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Famous for those legendary Swiss bank accounts and recognized as one of the world's financial centers, Zürich is the largest and most important city in Switzerland. With the River Limmat snaking through and the snow covered Alps looming in the background, it's also visually striking. You can spend days exploring Zurich's cobbled streets, wandering through its museums, exploring its flea markets or walking away with free gifts from its chocolate factories. The quays, with their promenades, are made for walking, especially along the shores of the lake. For art and culture lovers Zürich has a lot to offer. The city alone is home to over 50 museums, some 14 of which are devoted to art. The most renowned of them are Kunsthaus, Rietberg Museum and the intriguing Swiss National Museum. Zürich boasts the highest density of clubs in Switzerland – here, you can never turn up too late. From a house music party in the legendary Kaufleuten to Greatest Hits from the Eighties at the oldest club in the city, the Mascotte, to a gay event at the Labor Bar – parties really get going after 11.00 pm and continue into the wee hours of the morning. Here, there are no official closing times. Sophisticated tourists and travellers who appreciate the finer things in life, from chocolate to scrupulously clean pavements, will savour a Zurich holiday.
Places of interest
- “Kunsthaus” – Switzerland’s most important art gallery contains a collection from all the important periods of European art – from the Middle Ages through to the present.
- Rietberg Museum – the museum houses non-European art, particularly from India, China and Africa.
- Bahnhofstrasse – the mile-long street of banks featuring exclusive fashion boutiques, department stores and street cafes invites passers-by to linger.
- Zurich Zoo – featuring a 11,000-square-metre ecosystem hall containing several hundred plant and animal species from the Madagascan Masoala Rainforest.
- Old town – with its art galleries, antique and book shops: an insider’s tip amongst art aficionados. In the evening, the old town is transformed into an entertainment quarter for an eclectic swathe of the general public.
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More regions of Switzerland, Bernese Oberland, Lake Constance, Fribourg-Vaud, Grisons, Geneva/Leman, Eastern Switzerland, Ticino, Valais, Zurich, Central Switzerland
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| This house is in the small village of Ebnat-Kappel. There is a pleasantly furnished holiday home on the first floor. It is 100 m2. The holiday home has a south-west facing balcony. There is a shared south-west facing terrace with seating and a barbecue. T... |
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