Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Zurich, Switzerland

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 8.8 km
Ascend 256 m
Descend 189 m

Explore Zurich in Switzerland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in ZurichIndividual Sights in Zurich

Sight 1: Rietberg Museum

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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. In 2007, it received approximately 157,000 visitors.

Wikipedia: Rietberg Museum (EN), Website, Facebook

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: Villa Wesendonck

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The Villa Wesendonck is a stately villa built between 1853 and 1857 for the industrialist Otto Wesendonck and his wife Mathilde Wesendonck on the left bank of the lake in the Enge district of Zurich.

Wikipedia: Villa Wesendonck (DE)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: Rieterpark

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Rieterpark

The Rieterpark is a park in central Zurich, Switzerland. Richard Wagner lived at Villa Wesendonck in Reiterpark from 1849 to 1858 where he worked on Tristan.

Wikipedia: Rieterpark (EN)

455 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Belvoirpark

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The Villa Belvoir is a mansion in Zürich-Enge built between 1828 and 1831. It is registered in the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance along with the Belvoirpark, one of the largest public parks and arboreta in the city of Zürich in Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Villa Belvoir (EN)

461 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich

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Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, literally succulent plant collection of the city of Zürich, is a botanical garden in the Swiss municipality of Zürich. It also houses a botanic library, a herbarium and the International Organizations for Succulent Plant Research (IOS).

Wikipedia: Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich (EN), Website

804 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Volière

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The Voliere Zürich is an aviary and veterinary hospital situated in the Arboretum in the Swiss city of Zürich. It also houses the so-called Vogelpflegestation, a unique sanatory for birds.

Wikipedia: Voliere Zürich (EN)

474 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: FIFA World Football Museum

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The FIFA Museum is an association football museum operated by FIFA. The museum is located in Zürich, Switzerland, across town from the FIFA headquarters. It opened on 28 February 2016. The project, costing over SFr500 million ($563m), is currently under investigation for "suspected criminal mismanagement".

Wikipedia: FIFA World Football Museum (EN)

1545 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 8: Opera House

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The Zürich Opera House is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zürich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zürich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich. It is also home to the Zürich Ballet.

Wikipedia: Zürich Opera House (EN), Website

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Bernhard Theater

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The Bernhard-Theater Zürich or Bernhard Theater is a theatre in German-speaking Switzerland situated at Sechseläutenplatz in Zürich. It is part of the building complex Opernhaus Zürich and also houses the Restaurant Belcanto. The theater was founded by and named after Rudolf Bernhard in 1941.

Wikipedia: Bernhard-Theater Zürich (EN), Website

700 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 10: Johann Jacobs Museum

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The Johann Jacobs Museum is a museum of cultural history in Zurich-Seefeld, Switzerland. It is run by Roger M. Buergel and is located in the Villa Ernst, built in 1913.

Wikipedia: Johann Jacobs Museum (DE), Website

1241 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 11: Botanischer Garten der Universität Zürich

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The Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich is a botanical garden in the Swiss city of Zurich. It was opened in 1977 and is located at Zollikerstrasse in the Weinegg quarter of the city.

Wikipedia: Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich (EN), Website

1486 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 12: Kulturama

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

Wikipedia: Kulturama (DE), Website

1184 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: Coninx-Museum

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The Coninx Museum was an art museum in Zurich-Hottingen, Switzerland. It housed around 14,000 works of art from the Coninx Foundation, which can be traced back to the painter and art collector Werner Coninx. It is one of the largest private art collections in Switzerland. The museum closed in 2012.

Wikipedia: Coninx-Museum (DE)

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