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The Swiss Museum Pass kicked off its 30th anniversary year on a high note, surpassing 1.5 million admissions in 2025 — a record for the foundation, and a jump of more than 6% on the previous year. The celebrations launched on 30 April 2026 at the Kunstmuseum Bern, where Federal
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The Bürkliplatz flea market returns, the 1st of May brings its usual mix of politics and partying, and there's a lakeside rave, a literature festival, and Mozart at the Opernhaus. Busy one. 1st of May Demo The traditional march kicks off at 10:00 from Helvetiaplatz (now also
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In summer 2027, Zürich's City Vereinigung will fill the city's streets, shop windows, and public squares with hand-crafted wooden sculptures of native wildlife. The ten-week installation features species that actually inhabit urban Zürich — foxes, badgers, owls, squirrels, and fire salamanders — most of which go unseen day-to-day
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Zürich Zoo's giraffe bull was put down this week. He was nine years old. Zürich Zoo's nine-year-old giraffe bull was put down this week after a leg injury he never recovered from. Obi had only arrived at the zoo last summer, brought in to breed with
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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
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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
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Opening on 7 June, the landmark show draws on rarely seen private collections and challenges received narratives about Switzerland's place in 20th-century art. The Kunsthaus Zürich has announced its most ambitious summer programme in recent memory: a 200-work survey of Swiss Modernism from 1920 to 1980, drawing on
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Tucked between the Hardbrücke and the city's Justice Centre, a new outdoor bar, restaurant and community space quietly opened its doors this April — and it's already one of the most interesting spots in the city. Zürich has a new gathering spot. Remise Rosa opened on 18
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The Neumünsterallee institution marks a remarkable anniversary this week with a special menu, an exhibition, and a message that its founding philosophy has never felt more relevant. Hiltl, the Zürich restaurant widely recognised as the oldest continuously operating vegetarian restaurant in the world, celebrated its 125th anniversary this week with