According to accepted aerodynamic principles, Bumblebees can not fly.
The main train station in Zurich it the largest public hall in Europe. On Saturday July 5th, they will have installed 400m2 of quality wooden flooring so the estimated 6’000 people attending this free event can dance is style. Plus as they say on their website, the Midsummer Night's Ball is the only ball with it’s own train station.
Six music groups, Big Band and orchestral, will provide the music from 20:00 to 02:00, and if you can’t dance, you can have free lessons at the Dance Academy Klubschule Zürich in the afternoon. What’s more, if you show up alone there will be “well dressed and charming” ladies, also compliments of the Dance Academy, waiting for you to whirl them around the bahnhof.
This one almost slipped by me: the Zürich Festival. All kinds of events to get you all “cultured up”. There will be opera, concerts, plays, dance and fringe theater, both indoor and out. Some of the productions will be free, and others will be shown on a big screen in the Münsterhof. And don’t forget the 24 hour traditional Midsummer's Night Ball in Zürich's Main Train Station.
You don’t get “as far as the eye can see” in Switzerland. You get “to that mountain range”, or “all the way to the bottom”, but you never hear “as far as the eye can see”.
This makes it 7 years in a row for Zurich at the top of the Worldwide Quality of Living Survey by Mercer Human Resources Consulting. Tied for second place are Geneva (surprised me) and Vienna (no surprise). The survey looks at 39 different criteria including the quality of health, education and transport services, as well as political, social, economic and environmental factors.
Seven of the top 10 are in Europe, three in Switzerland. Also interesting that three are in Germany, makes you wonder why all those Germans are moving here?
- 1. Zurich
- 2. Vienna
- 3. Geneva
- 4. Vancouver
- 5. Auckland
- 6. Dusseldorf
- 7. Munich
- 8. Frankfurt
- 9. Bern
- 10. Sydney
The highest entry for the United States is Honolulu, appearing at number 28. London ranks at 38.
Top 50 listing at MERCER link
