Unterstrass
Unterstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zurich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 25,078, in an area of 2.47 km2.Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb with 20,000 residents
- Description: quarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Zuerich (Kreis 6) / Unterstrass” and “Zürich (Kreis 6) / Unterstrass”
Photo: Bobo11, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schaffhauserplatz and Uhrenmuseum zum Rösli.
Uhrenmuseum zum Rösli
Museum
The Uhrenmuseum zum Rösli is a small horological museum in Zurich, Switzerland that was founded in 2006. The museum is open by appointment and located in a historic building on Röslistrasse 46, about 3 kilometers north of the city center on the route to Oerlikon.
Zurich Main Station
Railway station
Photo: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
It's hard for a station to get better than Zürich HB. Zürich HB is the main station of Zurich and is Switzerland's largest station. The station is huge: it's a hub for all kinds of long-distance trains from all over Europe, intercity and regional SBB trains, and forms the core of Zurich's S-Bahn and tram system.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wipkingen and Oberstrass.
Wipkingen
Suburb
Wipkingen is a quarter in the district 10 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 16,734 distributed on an area of 2.10 km2.
Oberstrass
Suburb
Oberstrass is a quarter in the district 6 in Zurich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zurich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 11,083 distributed on an area of 2.64 km2.
Unterstrass
- Categories: former municipality of Switzerland, statistical neighborhood of Zürich, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.39145° or 47° 23′ 29″ northLongitude
8.53957° or 8° 32′ 23″ eastPopulation
20,000Elevation
476 metres (1,562 feet)Open location code
8FVC9GRQ+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 603102174OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6295504Wikidata ID
Q656446
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Upper Sorbian—“Unterstrass” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Zürich”
- Dutch: “Unterstrass”
- French: “Unterstrass”
- German: “Unterstrass”
- Irish: “Unterstrass”
- Italian: “Unterstrass”
- Latin: “Unterstrass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Unterstrass”
- Swedish: “Unterstrass”
- Swiss German: “Unterstrass (Stadt Zürich)”
- Tosk Albanian: “Unterstrass”
- Turkish: “Unterstrass”
- Ukrainian: “Унтерштрас”
- Upper Sorbian: “Unterstrass”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Strickhof and Rötelterrasse.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include AM Noura and Poststelle 8042 Zürich 42 Schaffhauserplatz.
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