One day in Zürich, Switzerland
A day through Zürich’s best-known sights that lie close together: National Museum Zurich, Fraumünster, Grossmünster, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich Opera House and Museum Rietberg. 6 stops, about 3.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- National Museum ZurichMuseum · On the map
- FraumünsterTemple or shrine · 1.1 km on from National Museum Zurich · On the map
- GrossmünsterTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Fraumünster · On the map
- Kunsthaus ZürichMuseum · 0.3 km on from Grossmünster · On the map
- Zürich Opera HouseTheatre or opera house · 0.6 km on from Kunsthaus Zürich · On the map
- Museum RietbergMuseum · 1.4 km on from Zürich Opera House · On the map
6 stops, 5 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 4 min of walking.
More for Zürich
- Things to do in Zürich, Switzerland · 40 places to see, led by Habsburg Castle and Grossmünster
Day trips from Zürich
- Konstanz57 km awayprehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps6 stops in a day, starting at Archaeological State Museum of Baden-Wuerttemberg
- Strasbourg148 km awayCathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg6 stops in a day, starting at Cathedral of Our Lady of Strasbourg
- Luzern40 km awayChapel Bridge6 stops in a day, starting at Lion Monument
- Chur94 km awayGlarus thrust40 places to see, led by Glarus thrust and Landwasser Viaduct
Photo credits
- National Museum Zurich: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fraumünster: sidonius, CC BY-SA 2.5
- Grossmünster: Ilya Hirschberg (Kreecher), CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kunsthaus Zürich: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Zürich Opera House: Roland zh, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum Rietberg: Ikiwaner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
Other places nearby
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- Luzern40 km away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Weather, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Konstanz57 km away · Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Weather, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Basel76 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Earthquakes and Hiking routes
- Freiburg87 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Earthquakes and Hiking routes
- Bern95 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Earthquakes and Hiking routes
- Mulhouse101 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset, Earthquakes and Hiking routes
- Colmar120 km away · Things to do, Plans, Transit, Weather, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes