Zürich Zoologischer Garten
The Zoo Zurich is a zoo located in Zurich, Switzerland. Opened in 1929, it is the third oldest zoo in Switzerland and it accumulated a collection of 2,200 specimens of 300 species by its seventy-fifth year.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Zoo
- Description: zoo in Zurich
- Also known as: “Zoo Zuerich”, “Zoo Zurich”, “Zürich Zoo”, and “Zurich Zoologischer Garten”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fluntern Cemetery and Zürichberg.
Fluntern Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Charly Bernasconi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Also known as Friedhof Fluntern, the Fluntern Cemetery is located in the Zürichberg district of Zürich. Fluntern Cemetery is situated 340 metres southwest of Zürich Zoologischer Garten.
Zürichberg
Peak
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Zürichberg is a wooded hill rising to 679 m, overlooking Lake Zürich and located immediately to the east of the city of Zürich, Switzerland, between the valleys of the Limmat and the Glatt rivers.
Fountain with woman and Goatling
Fountain
Photo: Katja Hottingen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fountain with woman and Goatling is situated 360 metres southwest of Zürich Zoologischer Garten.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fluntern and Stettbach.
Fluntern
Suburb
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fluntern is a quarter in the district 7 in Zürich, Switzerland. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. The quarter has a population of 7,325 distributed on an area of 2.84 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.
Zürich Zoologischer Garten
- Categories: science museum, memory institution, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Zurich, Zürich District, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Zürich Zoologischer Garten” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “苏黎世动物园”
- Chinese: “蘇黎世動物園”
- Dutch: “Zoo Zürich”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات زيورخ”
- Esperanto: “Bestoĝardeno de Zuriko”
- Estonian: “Zürichi loomaaed”
- French: “zoo de Zurich”
- French: “Zoo de Zurich”
- German: “Zoo Zürich”
- German: “Zürich Zoologischer Garten”
- Hebrew: “ציריך”
- Italian: “giardino zoologico di Zurigo”
- Italian: “Giardino zoologico di Zurigo”
- Japanese: “チューリッヒ動物園”
- Polish: “Ogród Zoologiczny w Zurychu”
- Russian: “Цюрихский зоопарк”
- Spanish: “Zoologico de Zurich”
- Spanish: “Zoológico de Zúrich”
- Swedish: “Zürich Zoo”
- Ukrainian: “Зоологічний сад Цюриха”
Localities in the Area
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