Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

The Old Botanical Garden is a botanical garden and arboretum in the Swiss city of Zürich. The garden is, among the neighbored Schanzengraben moat and the Bauschänzli bastion, one of the last remains of the Baroque fortifications of Zürich, that was begun in 1642.

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Opening hours:
October 1st—February 28th: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
March 1st—September 30th: 7:00 AM—7:00 PM
Type: Garden
Description: botanical garden in Switzerland
Also known as: “Old botanical garden Zürich”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich and Zurich Selnau railway station.

Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich

Museum

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The Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich is the third oldest ethnological museum of Switzerland. Owner of its collections since 1914 is the University of Zurich.

Zurich Selnau railway station

Railway station

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Zurich Selnau is an underground railway station on the Zurich S-Bahn system in Selnau in the centre of the Swiss city of Zurich, within fare zone 110 of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund. Zurich Selnau railway station is situated 210 metres northwest of Old Botanical Garden, Zurich.

Hallenbad City

Sports venue

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Hallenbad City is a sports venue, which is situated 140 metres northwest of Old Botanical Garden, Zurich.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schipfe and Altstadt.

Schipfe

Locality

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Schipfe is a residential district in Zurich, Switzerland, located on the eastern slope of the Lindenhof, one of the oldest parts of the Helvetii Oppidum Zurich-Lindenhof, by the river Limmat.

Altstadt

Suburb

The Altstadt in the Swiss city of Zurich encompasses the area of the entire historical city before 1893, before the incorporation of what are now districts 2 to 12 into the municipality, over the period 1893 to 1934.