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Rapperswil is a city that borders Northeastern_Switzerland & Central_Switzerland and lays direct at the end of Lake Zurich. Rapperswil merged lately with the city of Jona and is a picturesque town and popular destination for hikers, bikers and families at the weekend in the vincinity of Zurich.

[edit] Get in

Several communter trains from Zurich e.g S5, 15, 40 and 7 pass through or terminate in Rapperswil. All connections are liste on the website of the public traffic ZVV [1]

A very scenic way of travelling to Rapperswil is with the steamship boats of the Lake Zurich navigation company [2]. The ships don't travel in the winter.

[edit] Get around

Rapperswil is a very compact city and can easily assessed by foot or bicycle.

[edit][add listing] See

• Castle Rapperswil
• The harbour front
• The medival centre of the town

[edit][add listing] Do

• Watch a game of the ice hockey team
• Walk across the Seedamm to the other side of lake to Pfäffikon
• Take the train Voralpen-Express[3] from Rapperswil to Arth-Goldau if you like very scenic train rides

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[edit] Get out

• Zurich is about 20-25 minutes away