Tag: zurich

  • LaSalle in Schiffbau, Zürich

    LaSalle Restaurant is located inside Schiffbau and enclosed in a glass cube.  In the center of the restaurant is a low hanging whitish murano glass chandelier the style of which matches the period of the industrial shell but its pristine quality matches the glass sides.  On one side of the restaurant is a bar, the…

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  • Schiffbau and Im Viaduct in Zürich West

    We spent a couple of afternoons exploring the industrial Zürich West and the neighboring Kreis 5 area.  We visited Freitag’s flagship store in a stack of shipping containers (the subject of a future blogpost) and checked out the area’s shops and restaurants. A remarkable string of about 50 shops and studios were created under the…

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  • PULS 5

    The center of Zürich is quaint and elegant with designer shops, restaurants, churches, and museums –  a classical European city.  But Zürich also has a funky, post-industrial side, generally known as Zürich West.  It is the Zürich equivalent of NYC’s meatpacking district, except that the warehouses here are much bigger.  We spent a couple of afternoons…

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  • Zürich cityscape from the top of Grossmünster

    In the center of Zurich are two landmark churches situated on either side of the Limmat river.  We climbed many steps to the top of one of the two towers of Grossmünster which dates back to 1200 !  From there you get the best views of Zurich – Lake Zurich, the Limmat river, Fraumünster (the other…

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