Broder Fountain
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
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…
Church of Linsebühl
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…
The Pilgrim’s Route to Santiago de Compostela
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…
Public Library St.Gallen
Here you can have a coffee and read a newspaper in peace. It’s right next to the Public Library. Book towers rise over one gallery floor – a place to…
Gallus Chapel, Courtyard Cathedral
At the entrance to the Gallus Chapel (monastery quarter) are two sandstone statues by the Schaffhausen sculptor Johann Jakob Oechslin (1802–1873), one of St Maurice (right) and one of St…
Trinity Church
The Trinity Church was built from 1948 – 1950 according to plans by Johann Scheier. It was created under the great influence of the Protestant theologian Karl Barths. The century…
old water tower
If you’re interested, you can also take a look at the old water tower from outside (Robert Maillart, 1906). Back then, the water tower was used to fill the water tanks…
Sorroundings
Switzerland is a very small country! You can get from the East to the West in about four hours. The train, in my opinion, is the best way to travel,…