Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Zurich, Switzerland

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 4 km
Ascend 139 m
Descend 118 m

Experience Zurich in Switzerland in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in ZurichIndividual Sights in Zurich

Sight 1: Alter Botanischer Garten

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The Old Botanical Garden is a botanical garden and arboretum in the Swiss city of Zürich. The garden is, among the neighbored Schanzengraben moat and the Bauschänzli bastion, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich, that was begun in 1642.

Wikipedia: Old Botanical Garden, Zürich (EN), Website

187 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich

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Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich Philipp Dallais / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich is the third oldest ethnological museum of Switzerland. Owner of its collections since 1914 is the University of Zurich. The main fields of the museum's activities are the maintenance of the collections, research, teaching and public relations.

Wikipedia: Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich (EN)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Galerie Gmurzynska

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Galerie Gmurzynska is a commercial art gallery based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in modern and contemporary art and work by the Russian avant-garde. It became a popular venue for international collectors seeking Russian art that was banned by the Soviet regime, and, according to Artnet, became the "go-to place for Russian art for international collectors".

Wikipedia: Galerie Gmurzynska (EN), Website

342 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Fraumünster

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Fraumünster

The Fraumünster is a church in Zürich which was built on the remains of a former abbey for aristocratic women which was founded in 853 by Louis the German for his daughter Hildegard. He endowed the Benedictine convent with the lands of Zürich, Uri, and the Albis forest, and granted the convent immunity, placing it under his direct authority. Today, it belongs to the Evangelical Reformed Church of the canton of Zürich and is one of the four main churches of Zürich, the others being the Grossmünster, Prediger and St. Peter's churches.

Wikipedia: Fraumünster (EN)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Münsterbrücke

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Münsterbrücke is a pedestrian and road bridge over the Limmat in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is listed in the Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance. It is indirectly named after two Münster (minsters), the Fraumünster and Grossmünster.

Wikipedia: Münsterbrücke, Zürich (EN)

73 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Helmhaus

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The Wasserkirche of Zürich, first mentioned as ecclesia Aquatica Turicensi around 1250 and as wazzirkilcha in 1256, is a church built on a small island in the Limmat, situated between the two main churches of medieval Zürich, the Grossmünster and the Fraumünster, at the Limmatquai and the Münsterbrücke.

Wikipedia: Wasserkirche (EN), Website

256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Theater am Hechtplatz

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The Theater am Hechtplatz is a theatre in the German-speaking Switzerland situated at Limmatquai in Zürich. Founded in 1959 as a Cabaret, it's owned and provided by the government of the city of Zürich.

Wikipedia: Theater am Hechtplatz (EN), Website

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Karlsturm

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The Karlsturm is the southeastern (right) tower of the Grossmünster in Zurich.

Wikipedia: Karlsturm (Zürich) (DE)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Grossmünsterkapelle

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The Grossmünster Chapel is a Protestant Reformed chapel opposite the Grossmünster on the corner of Münstergasse and Kirchgasse in the old town of Zurich. The building houses the Helferei cultural centre.

Wikipedia: Grossmünsterkapelle (DE)

249 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: Theater Winkelwiese

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The Theater Winkelwiese, in Zurich, originally named Theater an der Winkelwiese, has been known for avant-garde theater performances since its founding in the 1960s. The cellar theatre in the Villa Tobler was opened by Maria von Ostfelden on 16 June 1964 with the Swiss premiere of the three-person play The Janitor by Harold Pinter.

Wikipedia: Theater an der Winkelwiese (DE), Website

374 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Theater am Neumarkt

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The Theater am Neumarkt or by its present official name Theater Neumarkt is a theatre in the German-speaking Switzerland situated at Neumarkt, Zürich. It is part of the building complex Bilgeriturm–Neumarkt and also houses the Hottinger guild for two days a year.

Wikipedia: Theater am Neumarkt (EN)

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Predigerkirche

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Predigerkirche is one of the four main churches of the old town of Zürich, Switzerland, besides Fraumünster, Grossmünster and St. Peter. First built in 1231 AD as a Romanesque church of the then Dominican Predigerkloster, the Basilica was converted in the first half of the 14th century, the choir between 1308 and 1350 rebuilt, and a for that time unusual high bell tower was built, regarded as the highest Gothic edifice in Zürich.

Wikipedia: Predigerkirche Zürich (EN), Website

544 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Alte Kantonsschule

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Alte Kantonsschule U. Käser / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Kantonsschule Rämibühl at the Rämistrasse in Zurich, founded in 1832 as "Kantonsschule Zürich" consists of four Kantonsschulen with different curricular profiles. The four schools, which are attended by more than 2000 students in total, are the Literargymnasium, the Realgymnasium, the Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliches Gymnasium and the Kunst- und Sportgymnasium Rämibühl.

Wikipedia: Kantonsschule Rämibühl (EN)

303 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Schauspielhaus Pfauen

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The Schauspielhaus Zürich is one of the most prominent and important theatres in the history of German-speaking theater.

Wikipedia: Schauspielhaus Zürich (EN), Url

553 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Kulturama

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The Kulturama is a museum of evolutionary and cultural history in Zurich-Hottingen.

Wikipedia: Kulturama (DE), Website

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