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Favorite thing: I first have to explain that I have an ambiguous relationship to water. On the one hand I love it - love the beach, love lakes, love rivers... I love the atmosphere and the beauty. On the other hand I am a bad swimmer and am kind of afraid of water. If it is too much, I feel overwhelmed!
And that is what happened in Schaffhausen. If you stand on the viewing platform, it can become really impressive. There is so much water - tons and tons of it - going down just in front of you. It is such a power, so raging and enormous. It is so loud that you cannot understand other people even if they scream, and the mass of water running down every second is just unbelievable.
Yes, I have not been to Niagara or Victoria Falls. But this was impressive enough for me as a starter. I really had to leave the platform after a few minutes, I felt really dizzy from it all.
But it is still my favourite thing at the place because it was kind of an eye-opener. Nature's power can be overwhelming for sure!
I have tried to capture the moment on pictures - not really successful, but it revives the memory :-) And at least you can see how CLOSE the platform is to the water. I have not edited the pictures, you really are that close.
Updated Oct 2, 2011
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Favorite thing: 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!
Written Feb 19, 2008
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Favorite thing: 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.
Written Feb 19, 2008
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Favorite thing: 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.
Fondest memory: 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.
Written Feb 25, 2003
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Favorite thing: 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!!!
GREAT!
Written Sep 12, 2002
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Favorite thing: 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).
Written Sep 12, 2002
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Favorite thing: visit the spectacular waterfalls (the BIGGEST) in the whole of Europe - yes, the Rhein Falls. 3 million visitors (per year) can't be wrong. ;-)
Fondest memory: That's me at the Rhine Falls here in Schaffhausen.
Written Sep 12, 2002
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Favorite thing: 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.
Fondest memory: 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.
Written Sep 8, 2002
Favorite thing: Many of the buildings are themselves works of art, all you need to do is look up. This is a living art museum and it is FREE. This building was covered with drawings.
Updated Jun 23, 2003
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