Places to visit in Switzerland
113 places to visit in Switzerland, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Abbey of Saint Gall, Aletsch Glacier and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in a volume for its state or province, filed under Switzerland on your shelf.
113 travel stamps in 24 states and provinces
The best known in Switzerland
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Abbey Library of St. Gallen
One of the oldest monastic libraries in the world, kept in the abbey district of St. Gallen. Its baroque hall is lined with carved wooden shelves and holds medieval manuscripts that go back to the early days of the Carolingian monastery.
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Abbey of Saint Gall
The monastery that grew on the spot where the Irish monk Gall built his hermitage, founded by Saint Othmar in 719. For centuries one of the chief Benedictine abbeys in Europe, its baroque cathedral and abbey district are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Aletsch Glacier
The largest glacier in the Alps, about 23 kilometres long, formed where four smaller glaciers meet at Konkordiaplatz, where the ice is up to 905 metres thick. It is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch UNESCO World Heritage Site, seen best from the ridges above Fiesch and Riederalp.
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Glarus Thrust
A great fault in the eastern Swiss Alps where older rock was pushed more than 100 kilometres north over younger layers. The line between them shows clearly as a stripe across the cliffs of the Tschingelhörner, part of the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona World Heritage Site.
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Jungfraujoch
A glacier saddle at 3,463 metres between the Jungfrau and the Mönch, sitting on the upper snows of the Aletsch Glacier. A railway tunnels up through the Eiger to reach it, ending at the highest railway station in Europe.
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La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle
Two neighbouring towns in the Jura mountains laid out in neat parallel streets for the watchmaking trade, with workshops and homes built to catch the daylight. They are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and La Chaux-de-Fonds is where Le Corbusier was born.
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Lavaux
Some 830 hectares of terraced vineyards climbing the south-facing slopes above Lake Geneva for about 30 kilometres between Lausanne and Montreux. Stone walls hold up the terraces, and wine villages sit among the vines of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Monte San Giorgio
A wooded mountain of the Lugano Prealps above Lake Lugano, close to the Italian border. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its fossils of ancient marine life, some of which are shown in the small museum at Meride.
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Old City of Bern
The medieval heart of Bern, built on a narrow hill wrapped on three sides by the Aare. Its layout has barely changed since the 12th to 15th centuries, much of it was rebuilt in sandstone after 1405, and long arcades run beneath the houses.
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Zytglogge
A medieval tower built in the early 13th century that has been a guard tower, a prison and the city's clock tower. Its astronomical clock and mechanical figures perform just before the hour strikes, a show that draws a crowd in the old town.
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Broken Chair
A wooden chair 12 metres high with one of its legs snapped off, standing on Place des Nations opposite the Palace of Nations. It was designed by the Swiss artist Daniel Berset, built by the carpenter Louis Genève and weighs 5.5 tonnes.
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CERN
The largest particle physics laboratory in the world, set up in 1954 at Meyrin on the edge of Geneva, right on the French border. The World Wide Web was invented here, and its Science Gateway and the wooden Globe of Science and Innovation are open to visitors.
Switzerland by state and province
- Bern28 stamps
- Graubünden10 stamps
- Zurich10 stamps
- Valais9 stamps
- Lucerne7 stamps
- Ticino7 stamps
- Vaud7 stamps
- Geneva6 stamps
- Uri4 stamps
- Basel-Stadt3 stamps
- St. Gallen3 stamps
- Fribourg2 stamps
- Neuchâtel2 stamps
- Nidwalden2 stamps
- Obwalden2 stamps
- Schaffhausen2 stamps
- Schwyz2 stamps
- Aargau1 stamp
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden1 stamp
- Appenzell Innerrhoden1 stamp
- Basel-Landschaft1 stamp
- Glarus1 stamp
- Solothurn1 stamp
- Thurgau1 stamp
Collecting in Switzerland
Does LOQAH have stamps in Switzerland?
Yes. 113 places in Switzerland have LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp, among them Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Abbey of Saint Gall, Aletsch Glacier. More are added over time.
How do I collect a stamp in Switzerland?
The same way as anywhere: open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge and the date.
How are my Switzerland stamps kept?
Each state or province you collect in gets a volume of its own, and the volumes sit together under Switzerland on your shelf.
I have been to Switzerland before. Can I add those trips?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Switzerland and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline: it is read on your phone and only the places it matches are added.
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