Discover Zurich

Zurich
Zürich, which likes to call itself "Downtown Switzerland", is the largest city in Switzerland. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. While the area itself has approximately 380,500 inhabitants, the Zürich metropolitan area is an urbanized area of international importance constituted by a population of nearly 2 million inhabitants.Both Zürich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.

Zürich is a leading global city and among the world's largest financial centres. The city is home to a large number of financial institutions and banking giants. Also, most of the research and development centres are concentrated in Zürich and the low rate of tax attracts overseas companies to set up their headquarters there. According to several surveys from 2006 to 2008, Zürich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world as well as the wealthiest city in Europe.
One of the largest and most popular annual events in Zürich is the Street Parade, which is also one of the largest techno and dance music festival in the world. Proceeding along the side of Lake Zurich, it normally occurs on the second Saturday in August. The first edition was held in 1992 with about 1,000 participants. By 2001 the event had reached the size of 1 million participants.
The currency in Switzerland is Swiss Francs (CHF)

Top sights:
• St. Peters church; with the largest church clock face in the world.
• Fraumünster (our lady's minster) first church built before 874. During 2004 the Fraumünster was fully renovated. During this period the installed scaffolding went above the tip of the tower allowing a unique and exceptional 360° panoramic view of Zürich.
• Zoological garden
• Botanical Garden Zürich
• Chinese Garden Zürich
• Zürich Museum of Art
• Swiss National Museum
• The Zürich Opera House

Travel information:
About 70% of the visitors to the city take the tram or bus. Within Zürich and throughout the canton of Zürich, the ZVV network of public transport has traffic density ratings among the highest worldwide. Three means of mass-transit exist: the S-Bahn (local trains), trams, and buses (both diesel and electric, also called trolley buses). In addition, the public transport network includes boats on the lake and river, funicular railways and even the Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg (LAF), a cable car between Adliswil and Felsenegg. Tickets purchased for a trip are valid on all means of public transportation (train, tram, bus, boat). Single tickets/day pass starts from 2.50CHF (1/2 day pass) and 5.00CHF (24hr pass). Weekly tickets start from 24.80CHF.
Zürich Airport is located less than 10 kilometres northeast of the city in Kloten. Zürich Airport has its own railway station, which is located underground. It is directly connected to Zürich and most of the major Swiss cities