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Zurich

Zurich is a region in . It encompasses the metropolitan area around Switzerland's biggest city . It spans over the canton of Zurich and Zug as well as most parts of Aargau.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Zurich and Winterthur.

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is the largest city in and an international financial centre. is close to some excellent skiing resorts and many people headed for the Swiss Alps don't spend much time in itself, but you'd be missing a lot if you don't stay in for a couple of days at least.

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is a cultural city with many different museums, among them the Oskar Reinhart Museum am Römerholz exhibiting modern art, the Technorama science centre and the Fotostiftung Schweiz showing Swiss and European photography.

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is the German-speaking capital city of the northern canton of Aargau. It lies south of the border, east of and , north of , and west of .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Zug and Zurich Airport.

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is a town of 31,345 people in the Zurich region of and the capital of the canton of . This article also covers the neighbouring town of Cham.

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in Kloten is the busiest airport in , serving the Zurich region. Swiss airlines maintains a hub in Zurich. Thanks to the wealth and political neutrality of Switzerland, the relatively small Zurich is able to almost play in a league…

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is a city near , . lies 350m above sea level, so it is just in the winter snow.

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is a town in the Zurich region of . It has a lively shopping centre, and a beautiful old town with traditional Swiss buildings, and small castle, all on the banks of the river Limmat which flows from Lake Zurich.

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is a small town of about 11,000 people in the canton of Aargau located at the confluence of the Reuss, Aare, and Limmat Rivers, with the Aare flowing through the city's old town.

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is the principal town of the district of in the canton of Zurich in . The inhabitants are called Horgner. The western village of Horgenberg belongs also to the municipality.

Zurich

Latitude of center
47.44° or 47° 26′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
8.62° or 8° 37′ 12″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q30998
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Zurich” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Вялікая Цюрыская вобласьць”
  • Catalan: “Zuric”
  • Catalan: “Zúric”
  • Catalan: “Zürich”
  • Chinese: “苏黎世大区”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Zuriko”
  • French: “Grand Zurich”
  • French: “Zurich (région)”
  • French: “Zurich”
  • French: “Zürich”
  • German: “Greater Zurich”
  • German: “Grossregion Zürich”
  • German: “GZA”
  • German: “Region Zürich”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή της Ζυρίχης”
  • Hebrew: “ציריך רבתי”
  • Italian: “Regione di Zurigo”
  • Italian: “Zurigo”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gratregiuun Zürich”
  • Slovenian: “Grossregion Zürich”
  • Slovenian: “velika regija Zürich”
  • Spanish: “Zúrich”

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