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16 STREET PARADE
Eidgenössische
Technische The city’s single biggest
Hochschule event, drawing over a
million fans, the Street
 D2 ⌂ Rämistrasse 101 Parade (www.street
∑ ethz.ch parade.com) is the
biggest techno music
The Federal Institute of
festival in the world. It
EXPERIENCE Zürich founded in 1855, and today Sunday in August. The
Technology, or ETH, was
takes place every second
it is one of the most highly
theme is “culture of
regarded universities in the
tolerance”. There are 30
mobile stages and 8
world. It occupies a Neo-
Renaissance building designed
is even an “Antiparade”
by Gottfried Semper, a
for techno fans who think
prominent German architect concert platforms. There
who was also the institute’s the main festival has
first professor of architecture. sold-out of the music’s
The architecture of the core values.
building is of interest in its
own right, as is the displays
from the eclectic Graphische Thomas-Mann-Archiv towns and villages. Zürichsee’s
Sammlung (Graphic Collection) Schönberggasse 15 # 10am– clear blue waters are unpol-
of drawings and graphic art 5pm Mon–Fri ∑ tma.ethz.ch luted and there are numerous
and the temporary exhi- beaches and swimming areas
bitions that often fill its along the shoreline.
corridors. The ETH also owns 17
the Thomas-Mann-Archiv, in ZSG
a building nearby. The archive Zürichsee ⌂ Mythenquai 333 § 044
is the entire literary legacy of  C4 487 13 33
this great German writer, who
died in Zürich in August 1955. This beautiful glacial lake
The terrace of the ETH stretches in a 40-km (25-mile) 18
building commands a arc from Zürich to the foot
magnificent view of the city. of the Glarner Alps, at its Opernhaus
Located just to the north of eastern tip. Many boat trips,  C3 ⌂ Falkenstrasse 1
the ETH is the upper station run by such companies as ∑ opernhaus.ch
of the Polybahn, a funicular ZSG, depart from the city.
that runs down to Central, a Ranging from short trips to Zürich’s Neo-Baroque opera
large square on the east side half- and full-day cruises, they house stages a world-class
of the Bahnhofbrücke. take in several lakeshore programme of operas and

The beautiful blue
waters of the
serene Zürichsee
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