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This quiet lakeside town is located five miles south of Zurich and easily reached by train, boat or car. Now a commuter suburb, it has preserved much of its charm as a former farming village and boasts a strong community culture as well as a wide range of shops and leisure activities.
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SafariThalwil includes the hamlet of Gattikon and borders on Rüschlikon, Langnau, Oberrieden, Horgen and (across the lake) Erlenbach.
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Saturday, March 27 : 11:06 AM so long and thanks for all the cheese |
Our local cheese shop closed today! It's sad to see yet another small store die, but this time the culprit wasn't competition from large supermarkets. Apparently the landlord didn't want to extend the lease after the current shopkeeper retires. Instead the neighbouring skateboard boutique will be expanding. For this Thalwil will lose a small but popular part of local culture and we'll be missing our favourite smoked raclette...
Luckily we found a new cheese shop in Oberrieden: looks like we'll be going 'abroad' to buy our cheese from now on...
Luckily we found a new cheese shop in Oberrieden: looks like we'll be going 'abroad' to buy our cheese from now on...
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