Zurich regularly ranks top among the cities in the world with the highest standard of living. It is nestled in both the heart of Switzerland and Europe, the city offers a picturesque scenery, exceptional food, and cultural diversity. The city has dozens of museums and art galleries, ensuring that there is always something new to discover. The city's historic Old Town, with its narrow, winding streets and medieval architecture, transports visitors back in time, while its numerous theaters and music venues provide a dynamic arts scene that caters to all tastes.
Both ETH Zurich and PH Zurich are located right in the city center.
Getting Around in Zurich
With a little more than 400 000 inhabitants, Zurich is considered small by most standards. Still the city is very international and you should not have any problem talking to people in English. The Swiss are open-minded and helpful; in general they are very proud of their service culture—and rightfully so. Public transportation in Switzerland in general and in Zurich specifically is very safe and very reliable.
In the inner city, you can get from anywhere to everywhere using the regularly operating buses and trams.
- You can get tickets at almost every stop and pay by credit card. Depending on the duration of your stay, you can buy “Tageskarten” tickets that are valid for 24 hours. Instructions are given in English.
- At Zurich's airport and main station, both the federal “Schweizerische Bundesbahnen” (SBB) and the local “Zürcher Verkehrsverbund” (ZVV) have offices that are happy to help you.
- We also recommend downloading the official SBB app that makes using public transportation within Switzerland very convenient.
A Note on Navigating in Buildings
You will notice that, for instance in the conference program, there is a particular way that rooms are named. (You will also note that it is virtually impossible to give general rules of thumb for the whole of Switzerland.) For instance, the introduction to the conference takes place in HG E 7. Here HG indicates the building (“Hauptgebäude”), and the letter E denotes the floor. The larger the letter, the higher the floor. Usually, E is the ground floor (“Erdgeschoss”); but since Zurich is rather hilly, different entrances may be on different floors.
Getting to ⚐ ETH
If you use public transportation, you take use tram lines 6, 9, or 10 to the stop “ETH / Universitätsspital,” which is right in front of ETH's main building. More information can be found on the official website.
For the first two days of the conference (and also the pre-registration on Monday), enter the building through its main entrance.
After entering, you will be in the main hall, which contains the “Grazienbrunnen.” The Constructionism registration is located in a foyer slightly to the left.
Getting to ⚐ PH Zurich
PH Zurich's main campus is located just next to Zurich's main station in the heart of the city in the “Europallee.” If arriving by tram, you can take lines 3 or 14 to the stop “Sihlpost.” More information can be found on the official website.
The registration (for those arriving a little later) on days three and four will be in the LAA building.
The reception and coffee breaks will be located on the E floor of the LAA building (circled area).
The introduction on Thursday will take place in the lecture hall LAA J 002.
Hotels
We can recommend the following five hotels. They are all rather close to the two main locations of the conference of ⚐ ETH Zurich and ⚐ PH Zurich.
- Hotel Bristol ★★★, ⚐ Stampfenbachstrasse 34
- Hotel Limmathof ★★, ⚐ Limmatquai 142
- Hotel Marta ★★, ⚐ Zähringerstrasse 36
- Hotel St Josef ★★★, ⚐ Hirschengraben 64/68
- Sorell Hotel Rütli ★★★, ⚐ Zähringerstrasse 43
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