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ballets. It was designed by the
Viennese architects Hermann
Helmer and Ferdinand Fellner
and completed in 1891. The
elegant façade is fronted by
two tiers of columns and a
balcony framed by porticoes.

19 "
Zürichhorn Park

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This pleasant park contains
sculptures by well-known
modern artists. At the south-
ern end is a large kinetic
sculp ture that Jean Tinguely
created for Expo 64 in is displayed in two villas Exhibits on display at
Lausanne; enti tled Heureka, (covered by a single entry the Villa Wesendonck,
it is set in motion from April ticket) linked by extensive Museum Rietberg
to October at 11.15am and underground exhibition
5.15pm daily. areas. Villa Wesendonck, a
In the eastern part of the Neo-Classical mansion in public by appointment
park high walls enclose the which the composer Richard only on the first Sunday
Chinagarten. This Chinese Wagner once stayed, houses of the month.
garden, laid out in 1994, was a the main collection. This
gift from the city of Kunming, consists of wooden, bronze
and is filled with plants, build- and ceramic objects from 22
ings and objects typical of a Africa, India, Tibet, China,
Chinese formal garden. Japan, and other Southeast Städtische Sukku­
Bordering the park, on Asian countries. The neigh- lenten­Sammlung
Höschgasse, is the Atelier bouring Park-Villa Rieter is  B5 ⌂ Mythenquai 88
Hermann Haller, the studio of devoted to Asian art. Two # 9am–4:30pm daily
this Swiss sculptor. Designed floors of the house are filled ∑ stadt-zuerich.ch/
by Haller (1880–1950), it is a with changing selections of sukkulenten
rare example of wooden Indian, Chinese and Japanese
Bauhaus architecture. Next to prints and paintings. Comprising more than 8,000
it is the Pavillon Le Corbusier, species of cactuses, spurges,
closed for restoration until agaves, aloes and other
summer 2019. succulents, this collection,
21 " founded in 1931, is one of the
Chinagarten Sammlung E G Bührle largest of its kind in Europe.
# Mid-Mar–mid-Oct: 11am–  E5 ⌂ Zollikerstrasse 172 Amazing succulents from
7pm daily. every arid region of the world,
∑ buehrle.ch
from giant agaves to the
Atelier Hermann Haller A small but well-curated tiniest cactuses, are found
Höschgasse 6 § 044 383 42 collection of Impressionist here in a fascinating display.
47 # Jul–Sep: 1–6pm Fri–Sun. and Post-Impressionist paint-
ings, including works by
Delacroix, Courbet, Corot, INSIDER TIP
Monet, Degas and Van Gogh, Thermalbad
20 "'- is housed in a mansion south and Spa Zurich
Museum Rietberg of Zürichhorn Park. The collec- Bathe in wooden vats
tion was formed by the Swiss in this former brewery,
 B4 ⌂ Gablerstrasse 15 industrialist Emil G Bührle turned spa, not far from
# 10am–5pm Tue–Sun (to
8pm Wed) ∑ rietberg.ch between 1934 and 1956 and Museum Rietberg
was opened to the public after (www.thermalbad-
The vast assemblage of his death in 1965. Pending an zuerich.ch). The water is
ethnographic pieces and as-yet-undetermined move drawn from the legend-
artifacts that make up the to the Kunsthaus Zürich, the ary “Aqui” springs.
collections of this museum collection is open to the
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