Useful Information

A selection of useful information for your stay in Winterthur.

Chemists	Post office
Banks	School holidays
Bicycle hire	Lockers / Left luggage office
Bank holidays	Hospitals
Lost property office	Electricity
Internet	Taxis
Chidminding service	Dialling codes
Churches / Worship
Emergency numbers

CHEMISTS

Amavita Apotheke Galeni Care AG Marktgasse 60 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)58 851 32 13	Adler-Apotheke Untertor 39 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 269 08 51 » www.aapo.ch
Apotheke im Bahnhof Bahnhofplatz 5 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 26912 00 The chemnists Apotheke im Bahnhof and Adler Apotheke are open 365 days.

Banks

Money exchange / Cashpoints

Credit Suisse Stadthausstrasse 16 CH-8400 Winterthur » www.credit-suisse.com There is also a Credit Suisse cashpoint on the ground floor of the railway station.	UBS AG Stadthausstrasse 18 CH-8400 Winterthur » www.ubs.com
Raiffeisenbank Bahnhofplatz 15 CH-8401 Winterthur » www.raiffeisen.ch There is also a Raiffeisen cashpoint in the Swiss Railways (SBB) building next to the left luggage office.	Zürcher Kantonalbank Untertor 30 CH-8400 Winterthur » www.zkb.ch
Bank Coop Bahnhofplatz 12 CH-8400 Winterthur » www.bankcoop.ch	Migros Bank Unterer Graben 35 CH-8400 Winterthur » www.migrosbank.ch
Money exchange at the railway station At the Swiss Railways (SBB) ticket office

BICYCLE HIRE

SBB Bicycle hire In the main railway station, at the luggage office » www.rent-a-bike.ch

Tretlager 42 GmbH Bahnmeisterweg 12 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 202 80 20 » www.tretlager.ch

BANK HOLIDAYS

The following days are designated bank holidays in the City of Winterthur:

• Christmas, incl. 26th December
• New Year
• Berchtoldstag - St. Berchtold's Day (2nd January)
• Fasnachtsmontag - Carnival Monday
• Good Friday
• Easter, including Easter Monday
• Ascension Day
• Whit Sunday and Monday
• 1st August, National Holiday

LOST PROPERTY OFFICE

Stadtpolizei Winterthur (City Police station) Obertor 13 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 267 58 68 » www.stapo.winterthur.ch	Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8 am to 12 noon and 1.30 pm to 5 pm, Saturday and Sunday closed
No information on keys and bulk articles such as umbrellas, hats, gloves etc. can be given over the phone.

SBB Lost Property Office In the Swiss Railways (SBB) building CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. 0900 300 300 (Rail-Service,  CHF 1.19 / Min. from the Swiss fixed-line network.) » http://www.railcity.ch/06_0036	Opening hours: Monday to Saturday 8.30 am to 7.30 pm Sunday 9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 7.30 pm
Pick-up and drop-off point for any lost property from trains and the train station area.

INTERNET

Internet points

Stadtbibliothek am Kirchplatz (Municipal Library) Obere Kirchgasse 6 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 267 51 48 » www.bibliotheken.winterthur.ch	Opening hours: Monday 10 am to 6.30 pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 am to 6.30 pm Thursday 9 am to 8 pm Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
Mc Donalds Untertor CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 212 02 21 » www.mcdonalds.ch	WLAN CoalMine Coffee und Bar Turnerstrasse 1 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 268 68 82 » www.coalmine.ch

CHILDMINDING SERVICE

» Addresses

CHURCHES / WORSHIP

» Protestant reformed parish
» Roman Catholic parish
Adresses of foreign language churche services can be found in the brochure Best of Winterthur

EMERGENCY numbers

144 Emergency number for police, fire brigade, ambulance
140 Breakdown service TCS (can only be called from a landline / on the motorways use roadside emergency telephone)
1414 Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (Swiss Air Rescue), Zurich

Stadtpolizei Winterthur (City Police)
Obertor 13
CH-8400 Winterthur
Tel. +41 (0)52 267 51 52
» www.stapo.winterthur.ch

Post OFFICE

Poststelle Winterthur Bahnhofplatz 8 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)848 888 888 » www.post.ch

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 7.30 am to 7 pm Saturday 8 am to 5 pm Sunday closed

SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

» Winterthur schools

LOCKERS / LEFT LUGGAGE OFFICE

The lockers are located on platform 3.
The left luggage office is located next to the Swiss Railways (SBB) ticket office in the railway station building.

HOSPITALS

Kantonsspital Winterthur Brauerstrasse 15 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 266 21 21 » www.ksw.ch

Klinik Lindberg Schickstrasse 11 CH-8400 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)52 266 11 11 » www.lindberg.ch

ELECTRICITY

Anywhere in Switzerland the alternating current is 230 V.

Taxis

Winterthur taxis are located at the Stadttor (“City Gate“, Bahnhofplatz)

Taxi Steff PO Box 42 CH-8411 Winterthur Tel. +41 (0)78 870 66 70 » www.taxisteff.ch

Dialling code

The international dialling code for Switzerland is 0041. The subsequent 0 is dropped. The international dialling codes to call abroad from Switzerland are:

Germany: 0049
France: 0033
Italy: 00390
Netherlands: 0031
Austria: 0043
USA: 001
UK: 0044