For a city that’s a minnow in world terms, Zürich has a surprisingly wide range of nightlife and entertainment. Live rock and jazz – although easy to find most nights of the week – take second place to the city’s amazingly dynamic club scene, which covers the gamut from techno to salsa. The city is also home to a top-flight orchestra, a world-famous opera company, and one of the German-speaking world’s premier theatres.
With all its beautiful architecture and scenery Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland. You’ll will love strolling through the streets and dipping into one of the stores for a shopping experience. There are historic buildings at every turn and there are plenty of cafes, restaurants and eateries for you to dine in as you make your way long the interesting streets of Zurich, the city with the most financial connections in Europe. The people will help you with any queries you have as you stroll aroundYou’ll definitely want to take a tour of Zurich. Let the guide take you around and give you all the fascinating facts about the city of Zurich. The Zurich Excursions is a very good choice or the Zürichsee Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, which has boat tours of Zurich on the lake is also a wonderful outing and you can see parts of Zurich from an unusual perspective. See our tour section of the guide for some suggestions. The city is full of history and your interest in this is well looked after with the meseums and art galleries, as well as some very interesting ancient buildings.
Zurich's proximity to the Alps and to other Swiss cities make it a excellent hub to enjoy leisure activities and from where to start exploring Switzerland. Zurich is considered Switzerland's most important financial, industrial and commercial center. It is also known to be the intellectual capital of the nation and particularly receptive to contemporary trends associated with younger generations. Nestling beside Lake Zurich and along River Limmat, Zurich offers splendid views of the Swiss Alps and is an absolutely charming, interesting, and beautiful place to visit. Its wealth of history, architecture and culture leaves you longing for another vacation! The pedestrian streets of the old town contain most of the major sights, including winding alleyways, 16th- and 17th-century houses, guildhalls and courtyards, and rather a lot of fountains (1030 if you're taking notes).
Regular scheduled flights from every continent and most countries and major cities of the world land at Zurich's international airport. At the centrally located main railway station of Zurich you have access every Swiss and foreign destination.
Zurich and the surrounding region is home to the biggest number of museums and exhibitions on Switzerland. The Opera House and the Tonhalle concert hall attract stars of world stature on the classical music scene. The main shopping zone is concentrated in the city center, which makes it ideal for pedestrians. The Old Town of Zurich is home to historic buildings that host numerous boutiques and antique shops. Zurich is a trendsetting city and offering eating and drinking establishments for all tastes and preferences...
Getting to Zurich
Zurich is conveniently located at the heart of Europe. It is within a short flight from many major European destination, but also easy accessible by train or by car.
By plane...
Regular scheduled flights from every continent and most countries and major cities of the world land at Zurich's international airport. A train service every quarter of an hour whisks passengers to the city center in just ten minutes; the taxi journey takes about twenty minutes.
By rail...
Over a thousand trains halt daily at Zurich's centrally located main railway station. Direct and frequent services to all the large Swiss cities and major European destinations guarantee a pleasant journey. Zurich is also an ideal place to start your journey into the Alps and especially if you are headed to Graubünden, it is your ideal point of departure.
By car...
A well developed motorway network links Zurich with other large Swiss cities and neighboring countries, ensuring shortest possible journey times.
ETH Zürich: Map of Zurich
Zurich is situated in Central Switzerland, 272 km (111 miles) from Geneva, 86 km (miles) from Basel and 122 km (miles) from Bern. Travel time from Geneva is 3.5 hours by car and 3 hours by train.
Forever associated with banking, business and chocolate, the 'little big city' (as its known) lies at the northern end of Lake Zürich (Zürichsee). Divided in two by the Limmat river, Zürich is Switzerland's most populated city (with 350,000 inhabitants), although its compact size and convenient layout, make it one that's easily explored in just a few days.
Zurich is located at the center of the Zurich canton, on Switzerland’s central plain, with the elevation rising towards the south and the Alps. Positioned at the northern tip of the Zürichsee (Lake Zurich), lakeside promenades and expensive houses are prominent and can be spotted along both shores. The city’s most familiar sites are, without a doubt, the Fraumünster and Grossmünster churches, which solemnly face each other across the River Limmat. The Old Town spans this river, and some of the most interesting lanes and buildings are clustered along its banks. The nearby Lindenhof was once the site of a Roman customs post and is a good vantage point. Surrounding the Old Town, the Kreis (districts) of Zurich are arranged clockwise around the city center, with the numbers corresponding to the last digit in the postcode. In summer, the view of the city is beautiful, with the lake reflecting the mountains and clear blue sky. The winter snowfalls bring a magic of their own.
Zurich dates its origins from 15BC, when the Roman customs post of Turicum was founded. By the 10th century, the town had acquired the status of a city. It was at the center of the Swiss religious Reformation in the 16th century, under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli. His motto ‘pray and work’ was to have a profound effect on this diligent city, which, by the 19th century, had grown into the commercial and financial center of Switzerland. The modern Zurich is a city of bankers in a country of banks. This concentration of wealth can most readily be seen along the Bahnhofstrasse, flanked by lime trees. All the major banks have a presence here, notably at the Paradeplatz, where elegant shops and designer boutiques line the street, interspersed with trendy bars and attractive cafés, stretching from the Hauptbahnhof right down to Lake Zurich.
Other riches lie in the city’s excellent universities – Zurich is a powerhouse for research, with public-private partnerships leading to innovations both in design and the high-tech sector. The exceptional infrastructure and delightful atmosphere have ensured Zurich’s role as a major conference and incentive destination. The city also has a strong cultural presence – over 30 museums, art galleries, auction houses, the opera, orchestras and the Schauspielhaus theater, as well as a number of performance spaces that encourage contemporary artists in all media.
The citizens enjoy a high standard of living, and this is evident in the many fashionable and enjoyable bars, cafés and restaurants that fill the Old Town. The ambience is heightened by the large swathes on either side of the River Limmat that are pedestrian-only areas. For those who find the comfortable burgher lifestyle a little too tame, there are always alternative places to seek out. This is, after all, the city that saw the birth of the artistic movement of Dadaism – the antithesis of conformity.
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