Holiday Destination: Zurich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. Both Zurich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for around 7,000 years, the history of Zurich goes back to its founding by the Romans. During the Middle Ages Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, was the place of origin and centre of the Protestant Reformation in German speaking Switzerland, led by Ulrich Zwingli. Zurich is a leading global city and among the world's largest financial centres. The city is home to a large number of financial institutions and banking giants. Also, most of the research and development centres are concentrated in Zurich and the low rate of tax attracts overseas companies to set up their headquarters there. Many museums and art galleries can be found in the city, including the Swiss National Museum and the Kunsthaus. Zurich also hosts one of the most important theatres in the German speaking world.

Climate

Summer 23.6 °C (74.5 °F), Winter (−4.1) °C (24.6 °F)

Tourist Season

Winter is the best for visiting Zurich.

Accommodation

Hotels and Apartments.

General Information Of Zurich

• Land Area: 33.93 sq mi (87.88 km2)
• Population: 3 Lakh.
• Capital City: Zurich.
• Language: English, and German.

Tourist Attraction in or Near by Zurich

Rietberg Museum

The Rietberg Museum is a museum in Zürich, Switzerland, displaying Asian, African, American and Oceanian art. It is the only art museum of non European cultures in Switzerland, the third largest museum in Zürich, and the largest to be run by the city itself. In 2007 it received approximately 157,000 visitors. The Rietberg Museum is situated in the 17 acre Rieterpark in central Zürich, and consists of several historic buildings the Wesendonck Villa, the Remise, the Rieter Park-Villa, and the Schönberg Villa.

Schanzengraben

The jump was to ditch the outer moat of the 1642 so called third fortification of the city of Zurich and is now a popular natural oasis on the outskirts of the city neighborhoods and constriction. During its course of industrialization were located along different factories, so it degenerated over the next hundred years to an unattractive factory channel. The promenade follows along the zigzag line of the former ski jump. Every few hundred meters staircases lead to the adjacent urban areas.

Swiss National Museum

The Swiss National Museum part of the Musée Suisse Group, itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture is one of the most important art museums of cultural history in Europe and the world[citation needed]. It is located in the city of Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, next to the Hauptbahnhof. The museum building of 1898 in the historicist style was built by Gustav Gull in the form of the French Renaissance city chateaus. His impressive architecture with dozens of towers, courts and his astonishing park on an island between the rivers Sihl and Limmat has become one of the main sights of the Old City District of Zurich.

Fine Arts Museum

The Kunsthaus Zürich houses one of the most important art museums in Switzerland and Europe, collected by the local Kunstverein, called Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, and holdings running from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art. Kunsthaus is also the name of the tram stop next to the museum, properly on Pfauenplatz, between the museum building and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. The museum was planned by Karl Moser and Robert Curjel, and built and opened in 1910. It owns significant collections.

Grossmünster

The Grossmünster is a Romanesque style Protestant church in Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the three major churches in the city. The core of the present building near the banks of the Limmat River was constructed on the site of a Carolingian church, which was, according to legend, originally commissioned by Charlemagne. The Grossmünster was a monastery church, vying for precedence with the Fraumünster across the Limmat throughout the Middle Ages. According to legend, the Grossmünster was founded by Charlemagne, whose horse fell to its knees over the tombs of Felix and Regula, Zürich's patron saints. The legend helps support a claim of seniority over the Fraumünster, which was founded by Louis the German, Charlemagne's grandson. Recent archaeological evidence confirms the presence of a Roman burial ground at the site.

Foundation E. G. Bührle

The Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection was established by the Bührle family in Zürich, Switzerland to bring to public viewing Emil Georg Bührle's important collection of European sculptures and paintings. The Foundation's art museum is in a Zurich villa adjoining Bührle's former home. Although the collection includes a number of Old Masters and Modern art including works by Pierre Bonnard, Georges Braque, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.

Fraumünster

The Fraumünster abbey in Zurich was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zurich, Uri, and the Albis forest, and granted the convent immunity, placing it under his direct authority. Emperor Frederick II granted the abbey Reichsunmittelbarkeit in 1218, thus making it territorially independent of all authority save that of the Emperor himself, and increasing the political power of the abbess. The abbess assigned the mayor, and she frequently delegated the minting of coins to citizens of the city. A famous abbess during this time of great power was Elisabeth of Wetzikon.

Kronenhalle

The city's most famous restaurant where all the glitterati go to see and be seen. Good Swiss food and heavenly chocolate mousse are one reason to go, the opportunity to dine among original artwork by famous Swiss and European artists the other. Dress nicely, and treat yourself to a drink at the classy bar before or after your meal.

Kunsthaus Zürich

The Kunsthaus Zürich houses one of the most important art museums in Switzerland and Europe, collected by the local art association called Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, and holdings running from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art. Kunsthaus is also the name of the tram stop next to the museum, properly on Pfauenplatz, between the museum building and the Schauspielhaus Zürich. The museum was planned by architect Karl Moser and Robert Curjel, it was built and opened in 1910. The bas reliefs on the facade are by Moser's longtime collaborator Oskar Kiefer.

Lindenhof

The Lindenhof in the old town of Zürich is the historical site of the Roman castle, and the later Carolingian Kaiserpfalz. It is situated on the Lindenhof hill, on the left side of the Limmat River at the Schipfe. In 1747, a 2nd century Roman tombstone was discovered at the site, bearing the oldest attestation of Turīcum, at the time a tax collecting point. The castle remained intact during the early phase of Alemannic immigration in the 5th to 6th century, but was derelict by the 9th century, when it was rebuilt as a residence for Louis the German, which in turn became dilapidated and used as a source of building stone by the 13th century. The Lindenhof remained a place of civil assembly into modern times. In 1798, the citizens of Zürich swore the oath to the constitution of the Helvetic Republic on the Lindenhof.

Accessibility

Bus Terminal in or Near by

Enge

Enge
Zurich, Switzerland

Coiffeursalon Bus Stop

Riedtlistrasse 70
Zurich, Switzerland

Sorell Hotel Rütli

Zähringerstrasse 43
Zurich, Switzerland

Airport

Zurich International Airport: For International flights.

Railway Stations

Zürich HB

Museumstrasse 1
Zurich, Switzerland

Zürich Wipkingen

Wipkingen
Zurich, Switzerland

Zürich Selnau

Zürich Selnau
Zurich, Switzerland