Happiness is standing on Zurich’s Quai Bridge, with the Limmat behind you and the lake and mountains in front of you. This place is the perfect mix of old and new, of big city and village, where you feel like you’re in London or Paris and yet know and greet everyone you meet here. Sergio Mistretta appreciates exactly this atmosphere, when chaos meets order and people from all over the world meet others who have found their home in Zurich. Training and work take the young Sicilian to his favorite city every day, whose charm he simply cannot resist. Time to infect you too.
Living
The 25hours Hotel is located where the action is in Zurich: on Langstrasse. It’s not just the central location that makes this accommodation stand out, but the modern, unusual style, the pleasant atmosphere and the fact that the adjoining Neni restaurant serves one of the best brunches in the city. It’s a ten-minute streetcar ride to the Kameha Grand boutique hotel. It’s worth it: the partition walls from the room to the bathroom look like a bar of chocolate. If you don’t want to stay in a hotel, you can sleep in an apartment from Visionapartments and be your own boss.
25hours Hotel, Langstrasse 150, 8004 Zurich, www.25hours-hotels.com
Kameha Grand, Dufaux-Strasse 1, 8152 Opfikon, www.kamehagrandzuerich.com
Visionapartments, 13 different locations in Zurich, www.visionapartments.com
Food
The masters at Kai Sushi create the best sushi in the city on the Limmat. The miso soup is also amazing! In the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the world, the Hiltl, meat eaters are also happy. The broth of the noodle soup at Yume Ramen is so good that you will want to keep eating even after a whole bowl. Smoothies, bagels and an açai bowl that could fill entire dreams are available at Juicery 21.
Kai Sushi, Hardstrasse 261, 8005 Zurich, www.kaisushi.ch
Hiltl, Sihlstrasse 28, 8001 Zurich, www.hiltl.ch
Yume Ramen, Reitergasse 6, 8004 Zurich, www.yume-ramen.ch
Juicery 21, Sihlstrasse 93, 8001 Zurich, www.juicery21.ch
Shopping
The Fizzen store in Zurich’s Niederdorf district is a vintage paradise par excellence. Here you can buy not only second-hand fashion, but also new clothes from cool labels and outfits redesigned from vintage clothing. Barbour jacket or Burberry coat at a bargain price? Hanging on the bar at Barbar Vintage. Denim fans in particular will also get their money’s worth. Avant-garde fashion and anti-mainstream labels can be bought at Boutique Roma – with a credit card rather than small change. If you don’t want to store on the famous Bahnhofstrasse, stroll along the viaduct and find art, furniture, decoration, fashion and various cafés.
Fizzen Store, Preyergasse 6, 8001 Zurich, www.fizzen.ch
Barbar Vintage, Bleicherweg 70, 8002 Zurich, www.barbarvintage.ch
Boutique Roma, Pelikanstrasse 6, 8001 Zurich, www.boutique-roma.ch
Viadukt, Viaduktstrasse, 8005 Zurich
Party
If the weather is good, Zurich celebrates on the banks of the Limmat. Address number 1: Letten, where numerous outdoor parties still take place in the fall. The Mascotte is over 100 years old and is a cool address for anyone who wants to shake their limbs to DJ beats or live acts at the weekend.
Mascotte, Theaterstrasse 10, 8001 Zurich, www.mascotte.ch
Quarters
The tourist Üetliberg can be given a miss . Better: a visit to Weid, where the view over the city is just as breathtaking. Frau Gerold’s garden is something like the heart of Kreis 5 and one of the best places for a convivial after-work beer. The MFO Park is an oasis in the middle of offices with its many seating options. In the city center, the terrace of the Metropol Bar is a good place to take a break from the hustle and bustle of Bahnhofstrasse.
Mrs. Gerold’s Garden, Geroldstrasse 23/23a, 8005 Zurich, www.fraugerold.ch
MFO Park, Elias-Canetti-Strasse, 8050 Zurich, www.zuerich.com
Metropol Bar, Fraumünsterstrasse 12, 8001 Zurich, www.metropol-restaurant.ch
Must do
Sundays through Niederdorf in the direction of lake, be entertained by the street musicians and enjoy a drink at the Sechseläutenplatz and let the sun shine on your face. Right next to it: the gelato trolley at Globus. The queue is long – and for good reason.
Gelato cart, Theaterstrasse 12, 8001 Zurich
Events
Jazznojazz Festival
30.10. until 2.11.
Four days of music galore.
And all over the city.
Jazznojazz Festival, www.jazznojazz.ch
Sergio Mistretta
is a vocational baccalaureate student in design and art.
loves llama videos on Instagram.
hates broccoli.
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