Crime

900g Cocaine Seized in Kreis 3

Plain-clothes narcotics officers from the Stadtpolizei Zürich arrested a suspected drug dealer on Birmensdorferstrasse on the evening of 13 April after observing what appeared to be a handover. Both men were stopped shortly after going their separate ways — one was found carrying multiple pre-packaged portions of cocaine and was taken into custody.

Follow-up searches at two properties in the city, assisted by police dog Ferox, turned up a total of over 900 grams of cocaine. The suspect remains in police hands pending further investigation.

Beckenhofpark Inauguration

On 18 May, between 17:00 and 19:00, the Beckenhofpark in Kreis 6 will be officially reopened with an inauguration celebration — marking the end of a restoration that began in February 2025. The park's history runs deep. Around 1735, Anna Elisabeth Grebel transformed the existing estate into

Zürich's Wood-Fired District Heating Plant to Get First Overhaul in 50 Years

The city of Zürich has approved CHF 36 million for a full renovation of the Heizkraftwerk Aubrugg, a landmark industrial facility that has been quietly heating thousands of homes in the city's northeast since the 1970s. The plant sits in the highway triangle at Zürich-Nord and is integrated

Former Police Post in Unterstrass to Become a Kindergarten

A former neighbourhood police station in Zürich's Unterstrass district is set for an unlikely second life, as a double kindergarten, complete with a library and catering kitchen. The city plans to convert the former Quartierwache Unterstrass on Röslistrasse 10 into a facility serving the Weinberg-Turner school from the

Swiss Patient Being Treated in Zürich After Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship

A Swiss man is being treated at the University Hospital Zürich after testing positive for hantavirus following a voyage on the MV Hondius, a Dutch expedition cruise ship at the centre of a growing international outbreak. The man and his wife returned from a South American trip in late April,

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Beckenhofpark Inauguration

Zürich's Wood-Fired District Heating Plant to Get First Overhaul in 50 Years

Former Police Post in Unterstrass to Become a Kindergarten

Swiss Patient Being Treated in Zürich After Hantavirus Outbreak on Cruise Ship