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The Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen - Schaffhausen

When I visited a friend who lived near Lake Constance, we decided to go to Switzerland for one day to visit the Rhine Falls. It was very easy to go here by public transport, so it was a perfect daytrip.
The Rhine Falls are the largest plain waterfall in Europe - 373 cubicmetres per second go down here. The falls are 3m high and 150m wide.
Ok, if you have visited Niagara or Iguazú this might not be so impressive to you - but for me it was quite enough for a start. I was very impressed by the mass of water, the noise, and the hugeness of it all. It was just so enormous and gigantic.

Our visit only concentrated on the falls, so we did not visit the town of Schaffhausen itself and this page is only about the falls.

The Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen - Schaffhausen

We were quite content to just walk around the falls and look at everything, but there are numerous activities you can do: Go on a boat, take a small railway, visit the castle...
For more information, have a look at the comprehensive website: Rhine Fall Website

What was also very fascinating was that I live near Cologne and see the river Rhine very often. It kind of symbolizes home to me because when I was a child, everytime we crossed the bridge across the Rhine, we cheered and yelled: "Yeah, we're back!!!"
And now I was here, 500km from home, in a different country - but the Rhine was there, too! And to imagine that these big falls were created by my "home river" - I thought it was stunning.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:Very impressive powers of nature
  • Cons:Paths around the falls are not suitable if you have walking difficulties
  • In a nutshell:A place I won't forget because it was so impressive! I'm happy we did the trip.
  • Last visit to Schaffhausen: Aug 2007
  • Intro Updated Oct 3, 2011
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Upper Falls - Schaffhausen Upper falls Things to Do (3)

When you come from the bus station or car park, you first walk along a big basin of the river, before the falls actually... more travel advice

Falls seen from lower basin - Schaffhausen The lower falls and viewing platform Things to Do (3)

You can walk around the lower basin to see the water coming in huge cascades. It is just so impressive. We also saw a... more travel advice

SO - MUCH - WATER!!! - Schaffhausen SO - MUCH - WATER!!! Favorites (1)

I first have to explain that I have an ambiguous relationship to water. On the one hand I love it - love the beach, love... more travel advice

The calm river Rhine! - Schaffhausen Walk along the river Off The Beaten Path (1)

When you come from the carpark have walked down on the northern side of the falls, you can continue a little further... more travel advice

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    MalenaN Dec 16, 2011 at 10:47 PM Report Abuse

    Even if the Rhine Falls are not very high they look impressive. I did not know before that River Rhine had waterfalls like this, so thanks for sharing!

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    balhannah Nov 24, 2011 at 10:27 PM Report Abuse

    I love waterfall's that are raging and roaring like these! Great photo's!

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    toonsarah Nov 22, 2011 at 1:13 AM Report Abuse

    Well I have seen both Niagara and Iguazú but I still find these falls pretty impressive - and I have to admit that I hadn't realised that there were such dramatic falls on the Rhine. I would love to stand on that rock in the centre of the Lower Falls!

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    HORSCHECK Oct 10, 2011 at 10:20 AM Report Abuse

    Mirjam, lovely little page with very wet photos here. *winkygrin*

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