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Things to do in Zurich

  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Streets ahead: Zürich’s astonishing public art scene

    With more than 1,300 outdoor works ranging from medieval to Modernist and multimedia, the Swiss city is a treat for art lovers

    Graffiti by street artist Harald Naegeli on the grey and yellow wall of an underground car park, including a fish-like figure
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
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    Visual feast: an ode to Zürich’s iconic Kronenhalle restaurant

    The storied fine-dining destination — where the walls are filled with a world-class collection of Modernist masterpieces — celebrates its centenary next week

    Marc Chagall’s ‘Le coucher du soleil’, depicting a large red sun setting over a vivid blue sea, on the dark-wood-panelled walls of Zürich’s Kronenhalle restaurant
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Easy rider: exploring central Switzerland by e-bike from Zürich

    Make short work of some serious climbs on a route that takes in lakeside villages and Alpine passes

  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterTips from the top
    Fifa Museum director Marco Fazzone’s perfect weekend in Zürich

    Two days of culture, cuisine and — of course — football

    Marco Fazzone looking out from a balcony in Zürich’s Opera House over a city square
  • Thursday, 11 April, 2024
    FT GlobetrotterFT Globetrotter’s month-by-month guide to what’s on in our cities
    What’s on in Zürich: an FT Globetrotter guide

    The highlights of the cultural calendar for the spring and beyond in Europe’s ‘most liveable city’

    An aerial photograph of thousands of people at Zürich’s Street Parade, the city’s annual techno party, on the edge of the lake
  • Monday, 22 January, 2024
    FT Globetrotter
    Snowscaping: the best day skiing from Zürich

    Superb pistes are an hour or two away from the Swiss finance hub

    Skiers going down a snowy slope at Flumserberg ski resort, beneath aerial cablecars. In the distance are mountains
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    The lost world of Zürich’s émigrés: an insider guide

    For decades the city was a haven for artists, writers and composers in exile — as well as the occasional revolutionary. Here’s where to follow in their footsteps

  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterSplashing out: FT Globetrotter’s summer swimming guide
    Badi behaviour: the joys of river and lake swimming in Zürich

    A deep dive into one of the best cities in the world for urban dipping

  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    FT readers: your favourite cultural highlights in Zürich

    Top tips for a city full of surprises, ranging from Chagall in a church to a Giacommeti in a police station, via a lakeside Le Corbusier masterpiece

    Pavillon Le Corbusier, Zürich: a metal and glass structure with an abstract roof and Mondrian-style coloured panels, surrounded by a lawn and trees
  • Friday, 2 June, 2023
    HTSI
    The landscape architect, the nuns, and the forest of the future

    Enzo Enea’s friendship with his Cistercian landladies has helped establish a Swiss ‘Tree Museum’ – and inspired an installation at this year’s Art Basel

    Enzo Enea with Sister Andrea and Abbess Monika at Kloster Mariazell
  • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Signs of the times: three graphic design tours of Zürich

    The city’s streets are a goldmine for fans of modernist fonts and graphic design. Just look around you — and up

    A triptych of images featuring Swiss typography on posters, in a museum and made up of large illuminated lettering
  • Thursday, 11 May, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Portrait of a park: Zürich’s groundbreaking vertical garden, MFO-Park

    This playful green space pays tribute to the city’s industrial heritage while expressing its forward-facing take on urban renewal

    A metal upper-floor balcony flanked by steel grid covered in green and red climbing plants at MFO-Park
  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    FT Globetrotter
    Five stunning cycling routes around Zürich

    These two-wheeled adventures into the Swiss heartland skirt lakes, cross mountain passes and take in hamlets and fairytale castles

    An aerial view of Schloss Kyburg – a Swiss castle with a hamlet in front of it and miles of forest around it
  • Sunday, 15 September, 2019
    HTSI
    Mats Klingberg’s perfect weekend in Zürich

    The Swedish former financier and founder of Trunk Clothiers starts his weekend with Bircher muesli and a swim – and ends it in a sauna

    Mats Klingberg in Zürich
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