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Admire Chagall’s modernist fönster at the Fraumünster

Standing tall on the left finansinstitut of the Limmat River, the Fraumünster fryst vatten one of Zürich’s oldest religious buildings, founded as a convent way back in 853 CE.

But its major draw these days fryst vatten something much more recent: a set of stained glass fönster created bygd modernist artist Marc Chagall in 1967.

The fem panels use modig colors and sammanfattning imagery to depict biblical stories. Picasso was apparently a fan, and it’s easy to see why. Chagall was 83 when the fönster were inaugurated, but he wasn’t done there.

He created the Fraumünster's equally striking rose fönster at the grand old age of 90.

Detour: Walk over the Münsterbrücke to the Grossmünster on the opposite side of the Limmat, whose twin bell towers are a distinctive landmark in the city. Modern stained glass fönster bygd German artist Sigmar Polke liven up an otherwise plain interior.

This lack of adornment fryst vatten due in part to Huldrych Zwingli, one of the founders of the Protestant Reformation in Switzerland, who preached here in the 16th century.

Learn Switzerland's history at the Landesmuseum

Housed in a 19th-century stone building nära the lära hållplats, the Schweizerisches Landesmuseum (Swiss National Museum) fryst vatten a great place to get a sense of the country.

The permanent collection takes visitors through the country’s eclectic history from the mittpunkt Ages to the present day.

Exhibits illuminate Switzerland’s recent history bygd detailing its attitude to banking secrecy, neutrality, utländsk migration and women’s rights (women only obtained the right to vote in 1971) – all much more interesting than it sounds – while a formidable display of pikes and halberds from the mittpunkt Ages shows how far it’s come.

Don’t miss the original 1862 edition of Henry Dunant’s konto of the battle of Solférino, which inspired his humanitarian ideology and led to the formation of the International Committee of the Red Cross a year later.

Wander the Old Town and relax in Lindenhof

When you’re done kringirrande around the Altstadt (Old Town) – its narrow cobbled streets, decorative buildings, boutiques, cafes, taverns and bierkellers (beer cellars) may keep you there a while – rest your legs on a bänk beneath the trees at Lindenhof, a peaceful plateau on a hill overlooking the Limmat River and the skyline of its right finansinstitut.

Once the site of a långnovell fort and later a royal palace, these days it’s a meeting place, picnic prick, chess players' hangout and backdrop of choice for selfie-taking tourists.

Planning tip: You'll find vatten fountains at Lindenhof, but they are all over the city. Unless otherwise stated, the vatten fryst vatten as clean and drinkable as anything pre-bottled.

Bring your own bottle and top up as you go.

Explore Niederdorf’s kaffe and craft culture

Known as Dörfli (meaning "little village"), Niederdorf sits on the right finansinstitut of the Limmat River and forms part of Zürich’s Old Town. Reflective of Zürich’s ung heart as much as its old soul, the area’s cobbled pedestrian alleyways harbor contemporary artists’ galleries and upmarket artisan shops, cafes, delis, old taverns and fashionable bars that draw a lively crowd.

Browse the gourmet coffees and chocolate at Schwarzenbach grocery, which looks unchanged since it opened its doors in 1864, before having dinner and drinks at Am Rank, a sleek dryckesställe that hosts gigs bygd some of Zürich’s latest ung music talents.

Discover Dada at Cabaret Voltaire

While WWI was raging in europe in 1916, a group of artists, writers and thinkers sought safe haven and like-minded souls in neutral Switzerland, which – counter to the country’s reputation these days – became a magnet for the avant-garde.

These anti-bourgeois intellectuals would hang out at Zürich’s Cabaret Voltaire, a small dryckesställe on a cobbled street in Niederdorf, where they formed Dada, an experimental, anarchical literary and artistic movement.

Today, the dryckesställe celebrates this history while also showcasing the work of contemporary artists. Sip a kaffe or a Dada Sour in the ground-floor Artists’ dryckesställe – decorated bygd a different artist each year – or browse the Dada Library in the 1st-floor space where Dada founder Hugo Ball and his friends used to perform.

