Schwamendingen

Saatlen is a quarter in the district 12 of Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal). It was formerly a part of Schwamendingen municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1934. The quarter has a population of 6,727 distributed on an area of 1.13 km².

The A4 motorway in Switzerland begins from Schaffhausen, in northern Switzerland, and travels southward into central Switzerland. The general route of A4 is: Bargen - Schaffhausen - Winterthur - Zürich - Central Switzerland.

Schwamendingen Mitte (Schwamendingen centre) is a quarter in the district 12 in Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal). Schwamendingen and Oerlikon became independent municipalities in 1872. These were incorporated into the city of Zürich in 1934, together with Seebach, Affoltern, Witikon, Höngg, Altstetten and Albisrieden. After 1934 Schwamendingen was divided into the quarters Schwamendingen Mitte, Saatlen and Hirzenbach. The quarter has a population of 10,322 distributed over an area of 2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi).

The Glatt Valley (German: Glattal or Glatttal) is a region and a river valley in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Hirzenbach is a quarter in the district 12 of Zürich, located in the Glatt Valley (German: Glattal). It was part of Schwamendingen municipality that was amalgamated into Zürich in 1934. The quarter has a population of 11,265 distributed on an area of 2.62 km2 (1.01 sq mi).

The Schöneich Tunnel is a motorway tunnel in Switzerland, and forms part of the A1L motorway in the city of Zurich between Zurich Schwamendingen and Zürich Letten Tunnel. The tunnel is around 600 m (2,000 ft) long. The central part of the tunnel is not fully covered. Below the tunnel are tram lines and above are streets in the northeastern area of the city of Zürich.

Sevanan Business School was a Swiss private business school. It offered management courses at undergraduate level and Masters level, accredited to London School of Marketing. Sevanan Business School provided international programs in business management & marketing management. There is suspicion the school closed with regards on being a part of diploma mills. The school was located at the World Trade Center in Zurich, Switzerland.

Glattpark is a large construction project in Switzerland that is taking shape in Opfikon, close to the border to Zürich. As part of the construction project a new neighbourhood will be built by 2020; it is designed to provide room for 7,000 residents and about the same number of jobs. Some of the favourable locational factors used to market the area are the direct proximity to the city of Zürich, where similar construction projects are being realized in Oerlikon and Seebach. The large service companies based in the north of the city and other companies in Glattbrugg, Rümlang and at the airport promise a large number of potential jobs. One of the negative points is that the area is about two miles from the threshold of runway 34/16 of Zurich Airport and thus practically in the axis line of the runway. However, construction in the area is placing a strong emphasis on noise isolation of the buildings, with inhabitants reporting that the noise levels are not significant.

Leutschenpark is a public park in the northern Zürich neighbourhood of Leutschenbach. As the main park, the 161,459 ft² Leutschenpark and its flowing shapes bring a new accent to the district which was previously characterized by industry and service buildings. The former industrial and commercial district to the north of Zürich is being transformed into an attractive, mixed neighbourhood for living and working. This also includes first-class open spaces. The park compromises elements of a traditional city park and an urban square.

The Sunrise Tower (German: Sonnenaufgangsturm) also known as Hochhaus Hagenholzstrasse is a high-rise office building in Zürich, Switzerland. Built between 2000 and 2004, the composition consists of two cojoined towers standing at 90 m (300 ft) respectively 72.5 m (238 ft), with the taller half being divided into 26 floors. They share the position of the 15th tallest buildings in Switzerland.

Oerlikon Velodrome is an uncovered velodrome in the Oerlikon district of Zürich, Switzerland. It was built in 1912. The track is 333 m in length and is made of concrete. The velodrome holds 3000 spectators. It held the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1923, 1929, 1936, 1946, 1953, 1961 and 1983.

The Zoo Zürich is a zoo located in Zürich, Switzerland and together with the Basel Zoo is considered one of the best zoos in Europe. Opened in 1929, it is the third oldest zoo in Switzerland (after Basel and Arth-Goldau) and it accumulated a collection of 2,200 specimens of 300 species by its seventy-fifth year. It is located on Zürichbergstrasse, on the lower reaches of the Zürichberg in the Fluntern quarter. One of its popular events is the penguin parade, which is performed daily after noon if the outside temperature is below ten degrees Celsius. The zoologist Heini Hediger was director of the Zürich Zoo from 1954 to 1973. The current director is Severin Dressen. The zoo is member of WAZA and the EAZA. The most famous attractions are the Asian elephant exhibit and Masoala Hall, which are inside of a large dome. Guests can even view elephants from underwater. They are also known as the only and first European institution to successfully breed Galápagos tortoises. Over the course of the years, the Zürich attraction has sent the baby tortoises to more than two dozen other zoos. In 2005 the zoo discovered that the seven lemurs caught in Andasibe thought to be mouse lemurs were actually a new species later named Goodman mouse lemur.The zoo made international headlines in July 2020 when a Siberian tiger mauled a zookeeper to death in front of members of the public.