Yverdon-les-Bains

The landscape around Yverdon-les-Bains is a low lakeside plain beneath the Jura, shaped by Lake Neuchâtel; this setting has influenced both the town’s form and its long-standing thermal economy. The city occupies the lake’s southwestern shore, where open water meets the agricultural Orbe plain. Its mineral springs were already valued in Roman times, and the spa remains central to local identity. In the centre, the Château d’Yverdon is a 13th-century Savoyard fortress that later housed the educational institute run by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. The Maison d’Ailleurs provides an unusual cultural counterpoint, devoted to science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys. Discover further points of interest through webcams across Vaud and the Lake Neuchâtel region.

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