Zürich

{{Audio|de-Zürich.ogg|Zürich}} (German pronunciation: IPA: {{IPA|}}; usual English spelling: Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial centre and home to the country's largest airport. It is also home of the Cabaret Voltaire where the Dada movement began in 1916.

Sights

• Churches
• Grossmünster (great minster) (near Lake Zürich, in the old city), where Zwingli was pastor
• Fraumünster (our lady's minster) first church built before 874; the Romanesque choir dates from 1250-70; Marc Chagall stained glass choir windows; (on the opposite side of the Limmat)
• St. Peter (downstream from the Fraumünster, in the old city); with the largest clock face in Europe
• Lindenhof near St. Peter; site of the Roman and medieval castle. View over the river and old town.
• Guild houses along the river (downstream from the Grossmünster)
• Old town on both sides of the river
• Bahnhofstrasse, Zürich (shopping avenue) starting at main train station
• Zoological garden
• Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich http://www.bguz.unizh.ch
• Chinese Garden, Zurich http://www3.stzh.ch/internet/chg/home.html
• Lake Zürich, running from Zürich to Rapperswil and linking with the Obersee
• Üetliberg, at an altitude 813 metres above sea level, with Uetlibergturm TV-tower (not accessible for tourists)

Museums

• Museum Bärengasse, history of the city in the 18th century
• Kunsthaus Zurich http://www.kunsthaus.ch
• Museum Rietberg http://www.rietberg.ch
• Museum Bellerive http://www.museum-bellerive.ch
• Kunsthalle Zurich http://www.kunsthallezurich.ch/english.html
• museum of design zurich http://www.museum-gestaltung.ch/E_welcome.html
• Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum) http://www.musee-suisse.com/e/, directly opposite Zürich's main train station.
• Johann Jacobs Museum http://www.johann-jacobs-museum.ch/english/museum
• Johanna Spyri Museum http://www.johanna-spyri-museum.ch
• Haus Konstruktiv http://www.hauskonstruktiv.ch, constructive, concrete and conceptual art and design