zurich

     

Coorinates: 47°22′N, 8°33′E

Trivia about zurich

  • Switzerland's largest city in population, it's alphabetically last except for Zurzach & Zweisimmen
  • Near the Alps:ZRH
  • The name of this lakeside Swiss city is believed to be from the Celtic word for "water"
  • Legend says fondue was invented in this largest Swiss city when winter left only cheese, bread & wine
  • Population 350,000, it's the largest city in Switzerland
  • You might have to window shop in this Swiss city's elegant Bahnhofstrasse: prices are lethal there
  • In 1848 Bern replaced this city as the seat of the Swiss federal government
  • In this largest Swiss city, you can wet your whistle at the James Joyce Pub which Joyce described in "Ulysses"
  • Points of interest in this city include the Reitburg Museum & the Grossmunster Church where Zwingli preached
  • It can be tough remembering your password for your secret bank account in this most populous city in Switzerland
  • Swiss banks store heaps of gold in vaults below the Bahnhofstrasse, an elegant street in this city
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  • Carl Jung taught at a university here
  • You'd have to have your head examined to check into the C.G. Jung Institute of this largest Swiss city
  • At the time of his death, Irish author James Joyce was living in this Swiss city
  • Joyce & his family spent World War I in this Swiss city