Tourisme à Zurich et les endroits les plus populaires pour les touristes ~ tourist travel

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, which has a population of 390,000 inhabitants in the city proper and 1.2 million in the agglomeration area. Zurich is located on Lake Zurich, with the lake flows in the Limmat River, in northern Switzerland. Zurich city lies in the heart of Europe and in central Switzerland, which has a northern shores of Lake Zurich. Multiple tastes and cultures in Zurich, with the ability to recognize and enjoy the many recreational activities that attract guests from all over the world.

Easily accessible to Zurich whether by train, plane or car, as the international airport with direct halls with more than 150 destinations. Can be reached by train about 10 minutes from the airport, which is located in the city center, is the railway station of Zurich are the main railway station as a hub in the center of Europe. And it is home to about 370,000 people in this a science and business experience of the center. Zurich is characterized by the high quality of the midst of natural surroundings infrastructure, but it's the popular place for study and research. For example, of the University of Zurich Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) which was built in 1855 by Gottfried Semper, the ETH in Zurich, a place where 21 out of the Nobel Prize.

Tourism

Zurich enjoys wonderful views of the snow-capped Alps, Zurich offers a unique combination of more than 50 museums and more than 100 art galleries attractions - and marks the international fashion designs and Zurich, and most vital nightlife in Switzerland. Recreational activities ranging from visiting the lake and bathing areas in the heart of the city, to visit the high places and stunning mountain in Uetliberg.

Also for art lovers, the Zurich boasts a lot of amazing places, the city alone is home to more than 14 place an ad for the Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, and the Kunsthaus in Zurich, which has a large collection of paintings, sculptures and photographs. In addition, it has an extensive collection of works by Alberto Giacometti.

One of the important landmarks in Zurich

"Kunsthaus"
Kunsthaus is the most important art exhibition in Switzerland which has a significant and important collection of European art - from the Middle Ages to the present.

Rietberg Museum
The museum is an art site to non-Europeans, particularly from India, China and Africa.

Bahnhofstrasse,
Featuring street banks and fashion boutiques, shops and cafes.

Zurich animal park
It includes Hall of the ecosystem on 11,000 square meters and contains several hundreds of plant and animal from Madagascar and Maswala rain forest species.

Old town
It is a place distinguished art galleries and antiques shops. In the evening, the old town is transformed into entertainment place with a vast and distinctive areas of the public.

Tips travel visa request:

Check the current passport validity
All travelers need a passport valid for at least 90 days after the date of departure. However, we strongly recommend that you travel within six months of passport validity at all times.

Geography
Zurich is located in 408 meters (1,339 feet) above sea level on the north end of Lake Zurich (Zurichsee) and about 30 kilometers (19 miles) to the north of the Alps. The old city straddles the Limmat river, which flows from the lake. The geographical center (and historical) from the city is the Lindenhof, with a small natural hill on the west bank of the camps, which is located about 700 meters (2,300 feet) to the north of Lake Zurich. Zurich has a natural hydrographic Bhdoduha of hills and includes some attractive areas to the northeast in the Valley of records (German: Glattal) and to the north in the valley died (German: Limmattal).

Languages

Swiss is the official language used by government institutions, printing, news, and universities / schools, courts, and the theater, and on any type of written forms is the (Swiss) German standard, while the spoken language is Zurich German (Züritüütsch), which is considered one of the several more accents Swiss German. As of December in the 2010 Census, about 69.3% of the population's diglossic Swiss German / Swiss German classical Arabic as a native language happens. There are about 22.7% of the population speak German classical in their family environment (at home). The number is increasing dramatically, according to the last census in 2000, 8.8% who speak English now. Followed by the Italian language about 7.1% of the population, then the French about 4.5% and include other languages, Croatian and Serbian (4.1%), and Spanish (3.9%), and Portuguese (3.1%) and Albanian (2.3%). Thus 20% of the population speak two or more languages at home.

Religiously

There are approximately 40% belonging to the Catholic religion. Since then, each of the dominant Swiss churches, the Catholic Church and the Romanian and the Swiss Protestant Church, despite a decline in the Catholic Church after 20 years in about 1990.

Socially

The unemployment level in Zurich about 3.2% in July 2012. In 2008, the average monthly income was about 7,000 Swiss francs before any deductions for Social Security and taxes. In 2010, there were 12 994 cases (in the monthly average) of direct care or indirect payments from the state.

Currency

Currency Zurich is the Swiss franc, which is equivalent to about 4 SR

Culturally

Zurich rich rich traditions, in addition to the museums and galleries of high quality. Zurich has the caliber of the room and a symphony orchestra and many important theaters. Zurich Film Festival is one of the next international film festivals, the most important. Within a few years, the festival has become well-established on the national and international scene festival. Recently, Mobile Film Festival movement to hold the first event in May 2015.

Zurich is known for one of the largest and most popular annual events in the street procession, which is also one of the largest art festivals, dance and music in the world. You can walk on the side of Lake Zurich, which usually occurs on the second Saturday in August. And hold the first session in 1992 with about 1,000 participants. And by 2001 it had reached 1 million participants. Zürifäscht Festival, is a public festival, which is held every three years, and is characterized by music, fireworks and other attractions around the old city. It is the biggest public festival in Switzerland and attended by up to 2 million visitors.