Winter Zurich
City Trip Ideas

12 water slides get the adrenalin pumping in Switzerland's largest water park. The largest water and fun park in Switzerland thrills visitors with 12 water slides over a total length of 2,100 metres. In Rio Mare, you can let yourself be carried along by the current. In the Alpa Therme, visitors can relax with water jets and underwater music. The wave pool with its tropical look makes you feel like you're on a beach holiday. Finally, the brine bath provides total relaxation in 36 °C warm water with jets and loungers.

The trendy and gastronomic district around Escher-Wyss-Platz and Hardturm Zürich West is an absolute must. A viaduct arch over 500 metres long provides space for a market hall. Here you will find countless boutiques, design shops and eateries. Take a winter stroll along the viaduct. Freitag's world-famous lorry tarpaulin bags are sold in a creative container shop nearby and eateries such as Frau Gerolds Garten or Gerold Chuchi with its open umbrellas are now known beyond the city limits.

Idyllically situated on the Zürichberg above the rooftops of the city. Outside, the penguins waddle through the snow and the monkeys cling to each other, shivering. Inside the Masoala Tropical Hall, it's T-shirt weather. With an area of 11,000 square metres, the rainforest hall is one of the largest ecosystem halls in the world. Between bamboo plants, palm trees, orchids and banana trees, there is screeching, chirping and chattering. A giant bat with a wingspan of up to 1.70 metres hangs upside down from a high branch. If you long for the tropics during the cold winter months, there is no better place in Zurich than the Masoala Hall at Zurich Zoo.

Faites vos jeux! The largest casino in Switzerland makes the hearts of gamblers or those who simply want to get a taste of casino life beat faster. American roulette, blackjack or punto banco - on 3,000 square metres, at over 300 slot machines and 22 gaming tables. With the Casino Zurich packages for 1 to 20 people, you can escape from everyday life and benefit from great offers for your first visit to the casino, give away gaming credit or combine your next visit to the casino with an aperitif or dinner. Attention dress code! At Casino Zurich, guests are welcome to dress smartly and in keeping with the ambience of the establishment.

The multimedia Lindt Home of Chocolate experience welcomes visitors to an impressive new building designed by star architects Christ & Gantenbein in Kilchberg on Lake Zurich. The exhibition takes visitors through seven chocolate worlds. From the origins and history to tasting high-quality Swiss chocolate, everything is included. And the latest production and automation techniques can be seen on a show production line. Including the world's largest Lindt Chocolate Shop and a spectacular 9 metre tall chocolate fountain. Anyone visiting Zurich in winter should definitely try a hot chocolate. Where to find delicious hot drinking chocolate in Zurich: Sprüngli Paradeplatz (for many the best "Heisse Schoggi" in Zurich), Confiserie Honold on Rennweg, Café Felix of Confiserie Teuscher on Bellevue, Café & Confiserie 1842 in Haus Schober on Napfgasse and many more.

Zurich offers a diverse selection of museums. From the important modern art collection at the Kunsthaus Zürich to contemporary masterpieces at the Löwenbräu-Areal and non-European art at the Museum Rietberg. The Musée Visionnaire is dedicated to Art Brut and the Museum Haus Konstruktiv exhibits important works of constructive-concrete and conceptual art. The Le Corbusier Pavilion is situated in a beautiful location on Lake Zurich. A total work of art and architectural jewel. In the Photobastei, visitors can actively engage with photography, and just a few steps from Zurich's main railway station, visitors to the WOW Museum can immerse themselves in a world full of optical illusions and illusions.

Winter on Lake Zurich transforms the lake into a fairytale landscape. The lake appears in a different light at any time of day or night. Take a stroll along the Limmatquai to the Quai Bridge on Lake Zurich. Sit down on a bench, take a deep breath of the cold, clear winter air and simply enjoy the view. Alternatively, you can experience the lake from a different perspective on the various adventure boats operated by Lake Zurich Navigation. With idyllically illuminated shores that shimmer through the evening mist. With a cheese fondue, for example. Or take a sauna with a view of the city of Zurich and Lake Zurich during a visit to the Badi Enge. From the various rooms with glass windows facing the lake, you can enjoy an unobstructed view of the snow-covered Alps across the dark blue surface of the water on a clear day. If you need to cool off after a sauna and are intrepid, you can trudge through the snow on the wooden planks of the baths and take a naked plunge into the ice-cold water.

Numerous ice rinks and ice fields invite you to go ice skating right in the centre of Zurich. The Dolder artificial ice rink, built in 1930, is still one of the largest open artificial ice rinks in Europe. Outside the city, Zurich's favourite toboggan run is located on the Uetliberg, Zurich's local mountain. In the Zurich Oberland on the outskirts of the city, you can trudge through snow-covered winter landscapes far away from the hustle and bustle. Two tours from Gasthof Gyrenbad lead through enchanting forests. 28 minutes by car from the town is the closest cross-country ski trail on the Pfannestiel with an incredible 30 km of cross-country skiing fun. Skiing and snowboarding fun can be found about 40 minutes away by car in the Sattel-Hochstuckli and Rigi ski areas. A day trip to the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen is a worthwhile natural spectacle. Here you can marvel at the mighty masses of water at sunset, walk along the Belvedere Trail over the bridge at Laufen Castle or admire the waterfall from spectacular viewing platforms.