One day in Rapperswil, Switzerland

A day through Rapperswil’s best-known sights that lie close together: Catholic Church of St. John with Chapel of Our Lady, City Museum (formerly: Local History Museum), Polish Museum, Rapperswil Castle, Knie's Kinderzoo and Heilig Hüsli. 6 stops, about 1.3 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Catholic Church of St. John with Chapel of Our LadyTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. City Museum (formerly: Local History Museum)Museum · 0.1 km on from Catholic Church of St. John with Chapel of Our Lady · On the map
  3. Polish MuseumMuseum · 0.1 km on from City Museum (formerly: Local History Museum) · On the map
  4. Rapperswil CastleCastle · Next to Polish Museum · On the map
  5. Knie's KinderzooZoo or aquarium · 0.4 km on from Rapperswil Castle · On the map
  6. Heilig HüsliTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Knie's Kinderzoo · On the map

6 stops, 2.3 km on foot along the streets: about 28 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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