Botanical Garden
The Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich is a botanical garden in the Swiss city of Zurich. It was opened in 1977 and is located at Zollikerstrasse in the Weinegg quarter of the city.Photo: Pimpinellus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
March—September: Monday—Friday 7:00 AM—7:00 PM; Saturday—Sunday 8:00 AM—6:00 PM - Type: Garden
- Description: botanical garden
- Also known as: “Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich”, “Botanischer Garten Zuerich”, “Neuer Botanischer Garten”, and “Schönaupark”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Neumünsterkirche and Zurich Opera House.
Zurich Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zurich Opera House is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zurich. Located at the Sechseläutenplatz, it has been the home of the Zurich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich.
Blindekuh
Restaurant
blindekuh are two restaurants in Switzerland where patrons are served in the dark. The restaurants are located in Basel and Zurich, respectively. The name is derived from "Blinde Kuh", the German name for Blind man's bluff.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Riesbach and Hirslanden.
Riesbach
Suburb
Riesbach is District 8 of the Swiss city of Zürich and comprises the quarters Seefeld, Mühlebach and Weinegg. It was formerly an independent municipality on the eastern shore of Lake Zürich and was incorporated into the city in 1893.
Hirslanden
Suburb
Hirslanden is a quarter in the district 7 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 7,648 distributed on an area of 2.187 km2.
Hottingen
Suburb
Hottingen is a quarter in District 7 of Zurich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, but was incorporated into Zurich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 10,100 in an area of 5.05 square kilometres.
Botanical Garden
- Categories: botanical garden, science museum, memory institution, and recreation area
- Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.35842° or 47° 21′ 30″ northLongitude
8.56081° or 8° 33′ 39″ eastElevation
428 metres (1,404 feet)Inception
1977Open location code
8FVC9H56+98OpenStreetMap ID
way 89060423OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenGeoNames ID
6946267Wikidata ID
Q686324
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Botanical Garden” goes by many names.
- French: “jardin botanique de l’université de Zurich”
- French: “Jardin botanique de l’université de Zurich”
- French: “Jardin botanique”
- German: “Botanischer Garten der Universität Zürich”
- German: “Botanischer Garten Zürich”
- Japanese: “チューリッヒ大学植物園・植物博物館”
- Serbian: “Ботаничка башта у Цириху”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Zurich”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Zúrich”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Zürich”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botánico de Zurich”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botánico de Zúrich”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botánico de Zürich”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botanico de Zurich”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botanico de Zúrich”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botanico de Zürich”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Zurich”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Zúrich”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Zürich”
- Turkish: “Zürih botanik bahçesi”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bibliothek der Institute für Systematische Botanik und für Pflanzenbiologie and Heimatschutzzentrum in der Villa Patumbah.
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