Zürich

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ZSC Lions Ice Hockey Club [link] ()

FC Zürich Football Club [link] ()

Challengers Baseball Club Zürich [link]

Zürich Lions Baseball Club [link]

Zürich Renegades American Football Club [link] ()

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) headquarters.

Weltklasse Zürich

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Swimming in the lake, in the river or in several outdoor swimming pools (June-September)

Events

• Street Parade
• Sechseläuten, spring festival of the guilds and burning of the Böögg
• Zurich International Theater Festival - Zürcher Theater Spektakel, it ranks among the most important European festivals for the contemporary performing arts. [link]
• Kunst Zürich, international art fair with an annual guest city (New York in 2005); combines most recent and youngest art with the works of well-established artists. [link]
• Annual public art program each summer, sponsored by the Zürich City Association (the local equivalent of a chamber of commerce) with the cooperation of the city government. The theme for 2005 was teddy bears.

Transportation

Trams in Zürich

Zürich is a hub for rail, road, and air traffic. It has several railway stations, including Zürich Main Station, Zürich Oerlikon, Zürich Stadelhofen, and Zürich Altstetten. The Cisalpino, InterCity Express, and even the TGV high-speed trains stop in Zürich.

The A1, A3 and A4 motorways pass close to Zürich. The A1 heads west towards Bern and Geneva and eastwards towards St. Gallen; the A4 leads northwards to Schaffhausen; and the A3 heads northwest towards Basel and southeast along Lake Zurich and Lake Walen towards Sargans.

Zürich has a major international airport at Kloten, less than 10 kilometres northeast of the city. There is also an airfield in Dübendorf, although it is not used for civil aviation.

Within Zürich and throughout the canton of Zürich, the ZVV network of public transport has traffic density rating among the highest worldwide. If you add frequency, which in Zürich can be as often as 7 minutes, it does become the densest across all dimensions. Three means of mass-transit exist: the S-Bahn (local trains), trams, and buses (both diesel and electric, also called trolley buses). Rumour has it that no point exists on the ground floor within the central district which is farther than 150 metres from the next bus, tram, or train stop.

In addition the public transport network includes boats on the lake and river, funicular railways and even a cable car between Adliswil and Felsenegg.

Notable people

People that were born or died in Zürich:

• Huldrych Zwingli (1484 - 1531), reformer
• Conrad Gessner (1516 - 1565), naturalist, born and died in Zürich
• Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672 - 1733), scholar, born in Zürich
• Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741 - 1801), poet and physiognomist, born in Zürich
• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 - 1827), educational reformer, born in Zürich
• James Sadleir (c. 1815 - 1881), fugitive swindler, murdered in Zürich
• Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890), poet, born and died in Zürich
• Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825 - 1898), poet, born in Zürich
• Johanna Spyri (1827 - 1901), author of Heidi, died in Zürich
• Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (1853) - (1920) Duchess of Edinburgh, died in Zürich
• Wilhelm Filchner (1877 - 1957), explorer, died in Zürich
• James Joyce (1882 - 1941), Irish novelist, died in Zürich (buried at Fluntern cemetery in Zürich)
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899 - 1978), Bulgarian composer, born in Zürich
• Felix Bloch (1905 - 1983), physicist, born in Zürich
• Elias Canetti (1905 - 1994), novelist, died in Zürich
• Max Frisch (1911 - 1991), novelist, born and died in Zürich
• Hugo Koblet (1925 - 1964), cycling champion
• Bruno Ganz (born 1941), actor, born in Zürich
• Martin Suter (born 1948), author, born in Zürich
• Lucinda Ruh (born 1979), figure skater, born in Zürich
• Heinz Gunthardt (born 1959), professional tennis player, born in Zürich

Famous residents:

• Tristan Tzara (1915-1919)
• Richard Wagner (1849–1861)
• Albert Einstein (1896–1900, 1909–1911, 1912–1914)
• Vladimir Lenin (1917)
• Thomas Mann (1933–1942)
• Kurt Tucholsky (1932–1933)
• James Joyce (1915–1919)
• Harald Naegeli
• Tina Turner
• Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
• Andreas Vollenweider
• Moritz Leuenberger
• Kimi Raikkonen
• Fernando Alonso
• Yves Netzhammer

See also: List of mayors of Zürich

Hotels

St. Peter church

• Savoy Baur en Ville ([link])
• Baur au Lac ([link])
• Dolder ([link])
• Alden Splügenschloss ([link])
• Eden au Lac ([link])
• Park Hyatt Zürich ([link])
• Widder ([link])
• Marriott ([link])
• Ascot ([link])
• Swissotel ([link])

See also: [Zürich Tourismus]

References

External links

• [Stadt Zürich], official site in German.
• [Zürich Tourismus]
• [Official partner of Switzerland Tourism]
• [Greater Zürich Area]
• [Zurich Modern Architecture Guide]
• [Usgang Party Magazine]
• [Zurich Comedy Club - English Theatre]
• from Wikitravel

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