Monkey house

Monkey house is a building in Zurich, Zurich which is located on Klosterweg. Monkey house is situated nearby to Gelbbrustkapuziner, as well as near Eurasische Zwergmaus.

Type: Building
Also known as: “Affenhaus”
Address: Klosterweg 3, Zürich, 8044

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 240 metres southwest of Monkey house.

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 270 metres south of Monkey house.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fluntern and Oberstrass.

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.