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Zurich: walk on14 July 2007 (02): from Lake of Zurich to Zurich Main Station

Bürkliplatz (Buerkli Square) - Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street) - Wühre - Schipfe - Letten - Zollstrasse (Customs Street)

Photos by Michael Palomino (14 July 2007)


               

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Map of Zurich center with the walk of 14 July 2007 from the lake to Zurich Main Station	Map of Zurich with the walk of 14 July 2007 State Museum - Platzspitz (Pointed Square Park) - Letten - Letten Viaduct - Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street) - Zollstrasse (Customs Street)
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Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street) from Bürkliplatz (Buerkli Square) up to Paradeplatz (Parade Square) (also Tricklement Square)
	Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street) near Bürkliplatz (Buerkli Square), view to Paradeplatz (Parade Square)
	Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street) near Bürkliplatz (Buerkli Square),  another fountain, total view
	Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street) near Bürkliplatz (Buerkli Square),  the fountain with relief and text
	The relief of the fountain, a woman gives a man something to drink Text (translation): <There came the servant and spoke: Let me dring some water from your jar. And she spoke: Drink milord, and quickly she let down the jar on her hand and gave him to drink.>
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), fountain with a head of a devil with water pipe
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), a garbage bycicle as a sign of time
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), the National Bank of Switzerland
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), the facade of the National Bank of Switzerland in the sun
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), motives of the facade of the National Bank at the corner with an Eagle and a head of a lion
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), motives of the facade of the National Bank with an owl and a head of a bull
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), tram no. 11
	Zurich, corner Bahnhofstrasse / Börsenstrasse (Station Street / Stock Exchange Street)
	Road sign at the corner of Bahnhofstrasse / Börsenstrasse (Station Street / Stock Exchange Street)
	Zurich, Stock Exchange Street, row of houses But stock exchange of today is at another place. Basically the street could be called National Bank Street.
	Zurich, Stock Exchange Street, facade of the National Bank of Switzerland in the shadow
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), tram stop "Börsenstrasse" ("Stock Exchange Street")
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), fire hydrant with elaborate ornaments The hydrant is here a little personality with jelly bag cap.
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), fire hydrant with elaborate ornaments, zoom
	The knob of the fire hydrant, like a jelly bag cap
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), lime tree alley with the trams no. 2 and no. 9
	Zurich, Paradeplatz (Parade Square, Tricklement Square), UBS bank
	Zurich, Paradeplatz (Parade Square, Tricklement Square), ancient building of CS bank

