What to do and where to go in Zurich?

Question

am going for a few days in january, and ive been told that its a bit boring there with not a very good nightlife. obviously this is very disappointing to hear. but can anyone offer a few suggestions on where to go, what to see etc?

Answer 1

Yeah, it's a bit boring. It's actually a very small city (300,000 in the city itself, a million or so in the whole canton--many of whom would NOT say they live in Zurich).

I'm old so I'm not the one to ask about nightlife, but the answer above sounds right. Zuri West is hip and Langstrasse is hot. As far as I can tell the place is teeming with rich single men so if that's what you're looking for, enjoy! (Again, I'm married so I'm not the one to ask about that either...at least I know he doesn't have a chance of having an affair...)

Oh it's worth pointing out that no one's actually IN Zurich in January, at least not on the weekends, we all go skiing...

One cool thing is the Fondue trams! Do that! You might find more info here:

http://www.zvv.ch

Answer 2

The most famous districts for Nightlife are the Niederdorf in the old city district with bars, restaurants, lounges, hotels, clubs, etc. and a lot of fashion shops for a young and stylish public and the Langstrasse in the districts 4 and 5 of the city. Here you find more rough but authentic amusements: Brazilian bars, punk clubs, HipHop stages, Caribic restaurants, arthouse-cinemas, Turkish kebabs and Italian espresso-bars, but also s*x shops or the famous red light district of Zürich. At the Langstrasse you find the very international and multicultural heart of Zürich.

But in the last ten years new spots were created: Zürich West District within the old district 5, with its heart around the Escher-Wyss plaza and the S-Bahn Station of Hardbrücke with its cinemas (Abaton Cinemax complex), music clubs, lounges, restaurants, cafés and bars and the dépendance of the most important theater of the City: Schiffbau. New hotels were also built in this young quarter, which lives mostly during nighttime and weekends: hotel Ibis, Novotel Accor (on the stunning Turbinenplatz - a new plaza built with an interesting light design) and Etap Hotel. During the day you can visit art galleries, fashion shops (e.g. Freitag-Bags), organic-food stores and the Puls 5 Complex at the Turbinenplatz: a mall with an interesting architectural mix of modern and old (especially the huge Central Court

Answer 3

Some beautiful architecture there.  Lots and lots of churches to see and lots of shopping to be done if thats your type of bag...although watch the prices, they are definitely very high.

The best place to find out info about Zurich is at "Virtual Tourist" - its where visitors write reviews of cities and people who live there give tips and tricks as to what is "off the beaten track".  Well worth a visit...here's the zurich page...

http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Eur...

Enjoy!

Answer 4

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