Zurich airport
by Erkmen
After the passport control, you follow the signs for baggage claim and then reach the baggage claim area..
For the first time in my life, surprisingly my baggage was the first item that has come on the band.. :)) Yuppii
After grapping the baggages, I continued downstairs for the train.. the first floor down is the place where you can get your tickets.. Ticket system is just similar than its in Holland and Germany.. You can have your ticket from the machines, just by pressing the code number of your desired destination...
If you dont have change money for the machines just behind them are the offices for ticket sales, you can use them also.. And Down that floor is the Train departures.. There are two lines, so ask your destination.. The train to main train station (Zurich Hauptbahnhof) leaves almost in every ten minutes.. Ticket cost one way 5,40 CHF
The Highest Town in Europe
by Toyin
This is the highest town in Europe. Its air is very clean, and I guess is about the cleanest town in Europe. I guess it will be a condusive place for sports men and women to train for competition.
For tourist, this is the place to be.
Money matters
by Dabs
Switzerland is not part of the EU (European Union) so it makes sense that they don't use the the Euro as their currency. The currency in Switzerland is the Swiss Franc (CHF) and while they take Euro in Switzerland, it sounds like it's at an unfavorable exchange rate and that you get your change back in CHF.
We were able to use our ATM card or Visa credit card almost everywhere we tried to use it, the only exception was at a Coop supermarket in Zug Baar which wouldn't take either and at a parking garage in Geneva that wouldn't take our Visa card.
SWIMMING
by mel_bee
It seems like the swiss have an affinity with water, and why not when you are surrounded by beautiful lakes!! If you want to swim somewhere other than Zurichhornpark there is a municpal swimming area alongside the lake on the way to the park and another near Bellevue platz.
Fluntern Cemetery: Grave of James Joyce
by HORSCHECK
The Fluntern Cemetery (Friedhof Flutern) is home to the grave of the Irish author James Joyce. He lived in Zurich from 1915 until 1919 at Universitätsstr. 38, where he also wrote parts of his famous "Ulysses" novel.
After many years in Paris he returned to Zurich where he died in 1941. On top of his grave is a statue of him sitting with crossed legs and holding a book and a cigar.
Next to his grave another famous person is buried: The Jewish writer and theorist Elias Canetti who also won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981.
Both graves can be found in a little hedged garden which is well signposted when entering the cemetery.
Directions:
The Flutern Cemetery is situated in the Zurichberg district of Zurich, just adjacent to the Zoo. The nearest tram stop is "Zoo" which is the terminus of line 6.
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Schaffhausen: Fortress Munot
Kreuzkirche
rose garden by the convent
