Zurich City Tour

Zurich, Trams And Museum

executive summary by Darmansjah Godjali

Main Train Station Zurich, Haupthbahnhof

Zurich, Switzerland, the city covering about 92 square kilometers with a population of about 385,000 souls was far from chaotic. In addition to its relatively small population of his town, transportation is generally very reasonable. Trains and trams to public transport artery that connects residents Zurich from one place to another.

 

Options on the train as the main means of transportation have made the people who first set foot in Zurich had no trouble traveling to many places. Flights easily obtained lwat tram ticket machines at bus stops, tram stops.

Signage tram numbers we can switch and tram suitable locations that would target map is also available in easy to understand. In addition to using numbers, the appearance of various colors on the lines of tram route speed tram passengers can choose the appropriate destination.

When in the city of Zurich people could choose the tram, then to travel to a number of other cities in Switzerland, one could rely on the train. Prime city railway station, the Hauptbahnhof (Zurich HB), located in downtown. In addition to the ticket machines, passenger trains can also get tickets at a counter sales tikiet available in some places in the area of ​​the station.

 zurich city

Opened in 1847 Opened in 1847, the Hauptbahnhof, as written in Zurich in your pocket, experienced restoration in 1990 even without significant changes in the visible front. Zurich HB tram line is also connected with the city. Through this station, people can train to some places in Switzerland neighboring countries, likeGermany, Italy, Austria, and France .

Besides operating at 05.00 till 1:00 in the morning, train passengers can also shop at about 200 stores in the area of this station In addition to the restaurant, here too there are many food and beverage stores. There is also a supermarket, clothing stores, bags and suitcases, souvenirs, to specialty stores that sell cigarettes, cigars and tobacco. If the general store in Zurich is closed on Sundays, you can set foot into HB Zurih that remain open.

Affordable And Convenient

From Zurich HB station, people can walk comfortably to one of more than 50 museums in Zurich, a city split the Limmat River, Schwizerisches Landesmuseum, for example, displaying the history of Swiss bangsas start of the 1400s, when people are believed to be witches were burned alive -life, up to modern times: the era of banking.

One of the highlights of this museum, though wearing the old buildings, modern interior arrangement. The walls of the museum, for example, wearing bright orange color in some bagaiannya. Several alinnya Dica white walls and functioned as a layer for visitors who want to enjoy the story of the war until the industrial revolution, through the film is available only by touching the hands on the monitor.

All the sectors that support the Swiss appear in this museum. Not only those who participate in the political field such as Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) in the Swiss revolution, but also the image of entrepreneurs displayed in this museum. For example, Henri Nestlé (1814-1890) and Julius Maggi (1846-1912), until the present gait tennis player, Roger Federer.

The products of this country also appear in one room Landesmuseum. Here visitors can see, among others, how the transformation Ovormaltine chocolate products (since 1865) until now. Nestle (1867), with a variety of development types of chocolate products and Tobler (1899).

Also on display a variety of textile products, chemical industry, until the interior product design from 1895. History was on display media, such as one of Europe's influential newspaper, the Neue Zürcher Zaitung, published in Zurich in 1780 by Salomon Gessner. All were equipped with information written in four languages​​, namely German, French, Italian, and English.

Another room displays the start of the document about the rules and the Swiss banking system through the development of safe forms and materials as accessories. Unfortunately, by reasons of security, visitors are not allowed to photograph the spaces in this museum.

A room again "talk" about the way the Catholic religion to Protestant Christianity, has stained glass and sound as if visitors had been in church. Even the position of women in the history of Switzerland was displayed in one room Landesmueseum, complete with mannequins dressed in appropriate time.

Still in the range that can be reached by foot from the station is the area Bahnhofstrasse Zurich HB. Among the row of shops that offer a variety of branded products such as Hermes, Mango, and Louis Vitton, in this region, among others, there is a museum hours, The Clock and Watch Museum Beyer.

 

Aside from being a business city, Zurich is also one tourist destination in Switzerland, each year about one million tourists enjoying the city. Information about this city too easily we get, among others, through the booklet Zurich Guide at hotels, stations, and cafes, free too! (Naration by Chris Pudjiastuti).

  Haupthbahnhof