Summer Fun 2021 Things to do in and around Zurich during the Summer 2021 www.NewInZurich.com Christina Fryer Inspiration & Ideas for Summer In Zurich & Switzerland • Ideas on things to do & places to visit in Zurich • Half day trips & day trips • Suggestions on places to go on where to stay • You can find a variety of Guides on NewInZurich and you can search on keywords for locations etc • Further Resources: - MySwitzerland - Tourism Offices for Region you’re interested in • Online resources: www.NewInZurich.com www.Zuerich.com www.myswitzerland.com www.Facebook.comNewInZurich Summer 2021 • Summer 2021– still uncertainty regarding Covid but events ARE being planned in Zurich & Switzerland • Always double check before making a trip • New options opening up in Zurich as time progresses • Everybody can have 5 FREE Covid Test kits per month • More Information on Covid test, test centres & vaccinations on the website • Also don’t forget to ensure you’re vaccinated against TICKS – see article online • More online resources and Guides on: www.NewInZurich.com • www.Zuerich.com • MySwitzerland.com Check Our Guides • Terrace Restaurant Guide • Rooftop Bar / Restaurant Guide • Burgers Guide • Café Guide • Ice Cream Guide • Dessert Guide • Healthy Restaurant Guide • Indian Restaurant Guide & Lots More Guides will be continually updated All available on www.NewInZurich.com Outdoor Activities - Search on www.NewInZurich.com for ideas Plus look out for: - Hiking Trails - Mountain Biking Trails - Treasure Hunts / Scavenger Hunts - White River Rafting - Via Ferrata (many destinations offer this) - Travel destinations - By location eg Ticino, Montreux, Vaud, Gstasd - We have over 1,000 articles on places to see in & around Zurich and more articles every week - Consider a Topcard etc, Graubunden if planning to ski later this year Zurich - A Perfect Base to Explore • Biggest City in Switzerland • Busiest airport • Busiest train station • More connections • Easy to explore whole of Switzerland • Heart of Europe • Easy to explore Europe (when we’re allowed) • Surrounded by lakes & mountains Getting Around on Public Transport • You may want to invest in a Halbtax (or GA ) • If you don’t have a car you can use Mobility.ch • to hire a car • Good Deals: Tageskarte – Day Tickets • 9 Uhr Tickets & “Sparbillet” • Kids Cards Juniorkarten & Enkelkarten chf 30 p.a • Kindertageskarte CHF 19 for under 16s travelling throughout CH • Kids Zurich Ferienpass 6 – 16 yrs – CHF 25 • For Visitors: ZurichCard & longer stay options • Bikes: Zueri Rollt & bikes to rent • Boats – Lake Zurich & Limmat ZVV Ferienpass for Children • Best Bargain ever for kids!!! Costs just CHF 25 • Valid 5 weeks – start date of 10th or 17th July • Children ages 6 - 16 • Free 2nd class travel on trams, trains, buses, boats in Zurich • Free entry to over 130 Badis / Swimming pools • Free entry to 44 museums • Free entry Zurich Zoo • Various other free offers! • Can be purchased at all SBB Ticket offices ZVV Ferienpass More for Kids in Zurich • Tram Museum in Zurich • WOW Museum in Zurich • Skate Parks in Zurich • Transport Museum in Luzern • Technorama, Winterthur • TechnoSpark – Coding Camp for kids • Theatre Camps – Simply Theatre • Sports & football – Intersoccer camps • Planetenweg – Uetliberg • Wildnis Park Langnau Am Albis Zurich For Young Children • Zurich Zoo • Knie Kinderzoo Rapperswil • Connyland – adventure park & sea lions won best Swiss leisure park award 2020) • Mühlerama in Tiefenbrunnen • Dinosaur museum in Aathal • Parks in Zurich city • Park im Gruene • Childrens playgrounds eg China Gardens • Trampolino For Kids Ouside Zurich • Skate Park in Transport Museum in Luzern • Technorama, Winterthur • Chocolate Factories – Maestrani, Cailler, • Alprose & Läderach (Guide on NewInZurich.com) • Churwalden Tobbogan run • Climbing in Braunwald • Glacier walks – Aletschglacier • (see list of glaciers on another slide) • Ballenberg Swiss Outdoor Museum • Kinderhotels – for hotels aimed at kids • White water rafting in Ticino & Flims • Lenzburg Castle • Goldau Tier Park – Animal Park Around Zurich For Families • Zurich Badis • Badis –Zollikon, Zurich Badis • Alpamare (currently closed)- Pfaffikon • Milandia Outdoor “nature” pool, Climbing wall, • Tennis • Urban Surf • Pedalo & Boat hire on Lake Zurich • Badis round the Greifensee • BBQ & skating, Biking at Greifensee • Lake Zurich Boat Cruises eg • Street Food Festivals – not confirmed yet • BBQ grills on many hiking trails etc Things to do For All in Zurich • City Tour – Zurich Tourism • Boat Tour – Limmat & Lake • Uetliberg - walks / hikes • Urania Observatory • Climb Grossmunster Tower • Frauenmünster Chagallfenster • Botanic Gardens • Beyer Watch Museum • Kunsthaus (free on Wednesdays) • Swiss National Museum • Freitag