Zurich#

General#

Zurich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in north-central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. The municipality has approximately 400,028 inhabitants, the urban agglomeration 1.315 million, and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million. Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.

Grossmünster#

The Grossmünster ("great minster") is a Romanesque-style Protestant church in Zurich, Switzerland. It is one of the four major churches in the city (the others being the Fraumünster, Predigerkirche and St. Peterskirche). Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich. The core of the present building near the banks of the Limmat was constructed on the site of a Carolingian church, which was, according to legend, originally commissioned by Charlemagne. Construction of the present structure commenced around 1100 and it was inaugurated around 1220.

Grossmünster, Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2016)

Grossmünster,Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2016)

Münsterbrücke, Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2016)

Zurich Opera House#

Zurich Opera House is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zurich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zurich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zurich. It is also home to the Zurich Ballet.

Zurich Opera House, Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

Lake Zurich#

Lake Zurich is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zurich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich e can be used to describe the lake as a whole, or just that part of the lake downstream of the Seedamm at Rapperswil, whilst the part upstream of Rapperswil may be called the Obersee or Upper Lake.

Lake Zurich(1), Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

Lake Zurich(2), Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

University#

The University of Zurich is located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 26,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new faculty of philosophy. Currently, the university has seven faculties: Philosophy, Human Medicine, Economic Sciences, Law, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Theology and Veterinary Medicine. The university offers the widest range of subjects and courses of any Swiss higher education institution.

University of Zurich(1), Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

University of Zurich(2), Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2015)

University of Zurich - indoor(1), Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2015)

University of Zurich - indoor(2), Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2015)

Polybahn to University(1), Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

Polybahn to University(2), Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

Zurich Main Station#

The Zurich Main Station is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zurich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland and neighbouring European countries such as Germany, Italy, Austria and France. The station was originally constructed as the terminus of the Spanisch Brötli Bahn, the first railway built completely within Switzerland. Serving up to 2,915 trains per day, Zürich HB is one of the busiest railway stations in the world.

Zurich Main Station(1), Zurich | ©Jasmin Hopf(2014)

Zurich Main Station(2), Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2005)

Airport Zurich#

Zurich Airport also known as Kloten Airport, is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest of the country. The airport is located 13 kilometres north of central Zurich, in the municipalities of Kloten, Rümlang, Oberglatt, Winkel and Opfikon, all of which are within the canton of Zurich.

Airport(1), Zurich | ©pixabay.com(2015)