The former red-light strip that is now the city's nightlife heart — bars, clubs, cheap eats and a multicultural buzz that runs late. Grittier and better value than the rest of pristine Zürich, walkable to the centre and the west; where to stay if you're here for the night out.
€200–320
typical per night in Switzerland
The sensible middle
Cheapest in ZürichPriciest
Typical prices for Zürich — neither steal nor splurge.
Where it sits
The circle is Langstrasse and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.
How far is everything?
Zürich (ZRH)~18 min drive9.8 km
From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.
- Swiss National Museum9 min walk769 m
- Bahnhofstrasse11 min walk885 m
- Lindenhof viewpoint11 min walk936 m
- The Niederdorf lanes14 min walk1.1 km
- Fraumünster & the Chagall windows14 min walk1.2 km
- Grossmünster16 min walk1.3 km
- A Lake Zürich cruise17 min walk1.4 km
- Swim in the lake28 min walk2.3 km
On your doorstep
What you’re living next to if you stay here.
- 15.A night on Langstrasse — Zürich lets its hair down on Langstrasse — a long, buzzing strip of bars, clubs, late kebabs and a mix of everyone, the one part of the polished city that stays scruffy and up all night. Skip the pricey lounges; this is where the real night out is.
When are you staying?
Find cheap flights to Zürich
Booking.com & Airbnb open searched to Langstrasse; flights via Google Flights.