Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen is a city in north-eastern Switzerland on the river Rhine, next to the German border. Its prime tourist attraction are the Rhine Falls, Europe's largest waterfalls. Wikivoyage

Population 38,964 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Switzerland

• 112EmergencyEmergency service
• 117PolicePolice
• 118FireFire
• 140BreakdownBreakdown
• 144AmbulanceAmbulance
• 145PoisoningPoisoning
• 1414HelicopterHelicopter
• 1414AmbulanceAmbulance

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

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• Munot Attraction · 600 m
• Schillerglocke Attraction · 600 m
• Museum im Zeughaus Museum · 650 m
• Museum Stemmler Museum · 380 m
• Rhyfallexpress zum Rheinfall Attraction · 510 m
• Museum zu Allerheiligen Museum · 600 m
• IWC-Uhren-Museum Museum · 680 m
• Känzeli Viewpoint · 220 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Eating nearby

• Thai 3
• Chinese 3
• Kebab 3
• Italian 3
• Mexican 2
• Regional 2
• Sandwich 2
• Persian 1

All 45 places to eat

Somewhere to run

• Promenade 270 m across 810 m
• Fäsenstaub 200 m across 620 m
• Urwerf 270 m across 990 m
• Badeplatz Usser Gründen 360 m across 1.4 km

Getting around

• Schaffhausen Bahnhof (Regionalbusse) 110 m
• Schaffhausen 220 m
• ilyas Taxi 280 m
• Rhyfallexpress zum Rheinfall 2.0 km
• Schaffhausen (Schifflände) 780 m
• Feuerthalen 1.3 km

More train stations: Neuhausen 2.0 km, Neuhausen Badischer Bahnhof 2.5 km, Neuhausen Rheinfall 2.6 km, Langwiesen 2.8 km, Herblingen 3.0 km, Schloss Laufen am Rheinfall 3.0 km, Beringerfeld 3.1 km, Dachsen 3.9 km, Beringen 4.4 km, Schlatt 4.7 km

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