The St.Mangen Church is the oldest church in the city of St. Gallen. First some Facts: The church was built in 898 in honour of the monk Magnus. From 916-926,…
Die Tivolihöhle in der Stadt St.Gallen ist eine kleine Höhle mitten in einem schönen Waldabschnitt. Um zur Höhle zu kommen, nimmt man am Besten den Bus bis zur Haltestelle «Hagenbuch».…
The Volksbad St. Gallen is the oldest indoor swimming pool still in existence in Switzerland. It was opened in 1906. The building was damaged twice by fire, once even by…
Neugasse 43/49 Die Bauplastiken am 1907-1909 erbauten Haus wurden von Cyrin/Carl Anton Buzzi erstellt. Oben steht in grossen goldenen Grossbuchstaben ZUR TREUE. Es werden die fünf Bereiche des öffentlichen Lebens…
Mühlegg Talstation | muehleggbahn.ch ↗ Since 1893, this small cable car connects the old town with the St.Georgen district. The Mühleggbahn leaves every few minutes. You have to ride at…
Twelve sandstone heads were added to the neo-Gothic Siegle house at Bankgasse 9 (right next to the blue house). These were created by Henri Gisbert Geene (1909). The house has…
On the way from Gallusplatz to St.Lawrence Church stands the „Blue House“ (directly next to the Siegle House). It is a half-timbered building from 1575 with two corner centres. The…
An der Ecke zur Neugasse steht das Haus zur Waage. (ca.1903/08) Über den Fenstern des zweiten Obergeschosses befinden sich fünf Köpfe. Jeder Kopf verkörpert einen Erdteil. Sie wurden erbaut von…
The Abbey Library is Switzerland’s most magnificent late baroque building, it’s Switzerland’s oldest library and one of those few places in the world that will absolutely take your breath away.…
Constructed from 1755-70, St. Gallen Cathedral is one of the last monumental sacred buildings in Europe of the late baroque period and features eastern and western rotundas that symmetrically frame…
This is definitely a must see for every visitor! Based on a concept by the artist Pipilotti Rist, the architect Carlos Martinez and financed by the «Raiffeisen» bank, this art…
A beautiful small jewel away from the buzz of the city centre of course it’s not the biggest in Switzerland, but it’s lovely. It is one of the places to…
A swim at the Drei Weieren, or „Three Pools“, „Three Ponds“, „Three Lakes“, above St Gallen is like a journey back in time. Located on a hill below Mount Freuden,…
Built in 1570, Karlstor is the only remaining gate of the original eight gates in the town wall. It is named after Cardinal Karl Borromäus of Milan who is supposed…
The exhibition «The Miracle of Tradition – The Plan of St Gall and Europe in the Early Middle Ages» focuses on the unique abundance of early medieval documents in St Gall. Of…
The St. Gallen Monastery of St. Catherine has had a turbulent history since it was founded in 1228. The founding document dates dates back to June 30, 1228. Its a…
The Church of Santa Maria, is an architectural masterpiece designed by Adolf Gaudy and built between 1914 and 1917. For me, this church is the most beautiful and glamorous church…
It’s a small, beautiful natural oasis and amphibian spawning area. Since 2002 it’s open to the public. An educational trail provides information at 29 locations about the geological, ecological and…
Lots of early medieval stonework came to light when the Abbey was excavated in the 1960s. Now, in the bowels of the Abbey, you can delve into the site’s Early…
This Protestant neo-Gothic church is beautiful, with its mosaic-tiled roof, delicate floral frescos and star-studded ceiling resembling a night sky. It is a very pretty church, with an eclectic roof…
Tröckneturm Schönenwegen The tower was built in 1828 and was used to hang up freshly coloured cloth panels for drying. Since August 2020 the small lake near the Tröckneturm can…
The Peter and Paul Wildlife Park which opened in 1892 is located above the town on the hill Rosenberg in the quarter Rotmonten. The Wildlife park is home to various…
The Lake Gibsen is a reservoir. The Lake Gübsen and its varied environment is habitat for around 50 different bird species. Kingfishers, Goosander, tortoiseshell flycatcher. The Lake Gübsen is very…
We have got a lot of parks and over fifty playgrounds. Every time the sun rears its’ head you’ll see locals playing, chilling and reading in the parks. The 33737…
This fountain was created by the sculptor August Bösch in 1895/96 in remembrance of the newly installed public water network, which supplied St. Gallen’s households with water from Lake Constance.…
Cemetery Feldli is quite big and beautiful. This is the kind of cemetery that you like to walk with wide paths and beautiful vegetation inviting to a relaxing walk and…
Located southeast at the gates of St. Gallen’s Old Town is the «Linsebühl». This name (translatable with: stony hill) probably owes the quarries for the city buildings that used to…
Throughout the middle ages, thousands of pilgrims walked from their homes to make their pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Although the Way of St James (Swiss Camino / Jakobsweg), has traditionally been a…