Experiencing the Swiss way of life with my legs, an iPhone, and a 360° camera.
The mountain to the East of Zurich with the large communications tower is Uetliberg and its very accessible. There are many Uetliberg Hiking Trails from all directions. I like the trails I’ve listed here since I think they show off the mountain best. Hiking Zurich’s House Mountain; Uetliberg. Hiking Time with photos: 3 hours. Transportation…
My favorite jogging and walking path is along the Limmat River. The Zurich River Run, walk and sometimes rafting path, starts downtown at the Swiss National Museum (or Platzspitz next to the Main Train Station) and follows the river to Werdinsel (a river dam). This is a flat path by Swiss standards. The Kloster Fahr-Weg…
Albis is the actual name for house mountain of Zurich, but most people refer to it as the more common Uetliberg. Uetliberg is the peak of Albis with the Uto Kulm Hotel, the Uto Staffel Bergrestaurant and the start of the Albis Planetenwag, the Planetary hiking trail. Begin the trip up Uetliberg from downtown Zurich…
On the top of Zurich’s house mountain, Uetliberg, is the Alp Restaurant Uto Staffel. Begin the trip up Uetliberg by taking trams 14 or 9 to the Triemlispital station or the S10 train to Triemli station. Purchase a ZVV Albis Day Pass – this is good for all of Zurich as well as the extra…