From Fraumünster (Woman's Cathedral) to Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge) and to the town hall
	Zurich, Poststrasse (Mail Street), sight of Fraumünster (Woman's Cathedral) One can see yet the steeples of the Great Cathedral behind.
	Road sign "Poststrasse" ("Mail Street")
	Zurich Fraumünsterstrasse (Woman's Cathedral Street), facade of the Woman's Cathedral with entrance door
	Facade of Women's Cathedral at Fraumünsterstrasse (Woman's Cathedral Street), statues left
	Facade of Women's Cathedral at Fraumünsterstrasse (Woman's Cathedral Street), church window
	Facade of Women's Cathedral at Fraumünsterstrasse (Woman's Cathedral Street), statues right
	Fraumünster (Woman's Cathedral), relief over the entrance with little children
	Fraumünster (Woman's Cathedral), show case "today closed from 12:30 to 16:15" without indication of any reason (orig.: "heute von 12.30 Uhr bis 16.15 Uhr geschlossen") Perhaps a photographer is in the church taking photos from the Chagall windows.
	Fraumünster (Woman's Cathedral), a side church window going to the Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard)
	Zurich, Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), the steeple of the Fraumünster (Women's Cathedral)
	Road sign "Münsterhof" ("Cathedral's Yard")
	Zurich, Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), house with spires of the Great Cathedral
	Zurich, Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), row of houses with the steeple of Peterskirche (St. Peter's Church)
	Zurich, Waaggasse (Balance Alley), row of houses
	Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), houses 01
	Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), houses 02
	Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), houses 03 The steeple of St. Peter's church can be seen behind, not as big as before
	Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), houses 04
	Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), houses 05 with Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge)
	Münsterhof (Cathedral's Yard), view to the Wasserkirche (Water Church) behind the Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge)
	Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge) with sight of the Great Cathedral
Spire of the Great Cathedral, panorama photo xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Great Cathedral, top of the spire Great Cathedral, upper middle of the spire Great Cathedral, middle of the spire
	Zurich, Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge), equestrian monument by mayor Waldmann
	Zurich, Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge), sight of Quaibrücke (Quay Bridge) to the Lake of Zurich
	Zurich, Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge), text board Text (translated): <Cathedral Bridge, built in 1836-1838 with plans of the South Tyrolean engineer Alois Negrelli (initiator of Spanischbrötlibahn (Spanish Buns Train, first train of Switzerland) and staff member at Suez Chanel), constructed by the Zurich master builders Johann Jakob Jocher Oeri, Conrad Stadler and the stonemason Heinrich Staub. Since the Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge) this was the second bridge for cars over Limmat River.> (orig. text: <Münsterbrücke, 1836-1838 nach den Plänen des südtiroler Ingenieurs Alois Negrelli (Initiator der Spanischbrötlibahn und Mitarbeiter am Suezkanal), erbaut durch die Zürcher Baumeister Johann Jakob Jocher Oeri, Conrad Stadler und den Steinmetzmeister Heinrich Staub. Nach der Rathausbrücke die zweite befahrbare Brücke über die Limmat.>
	Zurich, Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge), sight of the town hall
	Zurich, Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge), sight of the Limmat Quay
	Zurich, Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge), lanterns with the Great Cathedral
	Socket of a lantern with rich ornaments
	Road sign "Wühre" ("Water channels")
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), sight of Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge)
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), sight of Münsterbrücke (Cathedral Bridge) with Wasserkirche (Water Church)
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), sight of the town hall
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), swimming swan in Limmat River, who is gazing after a duck
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), swimming duck which was expelled by the swan
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), sight of the town hall
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), frontal sight of Limmat Quay
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), frontal sight of the Great Cathedral
Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), sight of Limmat Quay and Great Cathedral, panorama photo
	Zurich, Wühre (Water channels), gallery
	Road sign "Weinplatz" ("Wine Square")
	Zurich, Hotel zum Storchen "Stork Hotel" at Weinplatz (Wine Square) You see the stork at the house corner.
	Zurich, Weinplatz (Wine Square), Buttenmännchenbrunnen (Tub Man Fountain) at Stork Hotel In former times the grapes were transported to this place (Wine Square) to be press them. When there were no big cars the grapes had to be transported on the back by tubs. This is representing the sculpture on the fountain.
	The sculpture of the tub man with the grapes
	Buttenmännchenbrunnen (Tub Man Fountain), face with water pipe
	Road sign "Rathausbrücke" ("Town Hall Bridge") The road sign of the Town Hall Bridge is perhaps older than the bridge itself which was rebuilt in the 1970s.
	Zurich, Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), sight of Great Cathedral
	Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge) with lantern, sight of Limmat Quay to Zurich Main Station
	Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), sight of Limmat River to Rudolf-Brun-Brücke (Rudolf Brun Bridge)
	Zurich, Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), stand of Marinello with Sushi
	Zurich, Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), police office
	Zurich, Limmat Quay, the town hall of Zurich
	Zurich, Limmat Quay, the entrance of the town hall of Zurich
Town hall of Zurich, entrance with golden lion with pen and shield, left side Town hall of Zurich, text at the entrance Text: "Deo et patriae sac haec curia jussu et auspiciis S.P.2.T. e fundam extr et cond. est. Anno chr. MDC XCIV et SE 22." Town hall of Zurich, entrance with golden lion with sword and shield, right side
	Zurich, window of the town hall Zurich, window border at the town hall
	Zurich, the door bell at the town hall
	Zurich, Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), view to St. Peter's Church
	Zurich, Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), view to row of houses
Zurich, Rathausbrücke (Town Hall Bridge), sight of St. Peter's Church and row of houses, panorama photo