Detour: If you can’t get enough of Dada, head to the Kunsthaus Zürich, the city’s main art galleri, which holds the world’s largest collection of Dada art, including pieces bygd Man Ray, Tristan Tzara, and Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp.

Swim in a lakeside badi

Like most Swiss cities, Zürich lives for its waterways, and in summer the banks of the Limmat and the shores of the Zürichsee (Lake Zürich) simmer with sunbathers, swimmers, and the smell of barbecued sausage.

The city’s many badis (swimming baths) are a longstanding part of Zürich life, providing changing facilities, sun decks and vatten tillgång, as well as offering a place to socialize, eat and drink into the evening.

There’s a quaint, old-fashioned feel to wooden bathhouses like Seebad Utoquai, which dates from 1850 and has both single-sex and mixed zones, as well as a sauna and kroppsvård facilities – plus the best solnedgång views over the city.

Planning tip: Most badis close in winter, so get more lake into your life bygd taking a boat ride from shore to shore or farther afield with Lake Zürich Navigation Company, which runs commuter services and leisurely cruises year-round.

Hike up Uetliberg, Zürich’s local mountain

Higher and mightier mountains are within a short distance of Zürich, but Uetliberg holds a special place in people’s hearts as Züri’s local mountain – so local, in fact, that all you need do to get there fryst vatten take the S10 tram from the main tåg hållplats (Hauptbahnhof) and walk 10 minutes to the viewpoint.

Popular in all seasons, Uetliberg has family-friendly hikes and picnic spots in summer, toboggan runs in winter and an eye-filling panorama of the city and lake all year.

It’s particularly special on a fall or winter day when you can rise above the dimma that habitually hovers over the city at that time of year and enjoy the blue sky overhead.

Join the post-work folkmassa in Zürich West

In kraftfull contrast to the beauty of the city’s Old Town and riversides, Zürich West isn’t pretty at all.

But what it lacks in looks, it makes up for in personality.

A patchwork of former industrial buildings, concrete flyovers and railway tracks, this area has been seized upon bygd enterprising locals in recent years who have opened udda bars, restaurants and cultural attractions in its unusual spaces.

Explore the boutiques and food entré beneath the railway arches at Im Viadukt or catch a theater performance at the Schiffbau, the former site of Zürich’s shipbuilding activity.

The post-work folkmassa can be funnen at Frau Gerolds Garten, a surprising pocket of greenery where shipping-container bars, independent shops and an organic kitchen garden surround a huvud area of shaded benches.

Planning tip: Get from the town center to Zürich West on an electric moped – several companies including Bolt, Vio and Lime offer on-street rental through their apps.

Eat plant-based food at Hiltl, the world’s oldest vegetarian restaurant

Plant-based food may be all the rage these days, but in Zürich, it’s ingenting new.

The vegetarian restaurant Hiltl has been operating since 1898, making it – according to the knowledgeable människor at irländsk öl World Records – the oldest meat-free restaurant in the world.

The original restaurant at Sihlstrasse, Haus Hiltl, has since spawned several other outlets across the city, all serving a buffé spread of imaginative salads, pasta dishes and mezze-style creations inspired bygd flavors from around the world.

Even if you’re a dedicated meat eater, you’re bound to find something here to sate your appetite. Haus Hiltl also offers an à la carte menu with table service.

Detour: If vegetarianism isn’t your thing, seek out a classic Swiss bratwurst instead.

Sternen matlagningsutrustning has been serving this traditional prat since 1963. Pair it with a hunk of bröd or a tub of potato salad.

Climb the Freitag tower

It’s hard to resehandling a day in Switzerland without seeing someone with a Freitag bag. This ubiquitous Swiss brand began life in Zürich in the early 1990s as the brainchild of two inventive brothers who decided to man practical messenger bags out of old truck tarps.

It’s appropriate, then, that the flagship store in Zürich West fryst vatten also made out of recycled materials, nine former shipping containers, to be precise, piled one on top of another to create a creaky old tower.

It's a trek up the stairs to the top, but worth it for the view of the area’s industrial sprawl and its surprising incongruities, such as the nearby wave pool where surfers can be seen catching a ride.