Switzerland Guide

Zurich

Zum Kropf – Their Rösti and mushrooms with cream sauce were surprisingly below average.
Felix Café am Bellevue – Apple strudel, served with vanilla ice cream and vanilla cream sauce, okay.
Victoria Brezelbäckerei – I got their tomato and mozzarella pretzel. Good idea, but the execution was lacking. The salt clusters were huge, and the pretzel had no body; it was too limp from the tomato juice.
Margheri – Randomly had the best margherita pizza of my life here, and this was coming off of my time in Italy too. The bruschetta was bruschetta, not worth the 23 francs or whatever outrageous price I ended up paying for it.

Boat ride on Zurich Lake
Grossmünster – Another day, another church.
Swiss National Museum – Incredible collections of Swiss items. Super interactive and one of the best collections of postcard offerings I’ve seen ever.
Visit Freitag HQ – Such a cool startup and their space is in these shipping containers which I found to be really cool.
The Pie Shop – There are a lot of cool shops under this tunnel to explore.
Train to the highest point in Zurich, Uetliberg.

Chapel Bridge – This bridge has quite a famous reputation, although most people don’t know this is in Lucerne.
Lake Lucerne Boat Ride – This boat ride was the most memorable for me, and I did three of them while in Switzerland. The mountains surrounding the lake are absolutely incredible.
Jesuitenkirche Hl. Franz Xaver Church – Lovely. Bright white interior with pink detailing.
The Lion Monument – Tribute to Swiss mercenaries, surprisingly cool.
Bourbaki Panorama – Interesting history here, not a must see but if you’re in the area.

Basel Munster – Interesting church to walk around with colored roof tiles.
Rathaus des Kantons Basel-Stadt – City building with interesting old art. Also the irony of city buildings being called “Rathaus”…
Cross the River Rhine on a boat.