From Schipfe to Zurich Main Station
	House on Schipfe "Schipfe" quarter resp. the path along the river side "Schipfe" has got it's name from "Schüpfi". Here are the landing stages for the weidlings where they were pushed ("gschüpft") to the board.
	Zurich, Schipfe, head in relief form on the house
Zurich, Schipfe, oriel, panorama photo Zurich, Schipfe, oriel Zurich, Schipfe, socket of the oriel
	Schipfe, sight of Limmat River and Limmat Quay
	Zurich, Schipfe, entrance to the gallery
Zurich, Schipfe, in the gallery Schipfe Gallery, window grille Schipfe, view by a gallery window to Limmat Quay
	Zurich, Schipfe, the path upwards
	Zurich, Schipfe, showcase of Limmat Club
	Zurich Schipfe, now the path is going downwards
	Zurich, Schipfe, row of houses
	Zurich, Schipfe, house with gallery, poetry and expositions
	Zurich, Schipfe, on the window shutters there are some lyrics Lyric: "Art is washing down the dust of everyday life from the soul. Pablo Picasso." (orig.: "Kunst wäscht den Staub des Alltags von der Seele. Pablo Picasso."
	Zurich, Schipfe, entrance of the gallery with doors with the company profile on them "Gallery & expositions, works on paper, art  books Europe, Asia, Africa, Consulting" (orig.: "Galerie & Ausstellungen, Arbeiten auf Papier, Kunstbücher Europa, Asien, Afrika, Consulting")
	Zurich, Schipfe, window with a fountain, with window shutters with lyrics But the lyrics are of megalomania (like: "I would create a new world", or "Reality is only eternity"), and it could be there are some better lyrics for this place...
	Zurich, Schipfe, shop "swisssouvenir"
	Zurich, Schipfe, shop "swisssouvenir" with a statue of a bear carved in wood holding a plate At Swisssouvenir the bear already has arrived. Zurich population is surely glad that there are bears living only in canton of Grisons until today.
	Zurich, Schipfe, shop shield "Swisssouvenir"
	Zurich, Schipfe, bridge path
	Schipfe and Rudolf Brun Bridge, there is a man feeding the swans
	Rudolf Brun Bridge, knob in form of shells
	Zurich, Rudolf-Brun-Brücke (Rudolf Brun Bridge), view to Great Cathedral
	Zurich, Rudolf-Brun-Brücke (Rudolf Brun Bridge), text board Text (translated): "Rudolf Brun Bridge, constructed in 1912/13, renewed in 1990/91. Rudolf Brun, born around 1285, died in 1360, was the first mayor of Zurich." (orig.: "Rudolf Brun-Brücke, erbaut 1912/13, erneuert 1990/91. Rudolf Brun um 1285-1360, erster Burgermeister von Zürich.")
	Road sign "Rudolf-Brun-Brücke" ("Rudolf Brun Bridge")
	Zurich, Rudolf Brun Bridge, sight of Limmat Quay (01)
	Zurich, Rudolf Brun Bridge, sight of Limmat Quay (02) with the university in the background
Zurich, Rudolf Brun Bridge, sight of Limmat Quay with the university in the background, panorama photo (It's a pitty that the panorama program eliminated a pedestrian...)
	Zurich, Rudolf Brun Bridge, sight of the Urania police office
	Zurich, Rudolf Brun Bridge, balustrade in the sunshine
	Zurich, Station Quay
	Road signs at the crossing Waisenhausstrasse / Schützengasse (Orphanage Street / Shooter Alley)
	Zurich, Schützengasse (Shooter Alley)

Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street) with sight of Alfred Escher Fountain and Zurich Main Station
	Zurich Bahnhofstrasse (Station Street), sight of Zurich Main Station
	Zurich Main Station, the main entrance of today
	Zurich Main Station, zoom of the main entrance of today
	Road signs at the corner of Bahnhofplatz / Bahnhofstrasse (Station Square / Station Street)
	Alfred Escher Fountain before Zurich Main Station
	Alfred Escher, statue Alfred Escher was an important figure of the industrialization of Switzerland with political decisions for the construction of big houses and railway lines.
	Alfred Escher Fountain, sculptures at the column
	Alfred Escher Fountain, sculptures at the column 01
	Alfred Escher Fountain, sculptures at the column 02
	Alfred Escher Fountain, sculptures at the column 03
	Alfred Escher Fountain, sculptures at the column 04
	Alfred Escher Fountain, water coming out from a boy's head
	Zurich Main Station, group of figures over the entry
	Zurich Main Station, group of figures over the entry, zoom
	Zurich Main Station, entrance hall On the other side of the entrance hall is the State Museum

State Museum,  Park Platzspitz ("Pointed Square Park"), Drahtschmidli ("smithery of wire")
	Road signs of Zollbrücke (Customs Bridge), Museum Street and a signpost to the Landesmuseum (State Museum, French indication: Musée national suisse)
	Zurich, State Museum, tower
	Zurich, State Museum The "State Museum" aside Zurich Main Station serves the enforcement of patriotism. But since the underground suburban train has been built the building is in serious danger because the ground is not stable any more...
Zurich, State Museum, panorama photo
	Zurich, State Museum, Swiss flags at the entrance There is no flag of Europe here. The consciousness that Switzerland is in Europe and that Switzerland is managing the bank accounts of the criminal G8 states and of all dictators, is not told here.
	State Museum, entrance
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), entrance
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), path
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), wall at Limmat bank
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), statue of a stag
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), statue of a stag, the head with it's  horns, frontal view
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), path
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), sight of the back side of the State Museum
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), path
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), public toilet A toilet for wheelchair users is missing.
	Zurich, Platzspitz-Park (Pointed Square Park), lantern with reflectid light These lanterns with reflecting light are pioneering and scatter the light in a big range.
	Zurich, Drahtschmidlisteg (Drahtschmidli Footbridge)
	Zurich, Drahtschmidlisteg (Drahtschmidli Footbridge), sight of Limmat River to Walchebrücke (Walche Bridge)
	Zurich, Drahtschmidli Footbridge, sight of youth center "Dynamo"
	Zurich, Drahtschmidlisteg (Drahtschmidli Footbridge), sight of Drahtschmidli (smithery of wire) At the time of the photos the smithery was a big building site and all bicycles had to take the upper way.
Zurich, Drahtschmidlisteg (Drahtschmidli Footbridge), sight of youth center Dynamo and the Drahtschmidli (smithery of wire), panorama photo
	The back side of youth center Dynamo is full of graffitis Until today it's a mystery why the Swiss towns do not employ the graffiti sprayers in a constructive way for town design.

Bathhouses and relax areas at Letten area
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), graffiti at a wooden wall as signpost to the Restaurant "Chuchi" (Zurich German for: Restaurant "Kitchen")
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way) 01 Between the youth center Dynamo and the Letten bathhouse is a weir with almost no current, which invites for swimming.
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way) 02 Fahr Monastery is far away out of Zurich, in Unterengstringen.
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), view to the bathing place and "Chuchi" ("Kitchen") restaurant Until the 1989 there were circulating trains here between Zurich Main Station and Stadelhofen Station. Since the opening of the underground railway under the main station this place is used as recreation zone and one can take a walk "on the old railway line", drink a coffee or play volleyball. I did not take photos of the sun bathing people, go there and see.
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), bridge jumpers from the bridge Kornhausbrücke (Corn House Bridge) Young guys are testing their courage...
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), beach volley
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), Letten Cafe The cafe is housed in an old wagon of the Berlin urban railway. Until 1999 there was no grille. Today Letten Cafe is grilled, probably because of "safety reasons"...
	Road sign Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way)
	Road sign Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), Letten Cafe in a wagon of Berlin urban railway Nowadays the urban railway wagon hardly can be seen any more. The terrace before the wagon is larger than the wagon itself. And the theft terror has risen that much that the cafe had to be grilled.
	Zurich, sun meadow at Letten
	Zurich, the old Letten Railway Station
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), view to Letten Viaduct 01 Walk on the old railway line
	Zurich, Kloster-Fahr-Weg (Fahr Monastery Way), view to Letten Viaduct 02
	Road sign "Lettenviadukt" ("Letten Viaduct")
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct
	Zurich at Letten Viaduct, people walking at a Limmat river wall
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct, sight of Wipkingen Bathhouse Wipkingen Bathhouse is a bathhouse with running water, and the streaming not at all is a soft one.
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct, sight of the railway viaduct with a city train
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct, sight back of Lettensteg (Letten Footbridge) and Kornhausbrücke (Corn House Bridge)
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct, sight of Sihl Quay
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct, there is coming a stairs
	Zurich, Letten Viaduct, the stairs heading down to Limmatstrasse (Limmat Street)
	Zurich, Limmatstrasse (Limmat Street), view to Limmatplatz (Limmat Square)

Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street), Zollstrasse (Customs Street), Hauptbahnhof (main station)
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street)
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street), border with trees
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street), border, red flower
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street)
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street), view to St. Joseph's Church
	Road sign "Röntgenplatz" ("Roentgen Square")
	Zurich, "Röntgenplatz" ("Roentgen Square"), there is a little Coop
	Zurich, "Röntgenplatz" ("Roentgen Square"), there is a "Berlin Cushion" to calm down the car traffic
	Road signs at the corner of Röntgenstrasse / Quellenstrasse (Roentgen Street / Spring Street)
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street), Berlin Cushion to calm down the car traffic
	Zürich, Röntgenstrasse (Roentgen Street), Berlin Cushion to calm down the car traffic
	Zurich, passage underground of Langstrasse (Long Street) (Long Street Passage Underground)
	Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), row of houses
	Road sign "Zollstrasse" ("Customs Street")
	Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street) with the tracks of Zurich Main Station aside
	Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), row of houses with graffitis
	Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), graffiti "Super heroes, Saints and Sluts"
Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), graffiti with naked woman on her knees in meditative pose playing a flute Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), graffiti with a hand, with a man, and with a naked woman in a sitting position Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), graffiti with a naked woman in a sitting position in the pose of desire
	Road sign "Konradstrasse" ("Konrad Street")
	Zurich, Konrad Street, row of houses
	Zurich, Konrad Street, restaurant St. Galler Hof (St. Gallen Yard)
	Zurich, Konrad Street, telephone shop
	Zurich, Konrad Street, restaurant St. Galler Hof (St. Gallen Yard), terrace of the restaurant
	Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), restaurant "Wirtschaft zum Vorbahnhof" ("Pre-Station Inn")
	Zurich, Zollstrasse (Customs Street), entrance to Zurich Main Station There can be seen a sea of bicycles. Bicycle parking blocks on roofs of railway stations can hardly or not at all be seen in Switzerland...

Links for Zurich

Taxi (magazine Taxi society), post box 1466, 8610 Uster, http://www.taximagazin.ch
Taxi (enterprize with Vans with 7 seats or 3 places for wheel chairs, driving in Zürich and Zürcher Oberland: http://www.taxi-nightbird.ch

Barefoot disco in Zurich and elsewhere: http://www.barfussdisco.ch - http://www.peaches-power.ch.vu
Yoga in Zurich: Jivamukti Yoga Open Class: http://www.jivazur.blogspot.com
Shiatsu in Zurich and Horgen at Monica Conrad, info@shiatsu-raum.ch

Topic money:
IG Social Aid, help when there is poverty and discrimination: http://www.ig-sozialhilfe.ch
Internet café for poors is for free: Klick Kafi, Müllerstrasse 56, 8004 Zürich, http://www.kafiklick.ch
Job in Zurich and elsewhere: jobrapido:

Photo sources

Maps
-- Zurich center: edition Falk
-- Zurich Main Station - Letten Viaduct - Customs Street: edition Kümmerley & Frey

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