Guide for Aarau

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Guide for Aarau

Food Scene

Lovely old style tearoom upstairs, confectionary with famous swiss choclate candy "Brändli Bombe" made in Aarau downstairs
Confiserie Brändli Tea Room
37 Bahnhofstrasse
Lovely old style tearoom upstairs, confectionary with famous swiss choclate candy "Brändli Bombe" made in Aarau downstairs
Nice place just next to the beautiful river Aare perfect for warm summer evenings
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Summertime Aarau
Schiffländestrasse
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Nice place just next to the beautiful river Aare perfect for warm summer evenings
Authentic Italian food for fair prices. The restaurant is open from Thursday to Sunday.
Schmiedstube
Authentic Italian food for fair prices. The restaurant is open from Thursday to Sunday.
Cool coffee shop in 50s style with shop downstairs
Luckymonkey SHOP & CAFE
25 Vordere Vorstadt
Cool coffee shop in 50s style with shop downstairs
Michelin-starred Swiss cuisine
Landhotel Hirschen
125 Hauptstrasse
Michelin-starred Swiss cuisine
Well known bar next to the river
Schwanbar
Well known bar next to the river
Restaurant Halde 20
20 Halden
Deliciouse meals at great value. The take-away lunch only costs 10 francs.
Chinatown Freihof
59 Laurenzenvorstadt
Deliciouse meals at great value. The take-away lunch only costs 10 francs.

Parks & Nature

Small wild animal park in the middle of the forest with a restaurant
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Wildpark Roggenhausen
Roggenhausenweg
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Small wild animal park in the middle of the forest with a restaurant
Wonderful, old park an hour walk along the river from Aarau Perfect for jogging
Ballypark Schönenwerd
36 Parkstrasse
Wonderful, old park an hour walk along the river from Aarau Perfect for jogging
Nice viewing spot with a wooden garden swing.
Alpen-Aussichtspunkt
Nice viewing spot with a wooden garden swing.
The Barmelweid is a rehabilitation center with its own restaurant on top of a hill. If you want to have a panorama of the mountains and don't want to travel far. This is a good option. A bus ride to the top costs about 8 Francs. It's also a great starting point for a hike.
Klinik Barmelweid, 5017 Erlinsbach, Suiza
The Barmelweid is a rehabilitation center with its own restaurant on top of a hill. If you want to have a panorama of the mountains and don't want to travel far. This is a good option. A bus ride to the top costs about 8 Francs. It's also a great starting point for a hike.
This is a boarding school. On the weekends the play ground is accessible to children. The area is just next to the airbnb.
Landenhof – Zentrum für Hören und Sehen
This is a boarding school. On the weekends the play ground is accessible to children. The area is just next to the airbnb.
Playground is free and accessiable between six am and eight pm on weekdays and on the weekend.
Spielplatz Binzenhof
Playground is free and accessiable between six am and eight pm on weekdays and on the weekend.

Drinks & Nightlife

From Thursday to Saturday open until 00:00. The bar offers unique delicious drinks.
Luckymonkey SHOP & CAFE
25 Vordere Vorstadt
From Thursday to Saturday open until 00:00. The bar offers unique delicious drinks.
KIFF
118 Tellistrasse
This pub is there since ages. On friday and saturday nights always crowed and the pub has an amazing athmosphere
Pickwick Pub Aarau
6 Graben
This pub is there since ages. On friday and saturday nights always crowed and the pub has an amazing athmosphere
Good place for cocktails
Waldmeier
31 Graben
Good place for cocktails

Essentials

Small self-check-out farmers' shop offering fresh produce, meat, eggs, ice cream, authentic Swiss cheese, milk and other homemade specialities to cook at home. Approximately a 5 Minute-walk from the Airbnb. Open from Monday to Sunday until seven pm.
Hofladen Binzenhof
Small self-check-out farmers' shop offering fresh produce, meat, eggs, ice cream, authentic Swiss cheese, milk and other homemade specialities to cook at home. Approximately a 5 Minute-walk from the Airbnb. Open from Monday to Sunday until seven pm.
The small supermarket can be reached from the Airbnb by foot or by public transport in about 10 minutes. The supermarket is open until half past six. On Sundays it closes at 3 o'clock!
Denner Express
23 Hauptstrasse
The small supermarket can be reached from the Airbnb by foot or by public transport in about 10 minutes. The supermarket is open until half past six. On Sundays it closes at 3 o'clock!
On sundays open
SPAR Supermarkt Oberentfelden
9 Muhenstrasse
On sundays open
Huge supermarket with a cheap restaurant Sundays closed
Migros Supermarkt
8 Binzmattweg
Huge supermarket with a cheap restaurant Sundays closed
The chemist's at the Aarau train station is open until 9 pm, also on Sundays.
Bahnhof Apotheke
The chemist's at the Aarau train station is open until 9 pm, also on Sundays.

Entertainment & Activities

Racecourse for horses Races in summer
Pferderennbahn Schachen Aarau
18 Schwimmbadstrasse
Racecourse for horses Races in summer
Huge cinema with hotel, bowling, bars and restaurants
Cinema 8
1 Feldackerstrasse
Huge cinema with hotel, bowling, bars and restaurants
Outdoor pool Schachen Aarau
7 Schwimmbadstrasse
The biggest and one of the oldest brewing companies in Switzerland
Feldschlösschen Brauwelt
The biggest and one of the oldest brewing companies in Switzerland

Arts & Culture

Wonderful moated castle near lake Hallwyl
30 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Castillo de Hallwyl
30 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Wonderful moated castle near lake Hallwyl
36 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Castillo de Lenzburg
Schloss
36 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Roman trail and outdoor museum
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Vindonissa
13 Arenastrasse
6 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Roman trail and outdoor museum
The only witchcraft museeum in the german-speaking world is definetly worth a visit. As the museeum is only open uncertain days (pagan holidays) please check their website first.
Hexenmuseum Schweiz
The only witchcraft museeum in the german-speaking world is definetly worth a visit. As the museeum is only open uncertain days (pagan holidays) please check their website first.
Walk the same hallways as once did Albert Einstein, the school's most famous alumni. Situated in a park and of neohistorical architecture, the Old Canton School in Aarau almost looks like Hogwarts. During school hours, nobody will mind if you take a peek inside.
Alte Kantonsschule Aarau
Walk the same hallways as once did Albert Einstein, the school's most famous alumni. Situated in a park and of neohistorical architecture, the Old Canton School in Aarau almost looks like Hogwarts. During school hours, nobody will mind if you take a peek inside.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

Mystical natural sand caves. This is the perfect destination for a summer barbeque. Only a short drive from the Airbnb
Sandsteinhöhlen
Mystical natural sand caves. This is the perfect destination for a summer barbeque. Only a short drive from the Airbnb
Beautiful viewing spot about an hour-hike away from a bus stop.
Wasserflue (844 M.ü.M.)
Beautiful viewing spot about an hour-hike away from a bus stop.
200 year-old tunnel system underneath the town of Aarau.
Aufschluss Meyerstollen
200 year-old tunnel system underneath the town of Aarau.