Zürich, the city with the world’s highest quality of life, offers a surprising variety of leisure experiences. Its cultural calendar is so full that you will probably want to attend several performances at once. The city on the River Limmat offers art and culture, trends and lifestyle, culinary delights and natural beauty – all at once.
Zürich is a city of contrasts: a pulsating metropolis in the heart of Europe with a history that stretches back more than 2,000 years – timelessly beautiful, lively and yet surprisingly natural.

Sightseeing in Zürich

There are thousands of ways to discover Zürich, but there are some highlights that you really shouldn’t miss:

• The world’s most famous “Station Road” – Bahnhofstrasse
• Historic Old Town with a large pedestrian precinct
• Mediterranean summer atmosphere on Lake Zürich
• Top events throughout the year
• Zürich Zoo, featuring the tropical Masoala rain forest hall
• Art & culture in more than 50 museums and 100 galleries
• Nightlife in more than 500 bars, clubs and open-air lounges
• Romantic parks and gardens
• Bathing in 18 lake, river and outdoor lidos
• Zürich-West: new trends behind the walls of old factories
• Culture at the Opera House, the Tonhalle or in the Schiffbau theater
• The Uetliberg, with a view of the snow-covered Alps
• Walks through the untouched natural world of the Sihlwald forest

Commerce and Science

Zürich's unique mix of commerce, science, nature and culture attracts professionals from around the world to Zürich. Whether the financial center of Bahnhofstrasse, the research laboratories of the Federal Technical University ETH or the offices of international corporations: life is characterized by innovative thinking, progress and development in the city with the highest quality of life in the world.