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Aarau

Country
Switzerland
State
Argovia
City
Aarau
Type of Location
Multiple
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How to Reach

By Air

Airports nearest to Aarau are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Fricktal-Schupfart Airport (distanced approximately 17 km)
Triengen Airport (distanced approximately 17 km)
Buttwill Airport (distanced approximately 23 km)
Basel/mulhouse Basel Bad - Railway Airport (distanced approximately 23 km)
Luzern/Beromunster Airport (distanced approximately 25 km)

By Train

The Aarau station is a railway station in the Swiss town of Aarau in the canton of Aargau.Is a transit station for SBB trains in national traffic.On the south side of the complex is a separate train station for the narrow-gauge trains of Wynental and Suhrentalbahn.Around 46,000 passengers use the station daily.Inter-city and inter-regional trains to Zurich - St. Gallen, Zurich - Chur, Basel, Bern, Biel - Lausanne and Biel - Geneva.Regional express trains to Olten, Brugg - Wettingen and Zurich.Further provides Aarau S-Bahn to Zurich - Wetzikon (S3), Lenzburg - Baden respectively Olten - Langenthal (S23), Lenzburg - Winterthur - Red Cross (S26) and Wildegg - Brugg - Turgi (S29).Trains run from morning 5 to clock in the night at 1:30 clock.

By Bus

The transport company AAR bus + bahn, owner of the WSB operates with its subsidiary bus operation Aarau several city bus lines, which also open up the suburbs.In addition, two run bus lines through the Jura hills to the Frick, one of the Benkerjoch, on the other Staffelegg.In Aarau intersect three cycle routes : the north-south route, the Aare Route and the Mittelland route.

By Road

Aarau is a major transport hub.South of the city runs the A1, the main motorway in Switzerland.The exit Aarau-West is located approximately five miles south in Oberentfelden.Located six miles east of Aarau-Ost in connection Hunzenschwil is on a four-lane highway (T5) is reached.The city is at the intersection of several important main roads.The most important is the main road 5 from Lausanne over Neuchatel, Solothurn and Aarau to Koblenz.It joins the main road 23 from Aarau via Beromunster and Sumiswald to Kirchberg and the main road 24 from Frick on Staffelegg and Aarau to Sursee.

Key places to visit
City Church of Aarau, Aargau Art Museum, Schlossli Aarau, Schachen Racecourse, Brugglifeld Stadium, Roggenhausen wildlife park


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Places to Visit

City Church of Aarau

is a church reformed church building in Aarau, the capital of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.The late-Gothic building in the old town of Aarau is presented as a three-aisled basilica and in the years 1471 to 1478 according to the specifications of the mendicant built.The church is a heritage of national importance classified.It belongs to the Reformed congregation in Aarau the Reformed Church of Aargau but also of the Old Catholic parish used.

Aargau Art Museum

is an art museum in Aarau in the canton of Aargau (Switzerland).Under Beat Wismer (director from 1985 to 2007) were gaps in the collection of the 20th Century closed and in particular the collection of constructive and concrete art expanded (Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Richard Paul Lohse, Camille Graeser, Verena Loewensberg).In time the Directorate Beat Wismer is the extension of the art building designed by the architects Herzog & de Meuron and Remy Zaugg was planned.In 2003 the extension was opened.The lobby is spacious with a long checkout counter, a museum shop and a spacious, bright designed museum restaurant, a large staircase leading upstairs.The exhibition rooms are spacious and simply arrange themselves in the art and also allow the hanging of large formats.

Schlossli Aarau

is a castle in the Swiss town of Aarau.It is located on the northeastern edge of the town dates from the 13th Century and is the oldest surviving building in the city.Today it houses the city museum Aarau.The Schlossli Aarau city houses the museum.It deals with the city's history, shows the industrial and the domestic culture of past centuries and also offers an exhibition of photography and surveying instruments.Individual rooms are dedicated to different personalities Aarau.In the immediate vicinity, which is home to the castle garden, the seat of government in 1798 as the Helvetic Republic was used.

Schachen Racecourse

The racecourse Schachen is a horse racing track in Aarau in Switzerland.It is located at the swimming pool in the street chess district, about half a kilometer west of the town and extends partially onto the territory of the neighboring community Eppenberg-Woschnau.The track for a gallop and trotting races has a length of 1200 meters.On the inside there are two diagonals of steeplechase racing and additional barriers to cross.The racing club Aarau annually organizes four major race days as well as numerous other events.These include greyhound racing and dog sports days.Furthermore found here in July on the same day as the Maienzug instead the open-air music festival Chrutwaje.

Brugglifeld Stadium

The stadium is a football stadium Brugglifeld in Aarau.It is the home of football club FC Aarau.In regard to the year 2008 was planned as part of an urban planning project, the construction of a new home for FC Aarau.The medium agricultural arena, the heart of the midland parks should include 12,500 seats once.On 25 September 2005 rejected the city's population Aarau plans for the new stadium and the new shopping center off.The FC Aarau Aarau AG and the city are currently working on a new solution to save the club before the demotion. The Swiss Football Association tolerated Brugglifeld the stadium after 2008 no longer in the major leagues.

Roggenhausen wildlife park

Three kilometers southwest of the center is open all year round wildlife park Roggenhausen.The charitable foundation "Aarau EUSI gsund city" runs (Aarau our healthy city) at local and regional health promotion and disease prevention especially where it promotes sporting activities.1990 the Astronomical Association of Aarau one planet one.Is six miles long leads from the Linde echo through the forest after Kolliken and represents the solar system in the "planetary scale" of 1:1 billion dar.

Right Time to Visit

May - July

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