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Lausanne Attractions
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AquaSplash
The AquaSplash in Renens has several open air pools. There is a...
 
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Archaeology and History Museum
You can find fifteen thousand years of Vaud history at the Cantonal...
 
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Archives of Modern Construction
The ACM is also devoted to highlighting all facets of regional history:...
 
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Bellerive Swimming Complex
The Bellerive Swimming Complex has several open air pools in addition to...
 
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Bellevaux Swimming Complex
The Bellevaux Swimming Complex has three open air pools in a delightfully...
 
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Bolo Museum
The Bolo Museum was established in 2002 in the computer science building...
 
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Botanical Gardens and Museum
The Botanical Gardens and Museum plays a major role in protecting the...
 
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Cantonal Money Museum
The Cantonal Money Museum is one of the largest numismatics museums in...
 
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Chalet des Enfants
The Chalet des Enfants is set in a beautiful forest clearing. This...
 
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Chapelle St-Antoine
The Chapelle St Antoine was founded in 1360 after plague broke out...
 
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Chateau d’Ouchy
The Chateau d’Ouchy started life as a fortress when first erected in...
 
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Château St Maire
The Château St Maire was originally constructed between 1397 and 1427 as...
 
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Château de Vennes
The Château de Vennes has a long and chequered history. In 1775,...
 
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Claude Verdan Foundation
The Museum of the Hand is a unique and unusual museum. The...
 
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Collection de l’Art Brut
Since 1976 Lausanne has been the capital of L’Art Brut. The core...
 
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Colline de Montriond
Colline de Montriond is a man-made ‘mountain’ forming part of the charming...
 
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Espace des inventions
The Espace des inventions (place of inventions), in the Vallée de la...
 
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Fondation de l’Hermitage
The Fondation de l’Hermitage provides a vista of the cathedral, the Château...
 
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Forum d’Architectures
Inaugurated in the autumn of 2000, in the vast Villamont museum that...
 
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Golf Club de Lausanne
The Golf Club de Lausanne, which was founded in 1921, is an...
 
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Grange de Dorigny
The Grange de Dorigny, located near the university, is a restored barn....
 
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Historical Museum
Lausanne Historical Museum is housed in the bishop’s palace; its oldest sections...
 
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Horse Museum
The Musée du Cheval is located in the beautiful Château de La...
 
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La Plannaz
La Plannaz is set on one of the three hills of the...
 
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La Sarraz
Sarraz was founded by the lords of Grandson. In 1049 Adalbert de...
 
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La Sarraz Pool Complex
The swimming pool complex in La Sarraz offers a variety of water-based...
 
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La Tour Haldimand
At the beginning of the 19th century, romanticism discovered the Middle Ages....
 
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Lausanne Cathedral
Lausanne Cathedral was constructed in the 13th century on the hill of...
 
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Lausanne Vivarium
The Lausanne Vivarium came about because of the passionate interest of Jean...
 
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Lausanne-Vidy Roman Museum
During the Roman occupation Lausanne was called Lousonna and was located right...
 
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Le Château de Beaulieu
The Château de Beaulieu was built in 1763 by Humbert-Louis Berseth and...
 
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Le Château de Béthusy
The domanine of Béthusy (Bitusiacum) is documented in 906 as belonging to...
 
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Le Château de l’Evêché
Château de l’Evêché was the fortress home of the Bishops of Lausanne...
 
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Le Château de l’Isle
The Château de l’Isle, located at the edge of the Venoge River,...
 
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Le Château des Tourelles
The building is known today as Grande Baudelle; it was built in...
 
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Le canal d’Entreroches
The canal of Entreroches was a project developed by Elie Gouret, General...
 
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Le petit théâtre
Le petit théâtre (the little theatre) is unique in its aims. There...
 
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Les fours des Bellaires
In Ferreyres, during 1967, a group of archaeologists found two twinned furnaces...
 
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Lutry
Lutry, along the coast from Lausanne, has a heavenly location on the...
 
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L’Abbaye de Montheron
The current church of Montheron is built on the remains of a...
 
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L’Espace Arlaud
In 1841, thanks to the generosity of the painter Marc-Louis Arlaud, Lausanne...
 
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Museum of Fine Art
Lausanne’s Cantonal Museum of Fine Art is the second oldest museum in...
 
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Museum of Geology
The Museum of Geology covers history from some 200 million years ago...
 
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Museum of Zoology
In 1818, the Museum of Zoology brought together the old collections mentioned...
 
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Musée de l’Elysée
The Musée de l’Elysée, devoted entirely to photography, has an international status...
 
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Notre Dame du Valentin
The Catholic form of worship, which was abolished in Lausanne in 1536,...
 
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Olympic Museum
The Olympic Museum is housed in a modern facility on the shores...
 
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Ouchy
Lausanne’s suburb of Ouchy is a place of palaces converted into hotels,...
 
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Palais de Beaulieu
The Palais de Beaulieu is found to the north west of the...
 
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Parc Mon-Repos
Parc Mon-Repos is a 19th century park (established 1818 - 1826). Located...
 
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Penthalaz Swimming Complex
The Piscine de Penthalaz has three open air pools in a truly...
 
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Piscine de la Fleur-de-Lys
The Fleur-de-Lys Swimming Complex has three open air pools. There is a...
 
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Place de la Palud
Located in Lausanne’s Old Town, the cobbled Place de la Palud has...
 
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Pully
Just on the outskirts of Lausanne, the Guillemin Deer Park, and adjacent...
 
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Pully Beach
The delightful complex at Pully Beach has three open air pools on...
 
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Pully Museum
The Pully Museum is next to “La Muette”, the family home of...
 
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Route des Mines de Sel
The salt path runs between Ollon and Bex. The very first source...
 
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Saint-François Church
Apart from the cathedral, St-François church is the only other religious building...
 
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Saint-Sulpice
The beautiful 12th century Romanesque church beside the lake in the small...
 
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Sauvabelin Lake
Sauvabelin Lake is a magical spot for both romantic interludes and family...
 
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Signal de Sauvabelin
About 20 minutes on foot from the Château St-Maire (see separate entry)...
 
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Temple de Cossonay
The beautiful church of Cossnay, dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul, has...
 
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Théâtre Kléber Méleau
The Théâtre Kléber Méleau came about in the late 1970s, when the...
 
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Théâtre des Lutins
The Théâtre des Lutins, a place for magical marionette plays, is located...
 
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Tour de l’Ale
Until the turn of the 18th century Lausanne was enclosed with walls...
 
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Typewriter Museum
The Typewriter Museum came about because of a passion passed down from...
 
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Vallée de la Jeunesse
Lausanne has the most amazing selection of parks and child-friendly areas, far...
 
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Vidy
Vidy has a large tract of land making up an extensive park...
 
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Waterfall
La Tine de Conflens is a small corner of paradise; a secret...
 
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‘mudac’
‘mudac’ is a French acronym and stands for the museum of design...
 
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Piscine de Montrepos
The Piscine de Montrepos swimming complex in Lausanne has three indoor pools....
 
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