The typical twin-towers are the actual town's landmark. Legend has it that Charlemagne had discovered the tombs of the patron saints Felix and Regula and ordered to build a church on the site.
The probably most famous church windows of the world are to be found in the Fraumuenster cathedral. It was Marc Chagall who painted the main windows and Augusto Giacometti who did the windows in the transept at the northern side.
The Opera of Zurich can boast a repertoire that is among the most multifarious in the world. Make your choice from over 300 arrangements.
This museum accommodates the biggest collection of objects of cultural heritage of Switzerland.
The Kunsthaus Zurich is one of the most prominent museums of art of Switzerland. Apart from works of Picasso, Monet and Chagall, the biggest collection of Munch paintings as well as the major works of Alberto Giacometti can be seen there.
The one and only museum of art for non-European cultures in Switzerland, which holds a collection of international renown with works emanating from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania.
There must be about a hundred of them in Europe. Yet only one became famous all over the world - the Zurich Bahnhofstrasse.
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«Niederdorf» part of the Old Town. Zwingli, Goethe and Gottfried Keller were no doubt the most prominent dwellers of Niederdorf. Nowadays, what people love to call «Doerfli», is the place for the young and the young at heart.
Most important landing place for the ships of the Zurich-lake steamship company.
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Chinese culture on the lakefront of Zurich. The garden is a gift of the Chinese twin city of Kunming.
A sensuous excitement without any doubt. Be it the tropical rain forest, the fragrance of the Mediterranean, virgin forests with ferns, bloomy cyclamen, etc.
The zoo of Zurich ranks amongst the best zoological gardens of Europe. It is always a delightful spree, even with bad weather. Watching the exotic creatures in the Masoala Hall as well as in the heated vivariums will no doubt be a unique experience.
From the top of this mountain you have a unique view of Zurich, the lake and the Alps.