Sunday, March 31, 2019

Where Is Einstein's Home? Cities To See In Switzerland: Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lucerne, Zurich



Switzerland - which city to see?

Where Next?

Basel
On the north western border.
City Hall (Rathaus) red with murals, art museums.
Caricature & Cartoon Museum.
Other speciality museums in the city and surroundings are on: art, architecture, design, dolls houses, Jewish museum, toys, wine.

Berne
einsteinhaus
Einstein's home with his wife, where he wrote the theory of relativity, whilst working for the Swiss patent office.



Einsteinhaus living room. Photo from Wikipedia under Einsteinhaus. Public domain.

Geneva - water fountain, flower clock, Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Geneva.

Lucerne - chapel bridge with water tower, covered bridge with frescoes and plaques inside.

Photo author Simon Koopman in Wikipedia.

Zurich
Chagall Windows in Fraumunster.
Art Museum.
Riverside walk and parallel hillside shopping street.
Corbusier House and Corbusier furniture in museum.

Useful Websites

BASEL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caricature_%26_Cartoon_Museum_Basel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museums_in_Basel

https://www.tripadvisor.com.sg/Attractions-g188049-Activities-Basel.html

BERNE
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Berne
GENEVA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Red_Cross_and_Red_Crescent_Movement

ZURICH
Handy and detailed information on museums and food.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Zurich
wikitravel

https://www.zuerich.com/en

 Chagall Windows
https://www.zuerich.com/en/visit/attractions/chagalls-church-windows

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall

 Corbusier House & Furniture
Corbusier Furniture
https://www.zuerich.com/en/visit/culture/museum-fuer-gestaltung-toni-areal#internal
https://www.zuerich.com/en/visit/attractions/pavillon-le-corbusier#internal
tripadvisor

 Multi-lingual Lunchtime Toastmasters Club
The International Lunchtime Toastmasters in Zurich
https://iltm.ch/

SWITZERLAND

1 Tourism
Airline etc
https://www.swiss.com/sg/en/

2 Switzerland
https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-sg/accueil.html

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer. See previous post on Zurich. Please share links to your favourite posts.

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