What’s On In Zurich

Mid to End of December 2020

New Corona Measures From 22nd December 2020

Wishing you a great week ahead. The Swiss Government announced stricter anti-Covid measures from 22nd December, you can see all the information on the Swiss Government website at the bottom of this article. Sadly, as well as restaurants and bars shutting, museums, sports clubs, zoos and botanical gardens will close too.

Headline of Swiss Government’s New Rules From 22nd December:

– All restaurants and bars will close

– All Museums and libraries will close

– Sports facilities will close

– All Zoos and Botanical Gardens will close

– All entertainment and leisure facilities will close

– Shops will have a smaller number of people allowed at one time and will continue to close at 7pm and will stay closed on Sundays and holidays.

HOFFNUNGSFEUER IN THE LIMMAT ADVENT 2020: As a symbol of hope in these difficult times the churches of Zurich have come together to mark Advent 2020 with a “Hoffnungsfeuer” or Flame of Hope which will be burning throughout Advent on a barge in the middle of the Limmat. Read all about it here.

ICE SKATING IN AND AROUND ZURICH: Check out these great places to go ice skating in and around Zurich. Take a look here.

CHRISTMAS TENT OUTSIDE ZURICH: The Stiftung Stöckenweid annual Christmas Tent is taking place at Bünishoferstrasse 295, 8706 Feldmeilen and is open Tuesday till Saturday (but no longer on Sundays) until 19th December. They are selling all sorts of festive goodies along with great food and snacks. Please do check the website before setting out.

CHRISTMAS PRESENT IDEAS: Take a look here for some ideas for Christmas Presents if you haven’t yet got everything. See our Christmas Gift Guide here.

CHRISTMAS POP UP EVENTS IN ZURICH : Do check all the revised opening times for Zurich’s pop ups for places like Frau Gerold’s Garten, Weihnachtsinsel, Tessinerplatz. Uto Kulm and Europaallee on their individual websites.  Check out this list of Christmassy pop ups in and around Zurich here.

CANCELLED! ADVENT SUNDAY SHOPPING ZURICH ON 20th (& 27th) DEC: Sunday Shopping (Sonntagsverkauf) is cancelled for 20th and 27th December. See the Sonntagsverkauf Shopping Sundays Info here.

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ROGER FEDERER & VRENI SCHNEIDER TRIUMPH AT SWISS SPORTS AWARDS: Last week the Swiss Sports Awards took place in Zurich and Roger Federer and Vreni Schneider were voted the top sports people from the past 70 years. Read all about the awards here.

OFFER: STAY IN GENEVA FOR 2 NIGHTS & GET FREE GENEVA CARD: Geneva Tourism are currently running an offer giving you a FREE Geneva Card worth CHF 100 when you stay 2 nights in one of their hotels, from now until 31st December. See more details in our Travel Section below, or go directly to the Geneva Tourism website here.

LABEL17 STORE: Visit the LABEL17 Store to find fabulous unique gifts for your loved ones. Reinhardstrasse 12, 8008 Zürich. Tel: 079 322 69 91  Visit Label17.com website here 

THROWBACK TO THE SWAROVSKI TREE: We can’t see the Swarovski Christmas Tree in HB in 2020  However, you can see the lighting of the Swarovski Christmas Tree from a previous year here.

 

WIENACHTSPYRAMIDE STADELHOFEN: Visit the Wienachtspyramide outside Stadelhofen Railway Station, for Glüwein Churros or Raclette.

THE GREEN MÄRLITRAM BY JELMOLI: Many of you will have been pleased to see that Santa and the Jelmoli “Märlitram” are cruising down the streets of Zurich again. However, this year the tram is painted green as a symbol of hope in these difficult times. Instead of being open to the public, in 2020 the only passengers are organised groups of kindergarten and school children. You can find out all about the beautiful Märlitram here.

ICE SKATE WHILST YOU CAN: Take advantage of the few days left to ice skate on the rinks in and around Zurich. Check out this great ice skating rinks here.

ALL MUSEUMS NOW SHUT ON SUNDAYS FROM 22nd DECEMBER

It’s your last chance to visit museums, until 22nd December – so take a look at what’s on here:

CRIB EXHIBITION AT LANDSMUSEUM: Why not visit the beautiful Christmas and crib exhibition which is currently taking place at the Landesmuseum Zurich and continues until 10th January. See details here.

MUSEUM RIETBERG EXHIBITIONS: There are a number of interesting exhibitions at Museum Rietberg in Zurich on right now –take a look here.

TUTANKHAMUN EXHIBITION HALLE 622 ZURICH UNIL 3rd JAN 2021: “Discover the Golden Pharaoh” exhibition all about Tutankhamun and Egypt which will now remain at Halle 622 in Zurich until 3rd Jan 2021.  You can read all about it here.

Or you can see our video of a Tutankhamun Torchlight event where the video was taken by Tim Hughes here

VAN GOGH ALIVE EXHIBITION TIL 30TH DEC: The Van Gogh Alive exhibition continues at Halle 622 until 30th December. Read all about it here.