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Opernplatz is Zurich’s largest square, With more than 40 public pools, the city of-
and its many seating areas invite you to fers plenty of options for a refreshing dip.
take a break. “The chairs come in pairs,” The lakeside and riverside swimming spots
says Tiwari. “The idea is to place them op- are open to the public and—by Swiss stan-
posite or beside one another to encourage dards—very affordable.
conversation.” So, we do just that. High Up
Tiwari passes around bites of Taucherli, Across the river rises the Frauenmün-
her favorite local chocolate, while talking ster, a cathedral famous worldwide for its
about the world’s first vegetarian restau- stained-glass windows. In the 1970s, painter
rant—Haus Hiltl, founded in 1898—and the Marc Chagall created a five-panel cycle in
Kronenhalle, which Picasso once visited. the choir and a rose window in the south
Short on cash for a meal, he paid with a transept.
painting, which still hangs there today. Another church that dominates Zurich’s
We head back toward the Limmat River, Old Town skyline is the Grossmünster. Ac-
passing a “Badi”—a local swimming area. cording to legend, Charlemagne founded it
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