Kreis 1

Zürich's Altstadt (Old Town) is the main reason you're here, thanks to Gothic treasures like the Fraumünster, shopping galore, and an amazing collection of restaurants, and it's all right on the lake. Less elite but livelier, Zürich's east bank Niederdorf and Oberdorf neighborhoods are noted for both their cultural goodies, including the star-studded opera house and the Kunsthaus (Museum of Art), and their lively bars and restaurants.

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Kreis 2

When Zürich's center got too cramped for 19th-century industrialists, they built themselves lakeside and hillside villas that still lend this neighborhood its quiet elegance...

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Kreis 3

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Kreis 5

Zürich West is one of the city's most happening districts. Empty warehouses from the city's machine-industry days have been renovated, and others were torn down...

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