Liechtenstein
Alte Rheinbrücke
Forty paces across a covered wooden bridge — Liechtenstein one end, Switzerland the other, Rhine below.
The Alte Rheinbrücke is a covered wooden bridge connecting Vaduz to Sevelen in Switzerland. It takes forty paces to cross. One end is Liechtenstein. The other is Switzerland. The Rhine rushes through the gap between them, grey-green with snowmelt.
The bridge is one of the last remaining covered wooden Rhine crossings, rebuilt in its current form after a predecessor was destroyed by flooding. Its timber structure and shingled roof give it the appearance of something from a fairy tale — a medieval-looking bridge connecting two modern nations across a wild river. On the Liechtenstein side, vineyard terraces climb the slope above Vaduz, and restaurants serve wine grown on the visible hillside. On the Swiss side, the village of Sevelen offers its own cafés and restaurants, creating a natural two-country lunch route. The crossing itself is the attraction: the absurdity of walking between sovereign states in less than a minute, the Rhine loud beneath the wooden planks.
Solo
The border crossing is a quiet thrill — standing alone on a wooden bridge between two countries, the Rhine echoing beneath your feet.
Couple
Lunch in one country, wine in another, connected by a forty-pace wooden bridge — the cross-border walk is a story that tells itself.
Family
Children love the concept of walking between countries. The bridge is safe, the novelty is real, and the vineyard restaurants on the Vaduz side welcome families.
Friends
The two-country lunch is a group activity: Rösti in Switzerland, Käsknöpfle in Liechtenstein, and the bridge between as the punchline.
- Forty paces on a covered wooden bridge take you from one sovereign state to another — the Rhine rushing below.
- Vineyard restaurants on the Liechtenstein side serve wine grown on slopes visible from the bridge itself.
- The bridge is one of the last remaining wooden Rhine crossings — a structure that outlasted wars and floods.
- Children love the novelty of walking between countries — one end Vaduz, the other Switzerland, with a river between.
Cross into Sevelen for Swiss Rösti, then walk back for Liechtenstein Käsknöpfle — two countries, two lunches, forty paces apart.
The Vaduz side has vineyard restaurants where you drink wine grown on slopes visible from the bridge.
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