Zurich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, with a population of some 435,000 in the city, and 1.3 million in the metro area. Zurich is on Lake Zurich, where the lake meets the river Limmat, in the north of Switzerland.Notable Places in the Area
Letzigrund Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Blue-Letter, Public domain.
Letzigrund is a stadium in Zürich, Switzerland, and the home of the athletics club LC Zürich, and the football clubs FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich.
Zürich Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zürich Hauptbahnhof is the largest railway station in Switzerland. Zürich is a major railway hub, with services to and from across Switzerland and neighbouring countries such as Germany, Italy, Austria, and France.
Zürich Opera House
Theater
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zürich Opera House is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zürich.
Localities in the Area
Altstetten
Suburb
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altstetten is a quarter in district 9 of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Altstetten is situated 3½ km west of Zurich.
Zurich
- Type: Locality with 420,000 residents
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.3828° or 47° 22' 58" northLongitude
8.5307° or 8° 31' 51" eastPopulation
420,000Elevation
411 metres (1,348 feet)Open Location Code
8FVC9GMJ+47GeoNames ID
7287650Zurich Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- CH0261
- Zuerich
- Zürich
Other Places Named Zurich
In the Area
Zurich is situated close to the localities Gewerbeschule and Langstrasse.
Localities
- JosefswieseArea
- AussersihlSuburb
- IndustriequartierSuburb
- StampfenbachLocality
- UnterstrassSuburb
- Zürich (Kreis 1) / CityLocality
Landmarks
- Sune-Egge, ZürichHospital
- Flussbad Oberer LettenPark
- Walhalla HotelHotel
- Flussbad Unterer LettenPlayground
- Zurich Marriott HotelHotel
- Swiss National MuseumMuseum
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Zurich. Photo: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 4.0.