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Welcome to our life in Thalwil: a personal blog with views and news of lakeside life near Zurich, Switzerland.
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Thalwil
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.
Thalwil blog
Sunday, April 4 : 5:25 PM Oberrieden |
We paid our first visit to Oberrieden today. Although we've been living here for a year now we somehow never made it to this small but pictureque village just along the lake from Thalwil (it became independent from Horgen in 1773). We enjoyed an especially good view of Oberrieden surrounded by the lake and mountains as we walked down Knonauerweg and then into the quiet village centre. After a brief stop at the Kölli Beck bakery (yes, their shop/cafe in Oberrieden is open on Sundays) we got the bus back home again...
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