Environment
A 69-year-old man lost his life on Sunday after falling at the Fallätsche, a steep rocky escarpment on the Uetliberg. Shortly before 12:30 on Sunday afternoon, Stadtpolizei Zürich was notified by Schutz & Rettung Zürich that the air rescue service Rega had recovered a fallen person in the Fallätsche
Culture
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
Transport
The driver of a Flixbus involved in a fatal crash on Zürich's Sihlhochstrasse in December 2018 has been definitively convicted. The Obergericht sentenced him to a 20-month suspended sentence for multiple counts of negligent homicide — slightly less than the 24 months handed down by the Bezirksgericht Zürich in
Crime
A 34-year-old Swiss man appeared before a Zürich court on Thursday, charged with attempting to set fire to the Agudas Achim synagogue in August 2024. According to the indictment, the accused soaked advertising leaflets in petrol and placed them against the synagogue's entrance, then tried to ignite them
Education
A single resident is holding up a CHF 140 million school renovation in Wiedikon — and it's now costing the city nearly half a million francs just to restore a meadow. The Schulhaus Aemtler renovation in Kreis 3 has been stuck since last year, when a neighbour's
Politics
Three major Quartiervereine have now rejected the city's new subsidy contract. That's nearly one in five Zürich residents represented by a board that said no. Something quiet but significant is happening across Zürich's neighbourhoods. One by one, the Quartiervereine — the voluntary associations that form
Transport
After a four-year dispute, residents of the Gehrenholz settlement have reached a settlement with the SZU, clearing the way for a controversial station relocation. is now official: the Friesenberg stop on the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn (SZU) will be relocated. The station, currently situated near the kiosk at the intersection
Crime
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
Politics
The 110th Annual General Meeting of the Quartierverein Wiedikon drew record attendance and produced two major decisions that will shape the association's future. The Quartierverein Wiedikon held its 110th General Assembly on 26 March 2026 at the Johanneum on Aemtlerstrasse — and it turned out to be one of