[4] In 1890 the most important site of Ice Age animals in Switzerland was discovered in Niederweningen.

Of the rest of the land, 13.1% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.4%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

[6] The municipality stretches along the Surb river through the Wehntal from the northern edge of the Lägern ridge to the new housing developments on the southern face of the Egg.

In 1890, workers building the railroad through the valley discovered mammoth bones, which were housed in the Zoological Museum in Zurich.

The museum also includes displays of other ice age animals and artifacts from more recent human settlements.

Niederweningen Dorf railway station is one stop down the line towards Zurich, and is served by the same trains.