Zürich
If you are thinking what place to choose for your approaching holiday, planning to open your mind, to attend a large-scale event, to make a number of exclusive shopping and taste the exotic cuisine, you should buy a plane ticket to Zurich as soon as possible, as the number of tourists who annually visit the «World Financial Center» exceeds 1 million.
To see all the sights of the biggest Swiss city even several holidays will not be enough. That is why we want to recommend you only the most important places to feel the hospitable atmosphere of Zurich.
The temple Grossmünster, which acted as a friary in the XII century, is a cluster of tourists now. The church Fraumünster (a nunnery) is very popular and it attracts travelers with its incredible stained-glass windows made by Marc Chagall four decades ago. In addition, there are a lot of other places of great interest for tourists – «the Water Church»Wasserkirche, where in the Middle Ages patrons of the city, brother and sister, Felix and Regula were executed.
It is in Zurich where art lovers are able to see the works of talented artists and painters with their own eyes. More than 30 museums store the works of creative people, to take a look on which is the dream of every beginner. Kunsthaus in Zurich keeps the works of Alberto Dzhiaometti, Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and other great personalities. In this famous Museum of Fine Arts you will feel all artistic greatness once you entered it.
Theatre lovers will be nicely surprised by the journey to the Lake of Zurich on a floating variety theater. But this is not the only surprise that await lovers of theatrical productions. The Experimental Theatre Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, the modern theater Neumarkt, the Children’s theater PurPur and even the puppet theater Stadelhofen - all this and many more will give you a unique opportunity to have an interesting pastime.
Zurich is a beautiful city, where every day turns into a holiday. Only here you will see a parade of the guilds, only here you will participate in a street masquerade, only in Zurich you will be able to visit the exhibition of wine tasting, and only in this beautiful country you will taste the real Swiss cheese. To examine Zurich in detail a lifetime will not be enough, because every monument, architectural building, museum, gallery or theater – everything has its own unique story, and there is no desire to distract from it.
Last Updated (Saturday, 09 October 2010 23:40)





