Bahnhofplatz
Bahnhofplatz is a square in the city centre of Zurich, Switzerland. It is located in front of the southern entrance of the main building of Main Station and at the northern end of Bahnhofstrasse, the city's shopping avenue.- Type: Square
- Description: public square in the city of Zürich, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Bahnhof Platz” and “Bahnhofplatz, Zurich”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zürich HB and Zurich HB SZU railway station.
Zürich HB
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.
Zurich HB SZU railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bobo11, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zurich HB SZU railway station is a subsurface railway station situated below Bahnhofplatz in the city centre of Zurich, Switzerland. The station is physically connected to Zürich HB, Zurich Main Station, via the underground ShopVille mall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schipfe and Niederdorf.
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.
Bahnhofplatz
- Category: locality
- Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.37724° or 47° 22′ 38″ northLongitude
8.53968° or 8° 32′ 23″ eastInception
1863Open location code
8FVC9GGQ+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 888212901OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q801700
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Bahnhofplatz” goes by many names.
- French: “Bahnhofplatz”
- German: “Bahnhofplatz”
- Italian: “Bahnhofplatz”
- Romansh: “Bahnhofplatz”
- Ukrainian: “Бангофплац”
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