Things to see in Zürich
Zürich is a city in Switzerland, with an urban population of about 1.1 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 6 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Grossmünster Place of worship
The Grossmünster is a Romanesque-style Swiss Reformed Church in Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city.
2Zürich Opera House Arts & culture
The Zurich Opera House is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zurich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zurich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich.
3Cabaret Voltaire Arts & culture
Cabaret Voltaire is the birthplace of the Dada art movement, founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1916. It was founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings as a cabaret intended for artistic and political purposes.
4Kunsthaus Zürich Art
The Kunsthaus Zürich is an art museum in Zurich. It is the biggest art museum in Switzerland by area and houses one of the most important art collections in Switzerland, assembled over time by the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, a nonprofit art society.
5National Museum Zurich Museum
The Swiss National Museum is a museum in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, adjacent to Zürich Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) and the Platzspitz park.
6Fraumünster Place of worship
The Fraumünster is a church in Zurich, Switzerland, which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women and which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard.
7Üetliberg Nature
The Uetliberg (also known as Üetliberg) is a mountain in the Swiss Plateau, the northernmost part of the Albis chain, rising to 870 m (2,850 ft).
8Museum Rietberg Art
The Rietberg Museum is a museum in Zürich, Switzerland, displaying Asian, African, American and Oceanian art. It is the largest art museum focusing on non-European art and design in Switzerland, the third-largest museum in Zürich, and the largest to be run by the city itself.
9Fluntern Cemetery History
Also known as Friedhof Fluntern, the Fluntern Cemetery is located in the Zürichberg district of Zürich.
10Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Art
The Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection (Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle) is an art museum in Zurich, Switzerland.
11Zürichberg Nature
The Zürichberg is a wooded hill rising to 679 m (2,228 feet), overlooking Lake Zürich and located immediately to the east of the city of Zürich, Switzerland, between the valleys of the Limmat and the Glatt rivers.
12Zürich Zoo Park
The Zoo Zurich is a zoo located in Zurich, Switzerland. Opened in 1929, it is the third oldest zoo in Switzerland (after Basel and Arth-Goldau) and it accumulated a collection of 2,200 specimens of 300 species by its seventy-fifth year.
13St. Peter Place of worship
St. Peter is one of the four main churches of the old town of Zurich, Switzerland, besides Grossmünster, Fraumünster and Predigerkirche.
14FIFA headquarters Landmark
The headquarters of FIFA is a distinctive complex in Zürich. The complex has served as the official headquarters of FIFA since its completion in 2006.
15Museum of Design Museum
The Museum of Design, Zürich is a museum for industrial design, visual communication, architecture, and craft in Zurich, Switzerland.
16Zentralbibliothek Zürich Museum
Zentralbibliothek Zürich (Zürich Central Library) is a library in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the main library of both the city and the University of Zurich, housed in the Predigerkloster, the former Black Friars' abbey, in the old town's Rathaus quarter.
17Käferberg Nature
Käferberg (el. 571 metres or 1,873 feet) and Waidberg (el.
18Wasserkirche Art
The Wasserkirche in Zurich, first mentioned as ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi (in the ablative) around 1250 and as wazzirkilcha in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the river Limmat, situated between the two main churches of medieval Zürich, the Grossmünster and the Fraumünster, at the Limmatquai and the Münsterbrücke.
19Mahmood Mosque Place of worship
The Mahmood Mosque, situated in Forchstrasse, Zurich, is the first purpose-built mosque in Switzerland. It is owned and run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
20Adlisberg Nature
Adlisberg, with an elevation of 701 metres (2,300 ft), is a wooded mountain in Switzerland overlooking Lake Zurich (Zürichsee) to the northwest near the Zürichberg.
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