On Zürich’s Bahnhofstrasse, success requires neither money nor achievement, just a suit, a photographer and somebody else’s luxury car. A Saturday shopping trip becomes a front-row seat at Generation Instagram’s auditions for a life considerably more impressive than the afternoon spent manufacturing it.
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Zürich Needs a Traffic Plan, Not Another Coat of Paint
A new study finds Swiss cyclists crash at roughly twice the Dutch rate, with tram tracks, junctions and public transport stops among the trouble spots. Zürich can build a cycle tunnel beneath its main station, then leave everyone competing for the same contested metres above. The city needs better behaviour, better junctions and rather more ambition.
Zürich Has Started Shouting at Drivers in Yellow Paint
Zürich’s streets increasingly resemble a planning department’s art-school phase: green bands, giant bicycles, cheerful colours and enough visual guidance to leave ordinary road users more confused than informed. When every marking wants attention, clarity is inevitably the first casualty.
Zurich’s Quiet War on the Car
Zurich’s Rämistrasse and Universitätstrasse have become a lesson in how to discourage cars without formally banning them. Poorly coordinated lights, repeated zebra crossings, permanent stop-and-go traffic and cyclists treating tram tracks as an overtaking lane turn a major route into a daily exercise in frustration, all while motorists face the strictest enforcement.
Swiss Premium: The Perfect Illusion of a Flight Nation
There are countries that travel efficiently. And then there’s Switzerland: A nation that supposedly invented efficiency but somehow lost it completely at Zurich Airport. Welcome to the Security Check Museum The experience begins with a trip back in time. Two…
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Super Moon in Zurich!
I have been planning this photo for months, but unfortunately I always had bad luck with the weather. Clouds, fog, rain, snow ... the whole program. But today the weather god was gracious! I carefully calculated the exact time and…
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