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Fifteen fully documented places, machines and institutions across Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Germany. Search by name, city or keyword — or filter by country, topic and whether you can visit.

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Original schematic illustration representing CERN
SWITZERLAND · SCIENCE & FRONTIER RESEARCH

CERN

The laboratory where particles collide — and where the web was born

CH EST. 1954 VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing Paul Scherrer Institute
SWITZERLAND · SCIENCE & FRONTIER RESEARCH

Paul Scherrer Institute

Giant machines that make the invisible visible

CH EST. 1988 VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing Technorama
SWITZERLAND · SCIENCE & FRONTIER RESEARCH

Technorama

The museum where you are allowed to touch everything

CH VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing ANYbotics
SWITZERLAND · ROBOTICS & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

ANYbotics

Four-legged robots that take over industry's hardest inspection rounds

CH EST. 2016 VISIT: NOT REALLY
Original schematic illustration representing maxon
SWITZERLAND · ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

maxon

The tiny Swiss motors that drive everything from surgery to Mars rovers

CH EST. 1961 VISIT: PARTLY
Original schematic illustration representing Victorinox
SWITZERLAND · TRADITIONAL CRAFTS & MAKERS

Victorinox

From a mountain village workshop to the world's most recognized pocket tool

CH EST. 1884 VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing Swiss Watchmaking Townships
SWITZERLAND · TRADITIONAL CRAFTS & MAKERS

Swiss Watchmaking Townships

Cities built by time: where streets, light and craft were engineered for watchmaking

CH EST. 1902 VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing Gotthard Base Tunnel
SWITZERLAND · ENGINEERING & INNOVATION

Gotthard Base Tunnel

57 kilometres through the Alps — the longest railway tunnel on Earth

CH EST. 2016 VISIT: PARTLY
Original schematic illustration representing Empa NEST
SWITZERLAND · ENGINEERING & INNOVATION

Empa NEST

The building where the future of construction is tested on real people

CH EST. 2016 VISIT: PARTLY
Original schematic illustration representing Hilti
LIECHTENSTEIN · ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

Hilti

Fastening technology from Liechtenstein that holds up the world's construction sites

LI EST. 1941 VISIT: NOT REALLY
Original schematic illustration representing Ivoclar Vivadent
LIECHTENSTEIN · ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

Ivoclar Vivadent

A century of dental materials, from artificial teeth to digital dentistry

LI EST. 1923 VISIT: NOT REALLY
Original schematic illustration representing Doppelmayr
AUSTRIA · ENGINEERING & INNOVATION

Doppelmayr

Ropeways for the world — engineered in the Austrian Alps since 1893

AT EST. 1893 VISIT: PARTLY
Original schematic illustration representing Semmering Railway
AUSTRIA · INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

Semmering Railway

The 1850s mountain railway so beautiful it became a World Heritage landscape

AT EST. 1854 VISIT: YES
Original schematic illustration representing Festo
GERMANY · ROBOTICS & AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

Festo

The automation engineers who learn from birds, kangaroos and ants

DE EST. 1925 VISIT: PARTLY
Original schematic illustration representing Deutsches Museum
GERMANY · INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE

Deutsches Museum

An island of invention: more than a century of explaining how the world works

DE EST. 1903 VISIT: YES