Building & Frau Gerolds Garten Just a couple of hours to spare... • Trip to Burkliplatz Market • Boat Lake Zurich • Visit to China Gardens • Botanical Gardens • Dolder Walks or guided Tour of Zurich • Go surfing at Urban Surf • Cafe Schober, Felix, Honold, Sprunglis, Bebek, • Hotel Sonne, Restaurant die Waid, Fischers Fritz • Sushi, Hiltl, Bebek, Tibits, Fischers Fritz • Spas – Zurich Thermalbad, Holmes Place, Hammam Seefeld • Swim in the lake – list of all Badis on NewInZurich • Trip to Greifensee • Trip to Juckerfarm Bars & Restaurants with Terraces or Views See Guide on NewInZurich for more • Romantik Hotel Sonne, Küsnacht • Frohe Aussicht, Zumikon (Grillabends) • Restaurant Bauschaenzli – flower arch • Hotel Zuerichberg & Restaurant die Waid • Die Terrasse, Munsterhöfli, Storchen • Hotel Feusiberg, Restaurant Luegeten Pfäffikon • Frascati, Zeughauskellner, • Landgasthof Halbinsel Au Zurich Summer Events • Openair Cinemas (various) • Allianz Zurichhorn Openair 15th Jul - 15th Aug • Iron Man Zurich will take place in Thun • 1st August Swiss National Day • Zurich Theater Spektakel 19th Aug – 15th Sept • Seeuebüerquerung: Zurich cancelled • Greifensee Seeüberquerung 17th July • Street Parade 14th August • Limmatschwimmen – 21st August • Athletics Weltklasse Event 8th & 9th Sept • “Slow Up” Meilen to Rapperswil 26th Sept • Knabenschiessen September 11th – 13th Sept • More events will be coming up and will be covered in NewInZurich’s Weekly Newsletter – simply subscribe to receive. Summer Music Festivals Check To See What Is On • Zurich Open Air 25th -28th July • Blue Balls Festival Lucerne 23rd – 31st July • Montreux Jazz Festival 2nd – 21st July 2021 • Moon & Stars, Locarno 15th -25th July 2021 • Classical Luzern Festival 10th Aug – 12th Sept 21 Hopefully for next year: Blues’n’Jazz Festival, Rapperswil Salzburger Festival Bregenzer Festspiele Arena di Verona Gurten Openair Bern Openair St Gallen Half Day Trips Outside Zurich • Winterthur • Rheinfalls (Fireworks event 31st July) • Stein am Rhein • Rapperswil • Juckerfarm • St Gallen • Einsiedeln - monastery • Rhododendron & plants – Selegermoor Park • Factory Outlets – Alpenrhein, Fashionfish Day Trips Outside Zurich Lucerne and Solothurn Day Trips Outside Zurich • Berne - Solothurn - Luzern - Zug • Swiss Miniature Village in Melide Ticino • Ballenburg Swiss Open-Air Museum • Lake Geneva . Montreux Riviera . Chateau Chillon • Gruyere – castle, cheese, chocolate • Underground Saltmine at Bex • Mountain trips - Säntis / Rigi / Pilatus / Titlis • Hergiswil Glass factory & Stanserhorn • Ticino – Bellinzona, Lugano, Ascona, Locarno Valle Verzasca • Road Trips Along the Swiss Passes • In Ticno visit the «Swings» • Interlaken, Meiringen, Lauterbrunnen, • Grindelwald Ticino –A Swiss Taste of Italy Large Lakes Make Perfect Day Trips Outside Zurich • Lake Walensee • Lake Lucerne • Lake Geneva • Lake Konstanz • Lake Thun • Bienersee • Lake Maggiore • Lake Lugano • Lake Neuchatel • Untersee • Lake Zug Small Lakes make Perfect Day Trips Outside Zurich Small Lakes • Lake Obersee near Näfels • Greifensee • Türlersee • Katzensee • Klöntalersee • Oeschinen Lake • Lake St Moritz • Caumasee • Crestasee Where To See Snow In Summer In Switzerland – Visit A Glacier • Glacier 3000 (between Gstaad & Les Diablerets • Jungfraujoch Glacier • Glacier 3000 - Bernese Oberland • Hohsaas Panorama - Valais, S. Switzerland • Gornergrat Zermatt • Aletsch Arena, Riederalp – Valais • Morteratsch - Engadin, Southeast Switzerland • Trift Suspension Bridge With View of the Glacier Check Our Online Excursion Ideas • Valle Verzasca • Jungfraujoch • Pilatus • GrindelwaldFirst • Monte Generosa • Baden • Bern • And more … also some hotel reviews All available on www.NewInZurich.com (Daytrips Over the Border When Or If Open) • Konstanz, Shopping (duty free), Sealife, Thermal Baths and lake Konstanz boat trips • Island of Mainau, tulips & roses • Meersburg – German riviera • Strasbourg, Mulhouse, Colmar • Pfahlbauten in Unteruhldingen • Monkey Mountain • Schloss Neuschwanstein • Porsche Museum Stuttgart • Europapark • Italian market in Domodossola – Sat 8 - 3 NB. be careful of fakes at the markets!! Walking & Hiking • Panoramaweg (Rehalp – Zumikon - Pfannenstiel - Meilen) • Dolder Walks • Walensee • Obersee • Hirzli • Hiking in Switzerland • Chestnut Walk Hikes in Ticino • Don’t forget to get vaccinated against ticks! See article on www.NewInZurich.com Useful Apps: Switzerland Mobility & Peak Finder N.B.: Join REGA – in case of emergencies Interesting Hotels & Accommodation • Schlaf Im Stroh – Sleep in straw • Sleep in a jail in Lucerne • Sleep in Cassanova’s Hotel Krone in Solothurn • White Pods • Hire a Mountain Hut • Camping • Wild Camping (allowed in certain places only) • Interesting Hotels – GuardaVal,