Zurich Experience

Twenty-four hours in Zurich

Advantages: A lake, a river, a mountain, beautiful old buildings....
Disadvantages: Expensive

...experience of the city of Zurich was the central railway station, or Hauptbahnhof, and it did not endear me to it. I arrived on a train from the airport at an underground platform and was to meet my son and his partner somewhere on the station, but I didn't know where. I decided to follow the signs for those who wanted to catch a bus or a tram, but ended up in a street to one side. Going back inside the station, I was surprised how crowded it was; ...
...fortunately my first impression of Zurich was not a lasting one. From the railway station, the famous Bahnhofstrasse runs right down to the Burkli Platz, a square by the shore of Lake Zurich. On this street you can shop, do your banking, or take a break at the Sprungli Cafe. I merely stood at the doorway of a shop where chocolate was actually being made and was hit by the aroma; it was no good buying anything there as it would immediately have melted ...

denella 16.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Zurich (Switzerland)

Little BIg Town

Advantages: Easy
Disadvantages: Some times it can be good to bend the rules. That does not happen here

Zürich Little Big Town I bet the last time you heard Little Big anything you thought of Dustin Hoffman in that movie. No? Okay, its irrelevant anyway; the movie. Little Big Town is how the good burghers of Zürich, Switzerland choose to describe their city. What do you think of when you think of Zürich? Shopping, tax-dodgers and unemployed bankers, probably. Well okay, there are some, but there is more; much, much, more. Water Water all Around For ...
...kilometres long and stretches up to the town of Rapperswill, in a sort of appendix shaped curve. You can swim in the lake, you can sail on the lake, drink beer by the lake on sunny evening and grill by the lake with your friends on a portable barbeque. You can take a boat trip and dance of eat fondue (only tourists do this in summer). In the autumn you can try out fine wines on the Wineschiffe (wine boats) that dock there. Entrance is cheap and you ...

clb-profis 23.07.2009 · Read full review
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Zurich....or Zu reich?? An Alternative View....

Advantages: Exciting City, Great Food, Close to Slopes
Disadvantages: Um....

...Ah, well… I lived in Zurich more than ten years ago, and as a student, which has obviously coloured my impressions of the place, possibly in more ways than one… For the purposes of this review, however, this means firstly that if you're looking for accounts of its most luxurious hotels, its Michelin-starred restaurants, or for gushing tales of sprees along the gilded collection of Haute Couturiers and jewellers that constitutes the celebrated Bahnhofstrasse… ...
...been back to Zurich many times since, but most of my favourite haunts are probably still those that I first encountered as a student. ANARCHY & SWISS FRANKS: I first arrived in Zurich as a naive seventeen year old. It was 1992. Smells Like Teen Spirit had just come out, and the youth of Zurich were in the throes of a full-blown grunge epidemic. The same was pretty much true the world over, but in 1992, Zurich was Grunge Central, mainly by virtue ...

snowbunni 14.11.2005 · Read full review
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Why not to go to Switzerland!

Advantages: Great scenery. easy to get around
Disadvantages: Very Expensive and slightly boring

...train service from airport to Zurich centre. First and last impressions not too good. If you are into lively atmosphere, great value shopping this is not the place for you, not even for a weekend... better off in London... where the prices are better! Example 2x coffee(normal plain coffee not a fancy one) = £6.00. Mc Donalds, here in england £3.88 for a value meal but £6.00 minimum for a value meal. Value? I dont think so!! Lots of little streets ...

lduffin 21.11.2004 · Read full review
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You say Zurich and I say Zürich. Lets call the HauptBahnhof!

Advantages: Compact friendly city
Disadvantages: None

Just give me three good reasons to go to Zürich. No litter, no graffiti, no children. ‘Nuff said? I hope not! Zürich is a place that greatly rewards you for a little research either by getting a guide to the city before you go or, the method I chose, repeated visits to the city where you build up your own feel for the place. I was living relatively nearby in Böblingen, Baden-Würtemburg in the Southwest of Germany about two hours by car. I believe ...
...following the well-trodden path. So, in a sense I am ruining that opportunity for you. But if you don’t have the option to travel there often then this may be of help to some for you first or only visit so you don’t miss the must see sights. If you don’t speak German not to worry neither do the people in Zürich. A little unfair really but the Swiss German speaking folks understand regular German – you may have to repeat the word a couple of times ...

bigdoug 27.07.2000 · Read full review
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