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Article: ROMAN BATHS AND MEDIEVAL VILLAGES ARE MINUTES AWAY FROM ZURICH
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 7, 1989
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BADEN, Switzerland - On Aug. 9, 1847, the
Spanischbrotlibahn, Switzerland's first railway, made its maiden
voyage from nearby Zurich to the "great baths" of Baden. It
traveled four times a day in each direction, took 45 minutes and
cost 1.20 Swiss francs. Nowadays, it takes 16 minutes, costs 5.20
francs (about $3.25 US) and makes for an interesting day trip --
one of many you can take from Zurich.
The railway's nickname comes from a butter-rich pastry so
popular that Zurich's 19th-century high society used to send the
servants either on foot or horseback through the night to Baden to
satisfy their culinary tastes. Once the railway was opened, the
Spanischbrotli were delivered by ...