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WRS stories about zurich
Zurich takes a radical step to the left
Tuesday, 23 April, 2013
The city of Zurich is still reeling after a shock bi-election result at the weekend. A seat in the city’s government was up for grabs after being vacated by a minister from the Liberal party. But in a close result, voters snubbed the Liberal candidate and made an unexpected choice for the job: Richard Wolff, from the far-left-wing Alternative Left alliance. To find out more about the significance of the result, WRS’s Catherine Allen spoke to Daniel Bochsler, assistant professor in comparative politics at Zurich University:
Tuesday, 23 April, 2013
The city of Zurich is still reeling after a shock bi-election result at the weekend. A seat in the city’s government was up for grabs after being vacated by a minister from the Liberal party. But in a close result, voters snubbed the Liberal candidate and made an unexpected choice for the job: Richard Wolff, from the far-left-wing Alternative Left alliance. To find out more about the significance of the result, WRS’s Catherine Allen spoke to Daniel Bochsler, assistant professor in comparative politics at Zurich University:
Zurich rolls out plans to get more bikes on streets
Friday, 16 November, 2012
Zurich has announced ambitious plans to make the city more bicycle-friendly. Fifty-five million francs will be invested in cycling infrastructure such as new and wider lanes, better road markings and signing. The plan is to get occasional riders out on their bikes more often. And the goal is to double the number of journeys done by bike by 2025. WRS’s Vincent Landon hit the road on two wheels to find out what needs to be done:
Friday, 16 November, 2012
Zurich has announced ambitious plans to make the city more bicycle-friendly. Fifty-five million francs will be invested in cycling infrastructure such as new and wider lanes, better road markings and signing. The plan is to get occasional riders out on their bikes more often. And the goal is to double the number of journeys done by bike by 2025. WRS’s Vincent Landon hit the road on two wheels to find out what needs to be done:
Style File: Hip highlights of Zurich's Kreislauf 4+5
Thursday, 3 May, 2012
Hansine Johnston talks about a funky fashion event in Zurich in the hip quarters or kreislauf 4+5 on and around Langstrasse. Celeste Neill says about 80 stores are taking part, showcasing clothing, shoes, accessories and home design. The hipness factor extends to the area’s cafés and restaurants. You can even go on a tour with number one hip man Clifford Lilley:
Thursday, 3 May, 2012
Hansine Johnston talks about a funky fashion event in Zurich in the hip quarters or kreislauf 4+5 on and around Langstrasse. Celeste Neill says about 80 stores are taking part, showcasing clothing, shoes, accessories and home design. The hipness factor extends to the area’s cafés and restaurants. You can even go on a tour with number one hip man Clifford Lilley:
Taking the Zurich musical walk of fame
Thursday, 3 May, 2012
Do you know where the legendary music spots are in your town? Places where famous bands rocked out or the next big thing staged their first gig? Well, if you live in Zurich we might be able to help you today, as WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:
Thursday, 3 May, 2012
Do you know where the legendary music spots are in your town? Places where famous bands rocked out or the next big thing staged their first gig? Well, if you live in Zurich we might be able to help you today, as WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:
Kids, please express yourselves inside the party zone
Tuesday, 3 April, 2012
Zurich officials want to curb illegal parties thrown by all those pesky kids, so they’ve launched a pilot project allowing for legal parties. But do all the rules that accompany these legal parties—and there are a lot them—make them uncool and thus unattractive to those rowdy youngsters? WRS’s Alex Helmick puts the question to Allan Guggenbühl, a psychologist specializing in youth violence and director at the Institute for Conflict Management in Zurich:
Tuesday, 3 April, 2012
Zurich officials want to curb illegal parties thrown by all those pesky kids, so they’ve launched a pilot project allowing for legal parties. But do all the rules that accompany these legal parties—and there are a lot them—make them uncool and thus unattractive to those rowdy youngsters? WRS’s Alex Helmick puts the question to Allan Guggenbühl, a psychologist specializing in youth violence and director at the Institute for Conflict Management in Zurich:
Getting integrated via the fondue tram in Zurich
Monday, 12 March, 2012
In Zurich, the office for integration has started a new expat platform. Authorities want to reach out to the international community that comes to Switzerland for work and is sometimes accused of living in an expat bubble. And what better way to do that, than with the most Swiss of Swiss dishes—the fondue—on a tram. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:
Monday, 12 March, 2012
In Zurich, the office for integration has started a new expat platform. Authorities want to reach out to the international community that comes to Switzerland for work and is sometimes accused of living in an expat bubble. And what better way to do that, than with the most Swiss of Swiss dishes—the fondue—on a tram. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:
Capturing the soundscape of Zurich
Wednesday, 25 January, 2012
If you could encapsulate the place you live as sound what would it be? Artist and musician Sibylla Giger has made sound portraits of nine European cities, including Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Zurich. WRS’s Jo Fahy finds out how the Swiss German city sounds to her ears:
Wednesday, 25 January, 2012
If you could encapsulate the place you live as sound what would it be? Artist and musician Sibylla Giger has made sound portraits of nine European cities, including Rome, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Zurich. WRS’s Jo Fahy finds out how the Swiss German city sounds to her ears:
Visiting Zurich's homeless on a cold night
Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
Freezing temperatures across Switzerland in recent weeks might mean fun in the snow for some of us—but for others it makes life much harder. In Zurich when the mercury dips teams of social workers—or SIP Züri—scour the city looking for homeless braving the cold by circumstance or sometimes by choice. WRS’s Tony Ganzer went along with one team to see their work first hand:
