District 11 (Zurich)
District 11 is the most northern and the most populous district in the Swiss city of Zurich.

District 11 is the most northern and the most populous district in the Swiss city of Zurich.
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Worth seeing in and around District 11 (Zurich)
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hardturm
The Hardturm was a football stadium located in Zürich's Kreis 5. Opened in 1929, it was the home of the Grasshopper Club Zürich until it closed in 2007.
3.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Hallenstadion
The Hallenstadion is a multi-purpose facility in the Oerlikon quarter of northern Zürich. It has a capacity of 11,200 spectators.
2.6 km · multipurpose hall in Oerlikon in the city of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03
- 04Katzensee
Katzensee is a lake on the border of the city of Zürich and Regensdorf in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Its surface area is 36 ha.
2.4 km · lake in canton of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 05MFO-Park
The MFO-Park is a public park in the Oerlikon quarter of the Swiss city of Zürich. The area to the north of Zürich Oerlikon railway station was once home to the extensive works of Maschinenfabrik Oerlikon, a site that has now been redeveloped as Neu Oerlikon.
1.9 km · park in the city of Zürich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 06Oerlikon Velodrome
Oerlikon Velodrome is an uncovered velodrome in the Oerlikon district of Zürich, Switzerland. It was built in 1912.
2.7 km · Velodrome in Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 07Irchelpark
Irchelpark is the biggest public park in the city of Zurich, Switzerland and home to the Irchel campus of the University of Zurich and Staatsarchiv Zürich. Like the university itself, Irchelpark is owned by the Canton of Zurich, but is maintained by the city on the canton's behalf.
3.6 km · park · Wikipedia - 08Migros Museum of Contemporary Art
The Migros Museum of Contemporary Art is a museum for contemporary art in Zürich, Switzerland. Founded in 1996 by Gottlieb Duttweiler, the museum was directed by Rein Wolfs up until 2001, when he was replaced by Heike Munder.
3.7 km · museum in Zurich (Switzerland) · Wikipedia - 09Alte Kirche Höngg
The Alte Kirche Höngg is a Reformed church in the district 10 of Zürich. Its congregation forms part of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zürich.
3 km · evangelical church building in Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 10Gustav-Ammann-Park
The Gustav-Ammann-Park is a public park in Oerlikon, Zurich on the former premises of Oerlikon-Bührle and covers 32,291 ft2. In 1996, the privately owned park became a preserve.
1.7 km · urban park · Wikipedia
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Getting to District 11 (Zurich)
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 4 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 78 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 79 km
- Stations
- Zürich Oerlikon railway station, 2.2 km · Zurich Wipkingen railway station, 3.5 km · Zürich Seebach railway station, 1.8 km · Zürich Affoltern railway station, 1 km · Regensdorf-Watt railway station, 4 km
- Geneva → District 11 (Zurich)162 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · CHF20–26
- Bâle / Mulhouse → District 11 (Zurich)68 km · quickest by road, 1h 57m · €10–14
- Friedrichshafen → District 11 (Zurich)75 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · €13–18
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No local-transport research exists yet for District 11 (Zurich)
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for District 11 (Zurich). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextA bit further away, but also worth a day trip: Appenzell — As close to the stereotypical image of Switzerland with wooden farm houses and traditional clothes as it gets.
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Next door to District 11 (Zurich)
District 11 (Zurich) is 7 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Opfikonmunicipality in Switzerland4 km
- Regensdorfmunicipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland3.9 km
- Rümlangmunicipality in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland3.5 km
- Oerlikonsuburb and quarter of the Swiss city of Zurich2.3 km
- Seebachquarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland2.1 km
- Affolternquarter of the city of Zurich, Switzerland1.1 km