Guidebook for Zurich
Food Scene
I love love this place. There is bar, a restaurant, a theatre, an exhibition hall, a club etc.. And it right by the lake. It is reasonably priced and relaxed. You can brunch on Saturdays and Sundays until 4pm.
64 locals recommend
Rote Fabrik
395 SeestrasseI love love this place. There is bar, a restaurant, a theatre, an exhibition hall, a club etc.. And it right by the lake. It is reasonably priced and relaxed. You can brunch on Saturdays and Sundays until 4pm.
Relaxed student bar, only open on weekdays till 10 pm. Great prices and views.
bQm Culture Café & Bar
34 LeonhardstrasseRelaxed student bar, only open on weekdays till 10 pm. Great prices and views.
Here you can find chocolates not sold in the supermarkets and feast on the smell of chocolates.
12 locals recommend
Lindt Chocolate Shop Kilchberg
58 PilgerwegHere you can find chocolates not sold in the supermarkets and feast on the smell of chocolates.
Mythos
35 Stauffacherstrasseawesome gyros!
Friends Corner
146 JosefstrasseBest South Indian/Sri Lanken food in Zurich
Palestine Grill
92 LangstrasseTake away palestine food: They have a great sabich!
On the fine dining side this Italian restaurant is great! It's pricey and needs reservation.
Accademia del Gusto
48 RotwandstrasseOn the fine dining side this Italian restaurant is great! It's pricey and needs reservation.
Oldest vegetarian restaurant in Switzerland (or Europe?). It offers a great selection, especially if you like buffets.
115 locals recommend
Haus Hiltl
28 SihlstrasseOldest vegetarian restaurant in Switzerland (or Europe?). It offers a great selection, especially if you like buffets.
If you don't know the word "Kitsch" yet, you will know it afterwards. Especially in winter and around Christmas time this coffehouse/pastry shop is a great experience and offers some life music.
34 locals recommend
Schober Cafe
4 NapfgasseIf you don't know the word "Kitsch" yet, you will know it afterwards. Especially in winter and around Christmas time this coffehouse/pastry shop is a great experience and offers some life music.
A restaurant and wine bar, this place is on the "touristic" side, but still worth a visit. Next to the beautiful wooden interior the restaurant offers an adventurous challenge: If you can climb over the wooden beam in the lower room, and if you can drink a glass of wine hanging from the beam head over, you can write your name on the wooden wall! (Some also say that you get wine for the whole night, but that is not confirmed).
Its more difficult that you might think! We saw people failing a lot.
10 locals recommend
Oepfelchammer
12 RindermarktA restaurant and wine bar, this place is on the "touristic" side, but still worth a visit. Next to the beautiful wooden interior the restaurant offers an adventurous challenge: If you can climb over the wooden beam in the lower room, and if you can drink a glass of wine hanging from the beam head over, you can write your name on the wooden wall! (Some also say that you get wine for the whole night, but that is not confirmed).
Its more difficult that you might think! We saw people failing a lot.
Essentials
Best thermal bath with views overlooking the city. They charge 34 chf for entry for a day.
61 locals recommend
Zurich Thermal Baths & Spa
150 BrandschenkestrasseBest thermal bath with views overlooking the city. They charge 34 chf for entry for a day.
Coop Supermarkt Zürich Wollishofen Seestr.
339 SeestrasseNearest supermarket
Arts & Culture
Kunsthaus Zürich
1 Heimpl.One of the best art museums. Free entry on Wednesday
Worlds largest cactus museum and its free. An unique experience.
18 locals recommend
Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich
88 MythenquaiWorlds largest cactus museum and its free. An unique experience.
Drinks & Nightlife
Urania Sternwarte
9 UraniastrasseA cool bar in an old observatory.
Zurich is not much of a cocktail city, but this place is an exception. All cocktails for 12chf.
Barfly’z
21 GotthardstrasseZurich is not much of a cocktail city, but this place is an exception. All cocktails for 12chf.
CLOUDS
5 Maagpl.On top of the highest buildings this bar offers great view.
If it happens that after Schober and a few other stops you are still in Niederdörfli llate night, Gräbli is one of the last stops, open almost 24h. Its one of the oldest bars in Zurich (at least it looks like it :)) and attracts a diverse crowd.
Gräbli Bar
66 NiederdorfstrasseIf it happens that after Schober and a few other stops you are still in Niederdörfli llate night, Gräbli is one of the last stops, open almost 24h. Its one of the oldest bars in Zurich (at least it looks like it :)) and attracts a diverse crowd.
Parks & Nature
Saffa-Insel
317 MythenquaiMost of Zurich is here sunbathing (Only in summer)
My favorite park in Zurich. Such a delightful secret, with amazing landscaped gardens, views and the feeling of being cutoff from the city.
35 locals recommend
Museum Rietberg station
My favorite park in Zurich. Such a delightful secret, with amazing landscaped gardens, views and the feeling of being cutoff from the city.
My second favorite park in Zurich, cute and pretty.
18 locals recommend
Belvoirpark Hotel Management School
125 SeestrasseMy second favorite park in Zurich, cute and pretty.
Allmend is one of the nearest parcs. If you are fit, you can go on in the same direction up to the top of Uetliberg. also recommended.
Allmend I
20 GfellstrasseAllmend is one of the nearest parcs. If you are fit, you can go on in the same direction up to the top of Uetliberg. also recommended.
Shopping
All the things that are not claimed in the lost and found end up here. Some cheap deals and weird things can be found here.
http://fundsachenverkauf.ch/
Albisstrasse 39
39 AlbisstrasseAll the things that are not claimed in the lost and found end up here. Some cheap deals and weird things can be found here.
http://fundsachenverkauf.ch/
If you are in the market for bonsai's you could find some unique ones here.
Bonsai & Kakteen Shop GmbH
39 AlbisstrasseIf you are in the market for bonsai's you could find some unique ones here.
Sibler is a nice shop that you can only find in Zurich. It has great presents and kitchen utensils.
Sibler AG Münsterhof
16 MünsterhofSibler is a nice shop that you can only find in Zurich. It has great presents and kitchen utensils.
Sightseeing
You can reach that place for instance taking the bus in front of our house to Bürkliplatz along the lake (around 5 min.), then walking there. When walking to this place, basically the center of Zurich old town surrounded by the star-shaped water channel, you see the most essential parts of old town. Itself Lindenhof is a nice place to visit that gives a view of "Niederdörfli" on the other side of Limmat.
137 locals recommend
Lindenhof
13 HöfnerstrasseYou can reach that place for instance taking the bus in front of our house to Bürkliplatz along the lake (around 5 min.), then walking there. When walking to this place, basically the center of Zurich old town surrounded by the star-shaped water channel, you see the most essential parts of old town. Itself Lindenhof is a nice place to visit that gives a view of "Niederdörfli" on the other side of Limmat.