Sights in Switzerland
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Jardin Botanique
In the north of the city is the impressive Jardin Botanique with exotic plants and an aviary.
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Kennels and Museum
Fondation Barry runs the kennels and museum, which you can visit in summer.
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Klostermuseum
Klostermuseum is crammed with memorabilia on the history of the monastery.
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Chiesa di San Francesco
The 16th-century Chiesa di San Francesco has frescos by Baldassare Orelli.
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Römermuseum
The Römermuseum features an authentic Roman house among its exhibits.
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Kunsthalle Zürich
Kunsthalle Zürich features changing exhibitions of contemporary art.
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Northern Tower, Cathédrale de St-Pierre
Atop the 157-step northern tower of Cathédrale de St-Pierre a city panorama fans out.
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Chiesa di Sant 'Antonio
Chiesa di Sant 'Antonio is best known for its altar to the Cristo Morto (Dead Christ).
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Musée Rath
Musée Rath under renovation is expected to open in spring, 2009.
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Lac Souterrain St-Léonard
Tiny St-Léonard hides Europe’s biggest underground lake.
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Bois de la Bâtie
Peacocks, goats and deer roam, and there's a well-equipped playgrounds for toddlers.
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Jardin des Cinq Sens
Jardin des Cinq Sens is a restored medieval vegetable garden.
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Musikmuseum
The Musikmuseum contains a broad collection of instruments.
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Hôtel de Ville
En route to Espace Rousseau you pass the 15th-century Hôtel de Ville .
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Fontaine de la Justice
A fanciful gold-leafed fountain topped with a maiden representing Justice.
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Rathaus
The vivid red Rathaus, built in the 16th century has since been restored.
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Fontaine du Banneret
A fanciful gold-leafed fountain topped with a banner-wielding knight.
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Hôtel de Ville
City government is housed in the 17th-century Hôtel de Ville .
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Kindlifresserbrunnen
This fountain depicts a giant, snacking…on children.
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Parco Botanico San Grato
Parco Botanico San Grato is worth a visit.
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Pont du Mont-Blanc
Geneva's only road-traffic bridge, notorious for backlogs.
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Parc de la Perle du Lac
Where Romans built ornate thermal baths.
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Museum für Gegenwartskunst
A contemporary collection.
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Puppet Theatre
For the kids.
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Helvetiaplatz Museums
The area called Helvetiaplatz is home to a number of museums, the pick of which is probably the Historisches Museum Bern. Tapestries, diptychs and other world treasures vividly illustrate Bernese history from the Stone Age to the 20th century in a building that resembles a fairy-tale castle from a distance. Part of the history museum is devoted to a superb permanent exhibition on Einstein.
The Schweizerisches Alpines Museum outlines the history of Alpine mountaineering and cartography with the help of impressive relief maps, while the Naturhistorisches Museum features the famous moth-eaten and taxidermied remains of Barry, a St Bernard rescue dog. Also in the neighbourhood…
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