Housing
A new report shows seven in ten tenants are entitled to lower rent. Most don't know, or don't dare. Rents for long-term Zürich tenants edged down slightly at the start of 2026, following two cuts to Switzerland's reference interest rate last year. On paper,
Transport
Opened just under a year ago, the cycle tunnel beneath the main station has already embedded itself in daily Zürich life. A tunnel that spent decades sitting unused beneath Zürich's main station, originally built for a motorway that never came, has now clocked one million bicycle journeys since
Culture
A legal challenge has failed, but political resistance to the closure of the historic Kino Corso is far from over. The Kino Corso at Bellevue, the largest cinema in German-speaking Switzerland and a fixture of Zürich's cultural landscape for nearly eight decades, is one step closer to closing
Environment
The city's unique mix of urban geography and decades of planning decisions has created a perfect storm for pollen sufferers. If you have spent the past few weeks reaching for tissues more than usual, you are not imagining it. Hay fever season has landed with unusual force this
Environment
The invasive species has now taken hold in four city districts, and authorities are scaling up their response. An unwelcome resident is quietly expanding its footprint across Zürich. The Asian tiger mosquito, an invasive species identifiable by the bold black and white stripes that give it its name, has now
Environment
Thousands of residents have signed up to buy locally generated solar electricity. The problem is there is barely any to go around. A quiet energy experiment is playing out across Zürich's residential streets, and it is revealing an unexpected bottleneck: not a lack of appetite for clean, locally
Sport
Banning supporters from FCZ's home end in early 2024 violated their fundamental rights, the cantonal administrative court has found. A decision by the City of Zürich to shut its football club's dedicated supporter section following a violent incident in January 2024 has been ruled unlawful by
Politics
A proposal to level the playing field for unmarried, childless residents was swiftly dismissed by the cantonal parliament. If you are single, have no children, and live in the canton of Zürich, whoever you choose to leave your estate to will likely hand a sizeable portion of it straight to
Crime
Zürich City Police have apprehended an 18-year-old man in connection with an armed robbery at a hotel near the zoo district last week. Zürich City Police have arrested a suspect in connection with last week's armed robbery at the Sorell Hotel Zürichberg. According to a statement released by
Crime
Several hundred people gathered without permission in the early hours of Saturday morning, with officers responding to reports of assaults facing a hostile crowd. Zürich city police were called to the Nordstrasse/Rosengartenstrasse junction in Kreis 10 just before midnight on Friday 18 April, after reports of an illegal party
Culture
From Mozart to Wagner, Carnegie Hall to Sechseläutenplatz — the 2026/27 programme is a statement of intent. The Opernhaus Zürich has unveiled its 2026/27 season, and on paper it reads like a deliberate effort to remind the world that one of Europe's finest opera houses is operating
Housing
Research from property consultancy Wüest Partner shows a clear correlation between proximity to the new tram line and rising rental prices in western Zürich. A new study by property consultancy Wüest Partner has confirmed what many western Zürich residents already suspected: the arrival of the Limmattalbahn is driving rents higher