On Saturday afternoon my flatmates and I decided to check out the just-opened Christmas markets in Zürich, as well as to do some Christmas shopping. We started out at the
Freitag store, which is a unique Zürich landmark built out of old freight containers. All of the items that Freitag sells are made out of recycled canvas from semi truck coverings, which means that they are all unique. You can climb up to the top of the store and get a view over part of Zürich, which is pretty interesting.
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| View from the top of the Freitag store. |
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| Prime Tower. |
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| Georgie and Stef. |
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| The Freitag store. |
After Freitag, we walked along the
Viadukt, stopping in at the English cheese shop to get some cheddar. From there, we went to the Christmas market at the Hauptbahnhof, which features the famous Swarovski Christmas tree. (Only in Zürich, I think.)
We took advantage of the nice weather and walked along the river towards the lake, enjoying the Christmas decorations. Zürich is a really pretty city, I think.
There was another Christmas market at Bellvue in front of the Opernhaus, where we sampled
gluhwine and watched the lights turn on.
We finished our tour by walking down the Bahnhofstrasse and enjoying the lights on the street. It was a really lovely day!
