Winterthur, a city full of art
The main culprit was Oskar Reinhart , who bequeathed a large part of his collection, among the most important private collections in the world, to Winterthur (it is the sixth largest city in Switzerland). In the Am Römerholz house we can see around 200 works of European art from the 14th to the 20th centuries, with a prominent role for the French Impressionists. In the Oskar Reinhart Museum hang more than 500 paintings by German, Swiss and Austrian painters from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
The town hall had a didactic vocation since it housed in the past the city library and the Wunderkammer or 'cabinet of curiosities', and today it is the headquarters of the Briner und Kern museum; open from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sundays also from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and closed on Mondays), with a good collection of Dutch masters of the 17th century and another of miniatures. Modern French painting can be found at the Villa Flora, and at the Kunstmuseum we can take a tour of modern and contemporary art, from Picasso to Klee. Although one of the city's greatest sources of pride is the Fotomuseum, the only photography museum in the country, with more than 30,000 originals by masters of the image such as Richard Avedon, William Eggleston and Robert Frank.
A pride for the city
A WALK
To catch some air between museum and museum, you can walk (or ride a bicycle, not in vain, here there are almost half as many bicycles as there are inhabitants) to Bäumli, the place with the best view over Winterthur. The walk starts from some stairs in Rychenberg street and goes up between the terraces of the vineyards. From its highest point, weather permitting, you get a stunning panorama of the Alps.
AN EXPERIENCE
The Technorama proposes just the opposite of the rest of the city's museums: touching is allowed. It is a space dedicated to natural sciences and technology, with hundreds of experimentation stations. You can see how lightning strikes live, create your own perfume or explore the dimensions of space and time through the sound and touch of wood.
Technorama, a good experience
A RESTAURANT
The George bistro is inside the Fotomuseum. His intention is to transfer to the table what can be seen in the exhibition space, reinventing classic dishes to which he adds ingredients from around the world. You have to pay special attention to his cakes, one of the best in the city.
A HOTEL
The Sorell Hotel Krone (HD: from €129) , located in a historic building in the pedestrian zone of the old town, combines historic building and contemporary interior architecture. your restaurant Pearl It is one of the best known in the city.
The best option to sleep
* This article is published in the monograph Switzerland: 360º, 365 days of Condé Nast Traveler number 77. This issue is available in its digital version for iPad in the iTunes AppStore, and in the digital version for PC, Mac, Smartphone and iPad in the Zinio virtual kiosk (on Smartphone devices: Android, PC/Mac, Win8, WebOS, Rim, iPad) .
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