Birchwald
Birchwald is a playground in Zurich, Zurich. Birchwald is situated nearby to the school Kantonsschule Zürich Nord, as well as near the community center Zentrum ELCH Regensbergstrasse.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kantonsschule Zürich Nord and Gustav-Ammann-Park.
Kantonsschule Zürich Nord
School
Kantonsschule Zürich Nord is a Swiss cantonal gymnasium in Oerlikon, northern Zürich, Switzerland. The school, which first opened in 2012, was formed by the merger of Kantonsschule Zürich Birch and Kantonsschule Oerlikon. Kantonsschule Zürich Nord is situated 110 metres southwest of Birchwald.
Gustav-Ammann-Park
Park
Photo: Juerg.hug, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gustav-Ammann-Park is a public park in Oerlikon, Zurich on the former premises of Oerlikon-Bührle and covers 32,291 ft2. In 1996, the privately owned park became a preserve. Gustav-Ammann-Park is situated 280 metres north of Birchwald.
MFO-Park
Park
Photo: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The MFO-Park is a public park in the Oerlikon quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. The area to the north of Zürich Oerlikon railway station was once home to the extensive works of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, a site that has now been redeveloped as Neu Oerlikon. MFO-Park is situated 510 metres northeast of Birchwald.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oerlikon and Seebach.
Oerlikon
Suburb
Oerlikon is a quarter in the northern part of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. A formerly independent municipality, Oerlikon was merged with Zürich in 1934 and forms today, together with Affoltern and Seebach, the city district 11.
Seebach
Suburb
Seebach is a quarter in the district 11 of Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley. It was formerly a municipality in its own right, but was incorporated into the city of Zürich in 1934.
Wipkingen
Suburb
Wipkingen is a quarter in the district 10 in Zürich. It was formerly a municipality of its own, having been incorporated into Zürich in 1893. As of 2025, the quarter has a population of 16,734 distributed on an area of 2.10 km2.
Birchwald
- Type: Playground
- Wheelchair access: limited
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.40885° or 47° 24′ 32″ northLongitude
8.53542° or 8° 32′ 8″ eastOperator
Grün Stadt ZürichOpen location code
8FVCCG5P+G5OpenStreetMap ID
way 96241732OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=playgroundOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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