Innovative design, intriguing forms and unusual ideas.
Talk directly to the designers and learn more about the creation and the characteristics of each product’s design. Discover your favourite object and take a small piece of BLICKFANG back home.
Get a little inspiration for your flat or wardrobe, buy your Christmas gifts or relax in the Bombay Lounge or the KENT Smoking Lounge. Visit the BLICKFANG fashion show. Take time to discover designers ...
if you fancy a nice boat trip around the lake of zurich followed by a wonderful fondue meal.
CHF49/adult and is every tuesday till 23 dec.
here is the link
every autumn, swiss children carve out radishes into little lanterns and they go out into their villages in the evening, singing and parading their "lanterns"
On a larger scale, every year in Richterswil there is a special lantern festival called
Räben-Chilbi. (radish fair) it will take place on Nov 8. here thousands of radishes are used to create these wonderful lantern sculptures which are paraded down ...
The kunsthaus is a great museum in the heart of zurich. I like the modern art they have in the back, and of course a great collection of Swiss artists, including my favorite - Ferdinand Hodler.
Also as a tip, it is free on Wednesdays.
Opening times
Sat/Sun/Tues 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
Wed–Fri 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Closed Mondays
Roasted chestnuts or marroni as they are called here, signal in the start of Autumn. Swiss people love chestnuts in all forms. Whether it is cooked to be eaten with game, or made into a paste to be eaten on cakes or in the famous marron glace .
I like them as the roasted ones above. There is something about going to buy a warm bag of them on ...
you can rent bikes to go around zurich city. it is free and the season ends this month.
Go rent one and you can see the city from a more environmental point of view.
Here are the various locations to rent one:
Zurich mainstation - Velostation Süd (Sihlpost), 08.00 Uhr - 21.30 Uhr
Globus City 10:00 21:30 Uhr
Operahouse, (Bahnhof Stadelhofen), 10:00-21:30 Uhr
Oerlikon - Swissôtel , 10:00-21:30 Uhr
The Gourmesse food fair starts tomorrow at the Zurich Congresshall.
163 stalls from different countries.Also there will be food lectures on topics such as cheese and vinegar. Go down to do some food and wine tastings!
10-13 October, 9-8 pm
Kongresshaus Zürich AG
Gotthardstrasse 5
Postfach 2523
8022 Zürich
Tel +41 44 206 36 36
The Mythenquai is just round the corner from Burkliplatz (the main pier where tourists can take the ferries around lake of Zurich) It is popular in summer for the small beach and the lawn where many people go to sunbathe, But what to do in Autumn?
There is a small cafe there and a lovely park, with a bird aviary
You can walk around the park, have a coffee ...
Description: The great exhibition dedicated to the world archaeological sensation.
The exhibition features the unique reconstruction of mankind's most fascinating tomb and its treasures. For the first time, this exhibition offers the opportunity to view the grave three-dimensionally, shown in the original state as it was discovered. The precious funerary objects have been replicated in the most precise detail.
exhibition from March 8th -June 29th at the Toni-Areal
