La Chaux-de-Fonds



La Chaux-de-Fonds is in Switzerland. The city has an impressive heritage of watch making and has been inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as "La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning".

By train
The is well connected with several lines in different directions:


 * An hourly RE train from Berne (1h 5min)
 * Two hourly RE trains from Neuchatel (30 min), one of which is the train from Berne
 * Two hourly RE trains from Le Locle (8 min)
 * One RE (40 min) and one R (1h) train from Biel
 * A couple daily French TER trains from Besançon (1h 50min)

In addition there are regional trains from other small towns in the region.

By car
There is three main roads leading to La Chaux-de-Fonds from other Swiss cities: Road 20 from Neuchatel, road 30 from Biel and road 18 from Delemont and Basel. The closest motorway is A5, from which La Chaux-de-Fonds can be accessed either from Neuchatel or Biel. Road 20 then goes on to France in direction of Besançon.

Museums
For the museums located within the parc des musées (the first three on this list), there is a special 3 museums/3 days ticket which allows you to visit all three for the price of one. (Fr. 15/12.50)







Do
Visit the 'La Plage des Six Pompes' festival, a street theater festival which is held every year in the first week of August. You can also volunteer for a week. It would be good to speak reasonably French.

Go next

 * Le Locle, a town also part of UNESCO world heritage for watchmaking city planning, in between of the two, you will find the unique underground mills