Switzerland
Things to do in Schaffhausen & Rhine Falls
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Sightlore has 13 places to explore in Schaffhausen & Rhine Falls, and 7 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Schaffhausen & Rhine Falls's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Rhine Falls
The Rhine Falls is a waterfall on the High Rhine in Switzerland. It is the most powerful waterfall in Europe and a popular tourist attraction.
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Munot
The Munot is a circular 16th-century fortification located on Emmersberg hill in the city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and serves as a symbol of the city.
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Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
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Museum of All Saints
The region's most important museum, in the former Allerheiligen Abbey, combining archaeology, history, art and natural history.
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Laufen Castle
Laufen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Laufen-Uhwiesen in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance overlooking the Rhine Falls.
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Kloster St. Georgen zu Stein am Rhein
St. George's Abbey, Stein am Rhein (Kloster Sankt Georgen, Stein am Rhein) was a Benedictine monastery in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland.
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Hohenklingen Castle
Hohenklingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stein am Rhein of the Canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Discovery routes in Schaffhausen & Rhine Falls
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Schaffhausen, the Rhine Falls and Stein am Rhein
From the Munot to Schaffhausen Minster and the Museum zu Allerheiligen, from the Rhine Falls and Laufen Castle to Stein am Rhein, St. George's Abbey and Hohenklingen Castle.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Munot
The Munot is a circular 16th-century fortification located on Emmersberg hill in the city of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and serves as a symbol of the city.
Laufen Castle
Laufen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Laufen-Uhwiesen in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance overlooking the Rhine Falls.
Stein am Rhein
Stein am Rhein is a historic town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
Hohenklingen Castle
Hohenklingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stein am Rhein of the Canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Herblingen Castle
Herblingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stetten of the Canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Rheinbrücke N4
Cable-stayed road bridge over the Rhine between Schaffhausen and Flurlingen, built in 1995.
Castrum Tasgetium
Late Roman frontier fort with a bridgehead fort and civilian settlement at Eschenz, opposite Stein am Rhein.
Museums
Museum of All Saints
The region's most important museum, in the former Allerheiligen Abbey, combining archaeology, history, art and natural history.
Places of worship
Münster Schaffhausen
Münster is one of the two main churches of the old town of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
Kloster St. Georgen zu Stein am Rhein
St. George's Abbey, Stein am Rhein (Kloster Sankt Georgen, Stein am Rhein) was a Benedictine monastery in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland.
Former Benedictine Abbey of All Saints (monastery/convent church, Erhard and Michaelis Chapel, infirmary and novitiate, beguinage, predecessor buildings I-III)
Kloster Allerheiligen (lit. 'All Saints Abbey') is a former Benedictine monastery in the Swiss municipality of Schaffhausen in the Canton of Schaffhausen.
Nature
Rhine Falls
The Rhine Falls is a waterfall on the High Rhine in Switzerland. It is the most powerful waterfall in Europe and a popular tourist attraction.
Kesslerloch
The Kesslerloch is a cave near Thayngen in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland.
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