Rennweg

Rennweg is a medieval main road and is today part of the inner-city pedestrian zone of Zurich, Switzerland. In medieval German, a Rennweg was a street where horses could run.

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Type: Pedestrian zone
Description: street in the city of Zürich, Switzerland
Also known as: “Renn Weg” and “Rennweg, Zürich”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zürich HB and Lindenhof hill.

Zürich HB

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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.

Lindenhof hill

Square

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The Lindenhof is a moraine hill and public square in the historic center of Zurich, Switzerland. It is the site of the Roman and Carolingian era Kaiserpfalz around which the city has historically grown.

Sodbrunnen

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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.