 2017·Hoarder Of Speed et alia

I've only visited in the Summer. Only $$$$ then

 

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Horoticus

·Jul 25, 2017

I've only been to Zurich and would recommend it wholeheartedly. Stay downtown and enjoy the history, people watching and food. And Bahnhofstrasse has a watch shop or two. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge...😉

 

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lando

·Jul 25, 2017

I am living here in Switzerland and to me it feels more like CHFCHFCHFCHF. 😉

 

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eugeneandresson

·Jul 25, 2017

lando

I am living here in Switzerland and to me it feels more like CHFCHFCHFCHF. 😉

Me2. But $$$$$$$$$$$ = (some factor)*CHFCHFCHFCHF 😀

 

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ATWG

·Jul 25, 2017

Truth to be told, Sud Tirol is a much better value and just as nice.....granted no Matterhorn, but the mighty Dolomites.

 

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TheCaptainOfTech

·Aug 5, 2017

EdtheAussie

Hey everyone,

I'm heading over to sweden (my SO is swedish) for christmas this year, and we decided to go through switzerland for a few days on the way to the homeland.

Do you have any suggestions for watch/non-watch related things to visit/do?

Thanks,
Ed

I actually just came back from Geneva about a couple weeks ago. Lots to see both watch and not watch related, such as the Patek Museum, UN headquarters, Red Cross. Geneva is a beautiful city. Very easy to walk just about anywhere. But be careful it is expensive (food, taxi's, etc.) almost everything is imported hence the cost.

 

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EdtheAussie

·Aug 5, 2017

Thanks for all the input guys, lots of things to consider! But probably not much skiing 😜