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Popular General Tips | Other General Tips Tips | All Tips (18) Schaffhausen is located on the northern border of Switzerland and Germany, about halfway between Basel and the Austrian border. It is part of Canton Schaffhausen, and the nearest major city is likely Zurich to the south, about an hours drive. The city itself is about 5km south of the German border, and total travel time for us from Stuttgart was 1,5 hours at autobahn speeds (120-180km/hour).
You can expect a slight delay at the border, as Switzerland is not a member of the EU, so passage is not guarenteed between countries. You will have to stop for the border guards, however the guard we encountered did not ask for ID, just verified our purpose in entering, and asked where we would be going. He was excited to hear we came to visit Schaffhausen! Leave a Comment
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During our time at Rhine Falls and Schaffhausen, we noticed many Swiss flags, which have a very simple design. The red flag and white cross are very easily spotted on many buildings and houses.
The flag is actually one of the two soverign nation flags which are square. If you would like to hazard a guess at the other, please leave a comment on this page. Correct answers will be replied to... and others may try as many times as they like. Leave a Comment
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catch a glimpse of the thundering Rhine Falls. As I was mentioning earlier, the falls are indeed a spectacular sight: Did you know that even when the river is in (only) medium flow yet around 700 cubic meters of water tumble some 75 feet over the rocks every second, forming a curtain of foam 150 meters wide?? Impressed? Yeah, me too.... as I just realized this fact (when I referred to my brochure).
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walk around the Rheinfall! Make the way to Schloss Laufen and downstairs to the falls! The views are magnificient and you are right in between the water...it´s scary! I always thought that the water would rise and.....ok it never happened, but it´s really a lot of water above yourself!!!
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Wandering around the old town and look for obvious and hidden treasures. It can easily be done in a day trip from Zürich combined with the Rhine Fall to which you can either walk along the Rhine or take bus no. 1 or 6.
I like the Munot castle a lot which houses some old weapons and in summer there are sometimes concerts or openair cinema on the open space on the top. Behinde the Munot there are some deer living in a pit. Leave a Comment
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visit the spectacular waterfalls (the BIGGEST) in the whole of Europe - yes, the Rhein Falls. 3 million visitors (per year) can't be wrong. ;-)
That's me at the Rhine Falls here in Schaffhausen.
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Just walk trought the town, discover every corner, meet new people and catch the spirit of these beautyfull place, I hope to be there again soon.
My friends in Mexico love this picture, i told them about the beautyfull work of fine painting in each house. I found houses made about 14th century and older. This building has a solar clock in his wall. Leave a Comment
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Very nice to see. We realy enjoyed ourselfes.Only where
there on the way to ST-Moritz.
Had a picnic by the falls.
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MUSTS:
visiting the castle called 'Munot' as well as the 'Rheinfall', Europes highest and most spectacular waterfall...
my parents.... they're living there
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