Zurich(Wallisellen)
Essentials
Zürich
https://www.zuerich.com/en
Tourist website
All inclusive transit pass
https://www.zuerich.com/en/zurichcard
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Zurich Main Station
BahnhofplatzAll inclusive transit pass
https://www.zuerich.com/en/zurichcard
Getting Around
Bus stop to train station
1 minute walk from house
Bus at 0:18 and 0:48 past the hour
Wallisellen, Spitzacker
Bus stop to train station
1 minute walk from house
Bus at 0:18 and 0:48 past the hour
Bus to Glattzentrum shopping mall
every 15 minutes at 0:12, 0:27, 0:42, 0:57
But check google maps
Wallisellen, Ifang
Bus to Glattzentrum shopping mall
every 15 minutes at 0:12, 0:27, 0:42, 0:57
But check google maps
Groceries
Migros
20 Zürichstrasse10 minute walk
2 minute drive
4 minutes by public transit
Coop Restaurant Dietlikon Center
28 Industriestrasse5 minute drive
beware VERY crowded road on Saturdays
Fitness/sports
FLIP LAB Zürich
35 OberglatterstrasseTrampoline park, 15 minute drive
Windwerk AG
21 Ohrbühlstrasse30 minute drive
Indoor olympic pool with kids area
Fun outdoor area in summer
Indoor u. Outdoor pool Water World Wallisellen
62 Alte WinterthurerstrasseIndoor olympic pool with kids area
Fun outdoor area in summer
GrindelBoulder
12 GrindelstrasseRockclimbing wall
15 minute drive
Drinks & Nightlife
PurPur
9 Seefeldstrasse Cool patio during the day. Nightclub at night.
Casino Zurich
3 GessneralleeIt's a Casino.
Also, live poker from 8pm
Biggest and best nightclub in Zurich.
Note that the Swiss travel in groups - hard to "break in" to a social circle here.
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Kaufleuten
18 Pelikanpl.Biggest and best nightclub in Zurich.
Note that the Swiss travel in groups - hard to "break in" to a social circle here.
Moods
World famous jazz bar
Part of the 8005 (Kreis 5) district. Formerly industrial, it is now the hip, artsie, creative bohemian district.
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Frau Gerolds Garten
23 GeroldstrassePart of the 8005 (Kreis 5) district. Formerly industrial, it is now the hip, artsie, creative bohemian district.
Raygrodski Bar
49 SihlfeldstrasseCool bar
Eccentric bar. Come after dinner, when the expat crowd fill the room to the rafters, and work your way through the most eye-catching entries in the “tales book” (menu).
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Tales Bar
29 SelnaustrasseEccentric bar. Come after dinner, when the expat crowd fill the room to the rafters, and work your way through the most eye-catching entries in the “tales book” (menu).
A favourite among Zurich’s young, well-heeled locals – Dante is a proper, late-night bolt hole for those who feel either too old, too tired or just too damn cool to queue up outside one of the city’s various nightclubs
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Dante
22 ZwinglistrasseA favourite among Zurich’s young, well-heeled locals – Dante is a proper, late-night bolt hole for those who feel either too old, too tired or just too damn cool to queue up outside one of the city’s various nightclubs
Men only outdoor swimming pool by day. Turns into bar in late afternoon/evening
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Rimini Bar
10 BadwegMen only outdoor swimming pool by day. Turns into bar in late afternoon/evening
Old Crow
4 SchwanengasseFamous whiskey bar
El Lokal
11 GessneralleeCool bar
Parks & Nature
Bootsvermietung Lago
6 UtoquaiZoo Zurich
221 ZürichbergstrasseLocal zoo.
A lovely little chinese design style garden. Costs 1 to 4 chf to enter. Not too large, but very nice and peaceful. Located v.close to the flat
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Chinese tuin
138 BellerivestrasseA lovely little chinese design style garden. Costs 1 to 4 chf to enter. Not too large, but very nice and peaceful. Located v.close to the flat
University of Zurich botanical garden. (FREE! :-))
Contains more than 8,000 plant species at indoor and outdoor displays.
The garden’s main identifier is the group of three dome-shaped greenhouses from the 1970s.
Each of these has different climatic conditions: The largest contains tropical species, while the smaller two house subtropical and savannah plants.
Outside is an arboretum, Mediterranean garden and historically themed gardens growing plants for dyeing and medicine.
The university’s faculty canteen is open to the public if you’d like to cap your trip with a meal or coffee.
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Botanical Garden
107 ZollikerstrasseUniversity of Zurich botanical garden. (FREE! :-))
Contains more than 8,000 plant species at indoor and outdoor displays.
The garden’s main identifier is the group of three dome-shaped greenhouses from the 1970s.
Each of these has different climatic conditions: The largest contains tropical species, while the smaller two house subtropical and savannah plants.
Outside is an arboretum, Mediterranean garden and historically themed gardens growing plants for dyeing and medicine.
The university’s faculty canteen is open to the public if you’d like to cap your trip with a meal or coffee.
Shopping
Bahnhofstrasse
BahnhofstrasseAll the high end brand name stores
Funky shops located under a viadukt in the Kreis 5 artsie industrial area.
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Markthalle Im Viadukt
ViaduktstrasseFunky shops located under a viadukt in the Kreis 5 artsie industrial area.
Glatt
99 Neue WinterthurerstrasseMassive US style shopping mall