Tuesday, 24 January, 2012
Freezing temperatures across Switzerland in recent weeks might mean fun in the snow for some of us—but for others it makes life much harder. In Zurich when the mercury dips teams of social workers—or SIP Züri—scour the city looking for homeless braving the cold by circumstance or sometimes by choice. WRS’s Tony Ganzer went along with one team to see their work first hand:
Religion required—controversial new course in Zurich schools
Monday, 16 January, 2012
Starting this year, pupils in the canton of Zurich have a new lesson to go to. It’s called Religion and Culture—and it means religious education is now compulsory in schools. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:
Monday, 16 January, 2012
Starting this year, pupils in the canton of Zurich have a new lesson to go to. It’s called Religion and Culture—and it means religious education is now compulsory in schools. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:
Switzerland's tallest building opens in Zurich skies
Wednesday, 7 December, 2011
Switzerland’s tallest building has finally opened. The 126-metre Prime Tower in Zurich is a landmark which has a huge glass facade and mirrored elevators which rise to the 36th floor. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports on the opening of the structure, designed by architects Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer:
Wednesday, 7 December, 2011
Switzerland’s tallest building has finally opened. The 126-metre Prime Tower in Zurich is a landmark which has a huge glass facade and mirrored elevators which rise to the 36th floor. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports on the opening of the structure, designed by architects Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer:
Poverty in Hungary pushes prostitutes to Zurich
Tuesday, 29 November, 2011
In recent years, street prostitution in Zurich has come to be dominated by women from Hungary. One feeder city is Nyiregyhaza in the east of the country about three hours by train from Budapest. So who are these women and why do they come to Switzerland? In the first of a three-part series, WRS’s Vincent Landon travels to eastern Hungary to investigate:
Tuesday, 29 November, 2011
In recent years, street prostitution in Zurich has come to be dominated by women from Hungary. One feeder city is Nyiregyhaza in the east of the country about three hours by train from Budapest. So who are these women and why do they come to Switzerland? In the first of a three-part series, WRS’s Vincent Landon travels to eastern Hungary to investigate:
Zurich sausage so hot you might need a medic
Tuesday, 22 November, 2011
A sausage seller in Zurich is putting its customers to the test with the spiciest banger around—500 times spicier than tabasco sauce. You might have heard of the Scoville scale—it ranks chilies in order of how spicy they are. Tabasco sauce and jalapenos rank at about 3,500 to 8,000 heat units on the scale. This sausage in sauce comes in at one million heat units. WRS’s Jo Fahy went to see Michael Marchetto, sausage afficionado at Körry Art of Wurst on Zurich’s Langstrasse, where they’ve been selling this painful snack for a few weeks:
Tuesday, 22 November, 2011
A sausage seller in Zurich is putting its customers to the test with the spiciest banger around—500 times spicier than tabasco sauce. You might have heard of the Scoville scale—it ranks chilies in order of how spicy they are. Tabasco sauce and jalapenos rank at about 3,500 to 8,000 heat units on the scale. This sausage in sauce comes in at one million heat units. WRS’s Jo Fahy went to see Michael Marchetto, sausage afficionado at Körry Art of Wurst on Zurich’s Langstrasse, where they’ve been selling this painful snack for a few weeks:
Why so many prostitutes in Zurich are Hungarian
Wednesday, 21 September, 2011
In July and August, this year 55 out of 56 applications for permits to work in the sex industry in Zurich were filed by Hungarian women. Why so many? The world of academia is getting involved but not the branch you might expect. The Institute of Geography in Bern is bringing new insights to the phenomenon. Researchers there started interviewing Hungarian prostitutes working on the streets of Zurich a year ago. WRS’s Pete Forster checks in with Jo Fahy in our Zurich bureau for more:
Wednesday, 21 September, 2011
In July and August, this year 55 out of 56 applications for permits to work in the sex industry in Zurich were filed by Hungarian women. Why so many? The world of academia is getting involved but not the branch you might expect. The Institute of Geography in Bern is bringing new insights to the phenomenon. Researchers there started interviewing Hungarian prostitutes working on the streets of Zurich a year ago. WRS’s Pete Forster checks in with Jo Fahy in our Zurich bureau for more:
Zurich officials green light drive-in sex boxes
Wednesday, 14 September, 2011
Plans to build drive-in sex boxes in Zurich to allow prostitutes to conduct their businesses more discreetly got the go ahead from the city parliament on Wednesday night. It’s part of a package of measures which the city government announced earlier this summer to regulate street prostitution. WRS’s Vincent Landon had this report just ahead of the vote:
Wednesday, 14 September, 2011
Plans to build drive-in sex boxes in Zurich to allow prostitutes to conduct their businesses more discreetly got the go ahead from the city parliament on Wednesday night. It’s part of a package of measures which the city government announced earlier this summer to regulate street prostitution. WRS’s Vincent Landon had this report just ahead of the vote:
Zurich youth (literally) fight for their right to party
Tuesday, 13 September, 2011
On Saturday night young people in Zurich met up at a large tram junction, Bellevue, in the city for an illegal party organised largely via text messaging. According to police and media reports, around a thousand people turned up—and it wasn’t long before things turned ugly. WRS’s Dave Goodman turns to Jo Fahy in our Zurich bureau for details:
Tuesday, 13 September, 2011
On Saturday night young people in Zurich met up at a large tram junction, Bellevue, in the city for an illegal party organised largely via text messaging. According to police and media reports, around a thousand people turned up—and it wasn’t long before things turned ugly. WRS’s Dave Goodman turns to Jo Fahy in our Zurich bureau for details:
