Zürich Hauptbahnhof

The Swiss National Museum (German: Landesmuseum)—part of the Musée Suisse Group, itself affiliated with the Federal Office of Culture, is located in the city of Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, next to the Hauptbahnhof. The museum building of 1898 in the historicist style was built by Gustav Gull in the form of the French Renaissance city chateaus. His impressive architecture with dozens of towers, courts and his astonishing park on a peninsula between the rivers Sihl and Limmat has become one of the main sights of the Old City District of Zurich. Its inauguration was filmed by François-Henri Lavanchy-Clarke, the first non-french concessionary of the Lumière brothers.The exhibition tour takes the visitor from prehistory through ancient times and the Middle Ages to the 20th century (classic modern art and art of the 16th, 17th and 18th century is settled mainly in the Kunsthaus Museum in a different part of the city of Zurich). There is a very rich section with gothic art, chivalry and a comprehensive collection of liturgical wooden sculptures, panel paintings and carved altars. Zunfthaus zur Meisen near Fraumünster church houses the porcelain and faience collection of the Swiss National Museum. There are also: a Collections Gallery, a place where there are Swiss furnishings being exhibited, an Armoury Tower, a diorama of the Battle of Murten, and a Coin Cabinet showing 14th, 15th, 16th century Swiss coins and even some coins from the Middle Ages. The boats of the Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft start their round trips (Swiss National Museum–Wollishofen–Zürichhorn) on the Limmat through the city of Zürich at the Swiss National Museum.

Zürich HB SZU railway station (German: Bahnhof Zürich HB SZU) is a railway station in the municipality of Zürich, in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is underneath and physically connected to the Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's primary train station, although they do not share any tracks. The station is the terminus of the standard gauge Sihltal and Uetliberg railway lines of the Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn. The station opened on 5 May 1990, following the completion of a new tunnel under the Sihl from the old terminus at Zürich Selnau.

The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is a political science research institute founded in 1997 and based in Zürich. It is joint initiative between the institute of political science of the University of Zurich and the political science chairs of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. The director of the institute is Frank Schimmelfennig, Professor of European Politics. The staff (as of 2016) is 170.

The Campus Biotech is a Swiss institution hosting research institutes and biotechnology companies. The Campus Biotech is located in the former Merck Serono building, in Geneva (Switzerland).The Campus Biotech is a part of the Swiss Innovation Park.

The Platzspitz park is a park in Zurich (Switzerland), located next to the Swiss National Museum and Zürich Hauptbahnhof.

Bahnhofbrücke is a road and tramway bridge over the Limmat in the city of Zürich in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

The Swiss School of Public Governance (SSPG) is a center of teaching and research at the ETH Zurich, focusing on governance and leadership issues in the public sector.Established in 2016, the center operates within the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich. It integrates Switzerland's governance expertise with a global outlook and fosters interdisciplinary collaboration with various departments and external institutions, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and practice in governance and leadership. SSPG provides executive education programs for public administration employees, federal institution staff, and professionals from diverse sectors, including the private industry, international organizations, and NGOs.

Urania Sternwarte is a public observatory in the Lindenhof quarter of Zürich, Switzerland. Its name Urania refers to the muse of astronomy in Greek mythology.

The Zurich massacre was an anti-Semitic episode in Zurich, Switzerland, which occurred in 1349. The incident was caused by antisemitism in the city due to the alleged murder of the son of a Zurich man, and fueled by the subsequent accusations of well poisoning. This event took place in the frame of the widespread Black Death persecutions, where the Jews were accused of spreading the bubonic plague (known as Black Death).

The 1929 UCI Road World Championships, organized on Friday 16 August 1929, was the ninth edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It was the second time the championships took place in Zürich, Switzerland after the 1923 edition. The course, with Zürich as both start and finish place, was around 200km. All 16 professional cyclists finished, with Georges Ronsse -succeeding himself as world champion- reaching an average speed of 29.405 km/h. In the same period, the 1929 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich.

The 1946 UCI Road World Championships was the nineteen edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It took place in Zürich, Switzerland on 31 August and 1 September 1946. It was the third time the championships were organized in Zürich, after the 1923 and 1929 editions. The course, with Zürich as both start and finish place, was around 189km for the amateurs and 270km for professional cyclists. Winner Hans Knecht finished with an average speed of 36.448 km/h. In the same period, the 1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome in Zürich.

The 1923 UCI Road World Championships was the third edition of the UCI Road World Championships. It took place on Saturday 23 August 1923 in Zürich, Switzerland and consisted of 1 race for amateur cyclists. In the same period, the 1923 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was organized in the Oerlikon Velodrome of Zürich.