Wasterkingen
in Bezirk Bülach of Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
47.590 and 8.471 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 47° 35' 22" and E 8° 28' 16"
Currency and Currency Code:
Franc - CHF
Spoken languages:
German, French, Italian, Romansh
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 12:56 AM (Saturday)
Timezone: Europe/Zurich
UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:13 am and 8:33 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga
References
This place on Wikipedia
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Current travel safety evaluation for Switzerland in Western Europe

Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-04-26 08:02:42

Discover Wasterkingen

Wasterkingen in Bezirk Bülach (Canton of Zurich) with it's 521 citizens is a place in Switzerland about 65 mi (or 105 km) north-east of Bern, the country's capital city.

Current time in Wasterkingen is now 12:56 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 10 airports near Wasterkingen, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Zürich Airport in a distance of 9 mi (or 15 km), South-East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps in Austria at a distance of 25 mi (or 40 km). The closest in Switzerland is Abbey of St Gall in a distance of 44 mi (or 40 km), South-West. We encountered 10 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Dettighofen, Bulach, Lottstetten, Dielsdorf and Jestetten. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 13°C / 55 °F

Morning Temperature 1°C / 34 °F
Evening Temperature 12°C / 54 °F
Night Temperature 8°C / 46 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 54%
Air Pressure 1008 hPa
Wind Speed Gentle Breeze with 6 km/h (4 mph) from South-East
Cloud Conditions Broken clouds, covering 52% of sky
General Conditions Broken clouds

Saturday, 27th of April 2024

17°C (62 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.

Sunday, 28th of April 2024

18°C (64 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.

Monday, 29th of April 2024

19°C (66 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Light rain, calm, broken clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

Riverside

Address
1,4 mi
Spinnerei-Lettenstrasse 1
8192 Zweidlen
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 23:00


Hofgut Albführen

Address
3,6 mi
Albführen
79802 Dettighofen
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 22:00


Romantik Hotel Gasthof Hirschen

Address
2,7 mi
Untergass 28
8193 Eglisau
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 20:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 12:00


Wasserstelz

Address
3,3 mi
Guggenmühle 15
79801 Hohentengen
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 22:00 (lunchbreak: 10:30 - 15:00)
Weekend: 7:00 - 22:00


Shanghai Garten Hotel & Restaurant

Address
5,2 mi
Hauptstr. 81
79771 Klettgau
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 8:00 - 22:00
Weekend: 8:00 - 22:00


Höri INN

Address
5,8 mi
Hofstrasse 21
8181 Höri
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 8:00 - 18:00
Weekend: 8:00 - 12:00


HOTEL ZUM GOLDENEN KOPF

Address
5,9 mi
MARKTGASSE 9
8180 Bülach
Switzerland

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 6:00 - 22:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 22:00


Videos from this area

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Holiday on Ice 1974 - wabash

Published: August 20, 2008
Length: 17:17 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Louis van Peer

Gold division, 25th anniversary / Gershwin production.


Holiday on Ice 1974 - enchantement chinois

Published: August 20, 2008
Length: 11:56 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Louis van Peer

Gold division, 25th anniversary / Gershwin production.


descending an observation tower

Published: May 04, 2009
Length: 00:20 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: frknl

walking/running down the stairs of an observation tower in rural Switzerland.


A50 Umfahrung Glattfelden (CH)

Published: November 18, 2012
Length: 43:40 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: Christian Kümmel

Hier ist ein kurzen Video von der A50 in der Schweiz und kann auch ohne Vignette fahren. Von Radolfzell bis Basel bin ich nur über die Bundesstraße (Konstanz - Winterthur - Koblenz, inkl....


Fasnet Umzug Hohentengen

Published: January 17, 2015
Length: 18:16 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: KoalaTV24

Der größte und schönste Fasnetsumzug in ganz Hohentengen und Umgebung - 4500 Maskenträger und Musiker beim Faschings Spektakel, Ausrichter war 2014 der FHN Eichen e.V. mit dem Eichener.


24 h Mofarennen Hohentengen 2011

Published: August 09, 2011
Length: 27:39 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Nidsoo

24 h Mofarennen Hohentengen 2011.


Steam express president FTE Jaroslav Kocourek

Published: October 23, 2007
Length: 49:36 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Michael Stern

The two Steamlokomotives was in case of the 125 anniversary off the Gotthardbahn and 60th birth of steamengine 498.022"Albatross" on a Trip from Prague to to Switzerland. The second ...


video2.mov: Bülach-Eglisau-Zweidlen

Published: March 29, 2010
Length: 20:03 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Belinda4Wd

See the entire trip at http://www.everytrail.com.


Dampflok Big Steam-train SNCF Full-Rhein-brücke Eglisau 241.A.65&241.P.17 Locomotive à vapeur

Published: October 03, 2010
Length: 41:35 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: ASOLTEC

Dampflok Steamtrain SNCF 241.A.65 & 241.P.17 Locomotive à vapeur Switzerland Sonderfahrt am 19.9 2010 der beiden Superloks SNCF 241.A.65 & 241.P.17 von Basel nach Schaffhausen.


Thursday June 6 - 2014 Hundeabenteuerland Eglisau

Published: June 05, 2014
Length: 10:14 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Hundeabenteuerland Zurich Switzerland

Hundeabenteuerland's daily video Hundeabenteuerland.ch is a dog daycare company serving the area in and around Zürich City. Contact: 079 571 49 21 www.hundea...


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Alitalia Flight 404

Alitalia Flight 404, flown by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft, crashed near the Zurich-Kloten Airport, Switzerland on 14 November 1990. The airplane with 46 people on board made a controlled flight into the mountain Stadlerberg, 5 miles short of the runway, because of a faulty ILS receiver. All on board died.

Located at 47.5472, 8.4475 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Alitalia accidents and incidents, Aviation accidents and incidents in 1990, Aviation accidents and incidents in Switzerland, 1990 in Switzerland

Zweidlen railway station

Zweidlen is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich and municipality of Glattfelden. It is located on the Winterthur to Koblenz line, and is served by Zurich S-Bahn line S41. The station is also the loading point for trains carrying gravel from the nearby works of Weiacher Kies AG.

Located at 47.5703, 8.46788 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in the canton of Zurich, Swiss Federal Railways stations,

Hüntwangen-Wil railway station

Hüntwangen-Wil is a railway station in the Swiss canton of Zurich. The station location straddles the municipalities of Eglisau and Hüntwangen, but takes its name from Hüntwangen and the adjoining municipality of Wil. In terms of railway geography, the station is on the Eglisau to Neuhausen line of the Swiss Federal Railway (SBB), which crosses the international border twice on its route between the Swiss cantons of Zurich and Schaffhausen.

Located at 47.5811, 8.51278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in the canton of Zurich, Swiss Federal Railways stations

Eglisau railway bridge

The Eglisau railway bridge, or Eisenbahnbrücke Eglisau, is a single-track railway bridge which carries the Eglisau to Neuhausen line across the Rhine in Switzerland. Both ends of the bridge lie within the municipality of Eglisau and the canton of Zurich. The bridge was built between the years of 1895 and 1897 by the Swiss Northeastern Railway at a cost of 980,000 Swiss francs. The bridge has a total length of 439 metres and has a height of 50 metres above river level.

Located at 47.5774, 8.50994 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway bridges in Switzerland, Bridges over the Rhine, Bridges completed in 1897