Zurich

Zurich

Stories

Zurich tops another survey

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?

May 31 2008 - 23:00

Zurich Stroll

Most Zurich guides will say that Zurich is divided into two by the Limmat River: the West or Left Bank, and the East or Right Bank. I’ve also always divided it up in two: Niederdorf, and everything else, and since Niederdorf was always on the other side of the Limmat from where I lived and worked, we referred to it as going “over the bridge”, which invariably made for late nights, because that’s where everything was happening.

Apr 29 2007 - 23:00

Midsummer Night's Ball

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.

Apr 9 2008 - 23:00

The Zürich Festival

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.

Feb 25 2008 - 00:00

Sechsileuten in Zurich, Pagan meets High Tech

I’ll admit I was somewhat down on arrival in Zurich. It didn’t help that my first hotel had a charming Swiss “country” motif. The lobby furniture was covered in cowhide designs. One wall in my room had a mural of a gopher looking under the dress of peasant girl raking hay, and in the bathroom there were little cows on the shower curtain and tiles. You even needed to get a “cow chip” from the front desk to use as a breakfast voucher. I didn’t, thank you, and for the first time was happy to see Starbucks in a European city.

Jun 15 2008 - 23:00